Selected photos from Allan Tannenbaum's New York in the 70s, published by Feierabend Verlag, 272 pages, which includes a reminiscence by Yoko Ono and a foreword by P.J. O'Rourke.

Left: Fee Waybill, lead singer of The Tubes, onstage at the Bottom Line, 1975. Effects, costumes, and dancers have helped make The Tubes one of the most visual bands. "Quay Lude" is Waybill's impersonation of a glam rock star, and he's portrayed sadists complete with leather helmet onstage.

Right: Frank Zappa celebrates his 35th birthday a bit early by embracing a showgirl at the party in his honor, 1974.