--- title: HBO Vinyl: Before Watching, Revisit NYC's 1970s Music Scene description: The HBO show—created by Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese, among others—premieres on Feb. 14 canonical: https://time.com/4209667/vinyl-hbo-real-nyc-1970s-music-photos/ author: Lily Rothman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-12T17:00:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:50:31.859Z article:section: History og:title: The Real Vinyl: Incredible Photos of NYC's '70s Music Scene og:description: The HBO show—created by Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese, among others—premieres on Feb. 14 og:url: https://time.com/4209667/vinyl-hbo-real-nyc-1970s-music-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3db9416727f2a9be/69887c50cf40a81ac7c41d5c/160205-vinyl-hbo-1970s-09.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Dead Boys performing at CBGB in 1977. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Real Vinyl: Incredible Photos of NYC's '70s Music Scene twitter:description: The HBO show—created by Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese, among others—premieres on Feb. 14 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3db9416727f2a9be/69887c50cf40a81ac7c41d5c/160205-vinyl-hbo-1970s-09.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Real _Vinyl_: See Incredible Photos of the '70s Music Scene in New York by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/) and [Liz Ronk](/author/liz-ronk/) Feb 12, 2016 5:00 PM CUT  Dead Boys performing at CBGB in 1977. Dead Boys performing at CBGB in 1977.Ebet Roberts—Redferns/Getty Images by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/) and [Liz Ronk](/author/liz-ronk/) Feb 12, 2016 5:00 PM CUT The new HBO series _Vinyl_, which premieres on Sunday, is set in the alternately glitzy and grubby world of New York City’s 1970s music business. Considering it’s co-created by Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger, _Vinyl_ is likely to nail the details. Still, it’ll be hard to match the real rush of the volatile decade. The city’s music scene in the 1970s was glam, punk, rock and everything in between, as these photos make clear.  Influential American glam rock band the New York Dolls; David Johansen, front, Jerry Nolan, Johnny Thunders, Killer Kane and Sylvain Sylvain, pose in a dressing room. 1972. P. Felix—Getty Images  Rock, protopunk, blues and pop singer, songwriter and actor David Johansen of the band New York Dolls at A and R recording studio in NYC on Feb. 13, 1974. Waring Abbott—Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  Bob Dylan (center) with some members of his Rolling Thunder tour including singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and poet Bobby Neuwirth (left of Dylan with his arm raised) singer-songwriter, musician and producer T-Bone Burnett (behind Dylan with guitar) and songwriter and theater director Jacques Levy (right of Dylan with beard, talking to woman with back to camera) and friends hanging out on July 16, 1975 at The Other End in New York City. 1975. Waring Abbott—Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  Patti Smith performing with Lenny Kaye at CBGB's club in New York City on April 4 1975. Richard E. Aaron—Redferns/Getty Images  Lenny Kaye from the Patti Smith Group with David Bowie at CBGB's club in New York City on April 4 1975. Richard E. Aaron—Redferns/Getty Images  CBGB owner Hilly Krystal ejects Leggs McNeil from the club, 1976. Roberta Bayley—Redferns/Getty Images  The Runaways performing at CBGB in New York City on Aug. 2, 1976. Richard E. Aaron—Redferns/Getty Images  Mick Jagger and his wife Bianca arrive at the Andy Warhol-hosted re-opening party of the Copacabana nightclub, New York, N.Y., Oct. 13, 1976. Allan Tannenbaum—Getty Images  Dead Boys performing at CBGB in 1977. Ebet Roberts—Redferns/Getty Images  Punk rock group the Ramones perform at CBGB, New York, N.Y., Oct. 30, 1977. Allan Tannenbaum—Getty Images  Lenny Kaye, of the Patti Smith Group, takes a break outside CBGB on the Bowery, New York, N.Y., May 28, 1977. Allan Tannenbaum—Getty Images  Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton, members of The JAM, performing at CBGB's on Oct. 15, 1977. Ebet Roberts—Redferns/Getty Images ![Liza Minnelli;Andy Warhol;Halston;Jack Jr. Haley \[& Wife\];Mrs. Mick Jagger](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43b04ca580c68761/69887c510b72e37faa6e8006/160205-vinyl-hbo-1970s-13.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp) Celebrities during New Year's Eve party at Studio 54: Halston, Bianca Jagger, Jack Haley, Jr. and wife Liza Minnelli and Andy Warhol. 1978. Robin Platzer—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images  A pair of clubgoers dressed as punks lie on the floor at Studio 54's third annual Halloween party, New York, N.Y., Oct. 31, 1978. 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