Jenny Dembrow) Julie Jewels Julius Teaser Junkie Jonathan (also known as "Jonathan Junkie") Kabuki Kenny Kenny, the group's door person Keoki (also known as "Superstar DJ Keoki", born Keoni Franconi) Lady Bunny (born Jon Ingle) Lahoma van Zant (Jon Witherspoon) Lina Beltre, actress, dancer, poet & producer Sophia Lamar Larry Tee Amanda Lepore Karliin Mann Mavis Apollo Braun Andre "Angel" Melendez Richie Rich Robert "Freeze" Riggs RuPaul Sacred Boy Thairin Smothers The It Twins (Robert and Tim) Michael Tronn Michael T Tobell von Cartier Waltpaper (Walt Cassidy) Zaldy Prominent chroniclers of the club kids culture Waltpaper, club kid and author of New York: Club Kids by Waltpaper Michael Musto, Village Voice columnist and partygoer alongside the Club Kids James St. James, author of Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland, a 1999 memoir of James' life as a Manhattan club kid, as well as Michael Alig's murder of Andre "Angel" Melendez. The memoir was retitled Party Monster after the 2003 movie that starred Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Chloë Sevigny, and Marilyn Manson. Nelson Sullivan, videographer and host of cultural gatherings and events Ernie Glam, Michael Alig, creators and hosts of the YouTube Channel show "Peeew!" which featured interviews of Club Kids and the history of the Club Kids. History Alig moved to New York City from his hometown—South Bend, Indiana—in 1984 and began hosting small events. In 1987, he supplanted Andy Warhol as a leading New York partier; in an article in Interview, Alig said: "We were all going to become Warhol Superstars and move into The Factory. The funny thing was that everybody had the same idea: not to dress up but to make fun of people who dressed up. We changed our names like they did, and we dressed up in outrageously crazy outfits in order to be a satire of them—only we ended up becoming what we were satirizing." The Club Kids' aesthetic emphasized outrageousness, "fabulousness", and sex. Gender was fluid, and everything was DIY. In Musto's words: "It was a statement of individuality and sexuality which ran the gamut, and it was a form of tapping into an inner fabulousness within themselves and bringing it out." As the group's influence grew, they spread from the back rooms of lesser-known clubs to venues such as Area, Rudolf Piper's Danceteria, and the Palladium. From there, Alig and his gang went on to run Peter