The Punk Rock Museum To Host Two New Exhibits & Opens Wedding Chapel

The Punk Rock Museum opened its doors on April 1st, and the response has been incredible. Everyone is thrilled to see the mind-blowing curation, stunning photography, guided tours from punk rock legends and have drinks at the new Triple Down Bar. On April 15th the wedding chapel had its first official ceremony and has now begun taking bookings for everyone interested in having a uniquely punk wedding at the museum. A few packages will be offered, including Partners In Crime and Till Death Do Us Punk, for more information about the wedding packages and how to book in click here. On April 28th a special event will showcase the museum’s first two temporary exhibits, Los Punks: The Backyard Punk Scenes in East Los Angeles and South Central, 2013-2016 and In The Beginning Photographs From the Dawn of New Wave, Punk Rock & Hardcore, that will feature stunning photography from respected photographers Angela Boatwright and Rikki Ercoli respectively.

Angela Boatwright picked up a camera at age 14 and hasn’t stopped shooting since. Cutting her teeth photographing her skater friends, she quickly began shooting live punk, metal and hardcore bands, including photographing Kurt Cobain in a closet sized venue in 1991. After high school, Angela wasted no time in splitting for New York City where she spent the next 20 years looking through the viewfinder. After almost two decades in New York, Angela moved to Los Angeles where she began making documentary films. In 2013 she directed an online series entitled East Los for Vans, documenting the backyard punk scenes in East Los Angeles and South Central. This series led to her first full-length documentary film, also for Vans, Los Punks: We Are All We Have, which was selected to premier at Slamdance Film Festival in 2016.

 In the late 70’s, Philadelphia born Rikki Ercoli found himself in the midst of the burgeoning punk scene. He felt something special happening and was inspired to participate. He borrowed a friend’s Nikon and dove headfirst into photography. He taught himself how to use a camera on, off & backstage with the likes of Sid Vicious, The Clash, Killing Joke, Blondie, Siouxsie Sioux, Bauhaus and nearly every underground group that came through the Philadelphia tri-state area. In The Beginning… Photographs From the Dawn of New Wave, Punk Rock & Hardcore is a visual feast of black and white portraits capturing some of the most notorious rock and roll icons from the late 1970s and early 1980s as well as a photo of Rikki Ercoli by Andy Warhol.