Photos: 'Best Wishes' from Harley Flanagan at the Pyramid Club last night

Harley Flanagan is on tour now to mark the 30th anniversary of Best Wishes, the second record by hardcore legends the Cro-Mags.

Last night, in the first of the shows, Flanagan and his band performed at the Pyramid Club on Avenue A, playing a set from Best Wishes as well as an array of other tracks spanning the Cro-Mags catalog. (Flanagan has been in a long dispute with John Joseph over the band name. You can read more at this link.)

EVG contributor Stacie Joy was on hand for the soundcheck ... and sold-out show. Here's a sampling of the scene last night...





The Pyramid is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year (which we'll have more on in an upcoming post...)


[DJ Mike Stalagmike]




[Nette Moreno, bartender and coat check]


[Pyramid manager Maria Narciso and Dominic Martinez, executive chef/partner at Desnuda NYC]


[Flanagan with his wife Laura Lee Flanagan]


[Opening act HUGE]

... and the main event...

Harley Flanagan on the Cro-Mags melee at Webster Hall

By now you probably know about the Cro-Mags melee last Friday night at Webster Hall... the NYPD arrested founding member Harley Flanagan and reportedly charged him with assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

New York Natives has the first interview with Flanagan, and his account of the evening is in contrast to what has been previously reported... to an excerpt:

According to Harley, he was invited to the dressing room back stage and instead of being welcomed as he expected he was jumped by a group of men. "When I saw that door get pulled shut I was literally fighting for my life. I was afraid these guys were going to kick me half to death, roll me down the back steps and that no one would see it... and there would be no witnesses and that would be that....and all I could think about was getting home safe to my kids...I wanted to save my life, to protect myself and these guys were trying to do me in."

[Image via New York Natives]

More on the Cro-Mags stabbing at Webster Hall Friday night

Colin Moynihan at The New York Times has more on the assault that took place Friday night at Webster Hall involving Harley Flanagan and current members of the Cro-Mags.

Per the article:

John Joseph, the band’s lead singer, said that Mr. Flanagan had been at odds with other members of the Cro-Mags since he left the band in 2000 and had not been permitted to rejoin.

“This dude has been a negative thorn in the side of this band forever,” Mr. Joseph said. “I hope he gets what’s coming to him.”

Flanagan was reportedly charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

BoweryBoogie was a witness to the assault... read his reports here.