A selection of photos of Michael Alig, club kid and convicted murderer. In 1996 Alig was convicted of murdering Angel Melendez in a dispute over drugs. In 1999 Alig was the subject of a book by James St. James tilted "Disco Bloodbath". In 2003, actor Macauley Culkin portrayed Alig in the film version of the book, titled "Party Monster".

A few random moments from the Limelight nightclub in New York City over the years.

A Friday night Techno party at the Limelight nightclub in New York City circa 1990's.

The scene at the Limelight in October 1990, on the night when the Club Nightmares group portrait was shot. Club Nightmares were Club Kids selected annually by Village Voice columnist Michael Musto for being particularly obnoxious.

One night in 1994 the Club Kids had a contest at Limelight to crown the King and Queen of Manhattan.

Some shots of the empty interior of the Limelight nightclub (formerly the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion) on Sixth Avenue in New York City in 1998. The club was undergoing renovations.

Opening reception of Malcolm McLaren's exhibition at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City on September 14, 1988.

A portrait session with Billy Name, famed photographer of Andy Warhol and the Factory scene, at home in Poughkeepsie, New York in January 1997

Dean Johnson (1961 -2007) performs in drag with his band the Weenies in a club in New York City in the late 1980's.

A selection of photos taken over the years of down-and-dirty decadent New York City in all its sordid squalor. Includes drag queens, strippers, S&M clubs and other debauchery.

A sampler of the wild, wacky drag queens of the downtown New York club scene, circa late eighties to 2000. Include Lypsinka, Queerdonna, Lady Bunny and many other great gals!

A drag ball in Harlem, New York City in 1988

The Love Ball on May 22, 1991, featuring Leigh Bowery, Cindy Crawford, Brooke Shields, Nell Campbell and Kenny Scharf, along with a bunch of whacky drag queens!

Alexander McQueen's first fashion show in New York. The collection was shown in a former synagogue on Norfolk Street (now the Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts) on the Lower East side in New York City, New York and featured models Kate Moss, Helena Christensen, James King and others. The show also featured the NY premiere of his famous bumster pants.

Andy Warhol celebrated his last ever New Year's Eve with a dinner at Cafe Roma resaurant in New York City on December 21, 1986.

Some portraits of Diamanda Galas

Diamanda Galas, avant garde vocalist and composer and John Paul Jones, former drummer of Led Zeppelin pose for a portrait session to promote their album "The Sporting Life".