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Michael Alig (April 29, 1966 – December 24, 2020) was an American club promoter who was convicted of felony manslaughter. He was one of the ringleaders of the Club Kids , a group of young New York City clubgoers who became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [ 1 ]
Alig is named "King of the Club Kids" and goes on a cross country journey in search of more club kids. Alig and James pick up Angel Melendez, Gitsie, and Brooke. Gitsie becomes Michael's latest sidekick although the movie implies the relationship was little more than platonic. However, after Michael descends further into drug abuse, his life ...
The term "club kid", coined by club owner Rudolf Piper, is now widely used as an archetypal style and personality reference, [1] but was originally focused, from 1988 to 2001, on a shifting hierarchical group of New York based personalities that organized and promoted specific nightclub venues, tours to various cities and events, such at the Style Summits [1] and Outlaw Parties; [5] Michael ...
Michael Alig, the New York City club promoter who in the early- to mid-1990s made a name for himself as the leader of the "Club Kids," and was subsequently convicted of first-degree manslaughter ...
(Reuters) - An infamous former Manhattan party promoter, dubbed the 'Club Kid Killer' by tabloid newspapers for the 1996 death of a downtown partygoer, has been released from prison after serving ...
Produced by World of Wonder and based in part on the James St. James' memoir, Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland (1999), the film combines interview footage of Alig from prison, St. James, scene watchers like Michael Musto, commentary by Alig's mother, and a number of other former club kids with archival footage from various parties, and dramatic re-enactments.
Andre Melendez [2] (May 1, 1971 – March 17, 1996) was a member of the Club Kids who lived and worked in New York City. He was killed by Michael Alig and Robert "Freeze" Riggs on March 17, 1996. His life and death have inspired several pieces of media, including books, films, music, and television.
The Club Kids were a group of young clubgoers led by Michael Alig and James St. James in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Pages in category "Club Kids" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.