SQUEEZEBOX!

During the turbulent reign of Mayor Giuliani in the 90s when Times Square was being sold to Disney and sex clubs were shuttered in favor of fast food chains, there was a brief shining moment when drag queens rocked New York nightlife. The epicenter of that moment was SqueezeBox, a weekly pansexual rock and roll party at Don Hill’s night club. Started as a refuge for gay rock and rollers who felt like outsiders in both the gay and rock worlds, the party grew to become a landmark event in nightlife history. By bringing together two seemingly contradictory worlds, SqueezeBox engendered a spirit of universal acceptance for everyone who passed through its doors. What transpired for seven years on the corner of Spring and Greenwich was an often hilarious, always rocking, and frequently debauched assemblage of everything from the ridiculous to the profane. SqueezeBox! re-creates the chaotic, frenetic, and unapologetic energy of the club and spotlights the people and the times that demanded something original in an ever increasingly capitalistic world.