One The Last of The Real Rock and Roll Outlaws ALTERNATIVE TV
IGOR BASIN
MICHAEL "PANKOW" BOEHLKE
BOONARAAAS!
BOY FROM BRAZIL
SEZGIN BOYNIK
BUZZCOCKS
CHEETAH CHROME
CZD
DEAN DIRG
RONALD GALENZA
HENRYK GERICKE
THOMAS GROETZ
DICK HEBDIGE
ALFRED HILSBERG
STEWART HOME
SIEGFRIED KALUS
THE KIDS
THOMAS LAU
MARLENE MARDER
MALCOLM MCLAREN
LEGS MCNEIL
PADELUUN
BERT PAPENFUSS
MARK PERRY
HARRY RAG
ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS
SEDLMEIR
ANDY SHERNOFF
MARTY THAU
TOKYO SEX DESTRUCTION
VIVA L'AMERICAN DEATH RAY MUSIC
Born in Cleveland, Gene O'Connor got famous with his punk rock stage name Cheetah Chrome. He played guitar with the proto punks Rocket From The Tombs and the Dead Boys and was one of the first celebrities of the emerging New York punk scene.

After the end of the Dead Boys in 1979 Cheetah Chrome started solo projects and collaborated with different artists like Jeff Dahl, Sonny Vincent or Ronnie Spector. Today he is living in Nashville with his wife and has a band called Sweet Justice.

At the Punk! Kongress Cheetah Chrome will perform with his former colleges Rocket From The Tombs and talk about the eventful life of a rock and roll star. more...
Cheetah Chrome

An interview with Cheetah Chrome

Homepage Cheetah Chrome

"I play my guitar and write music because I love rock and roll. ... If you stuck me in the wilderness naked for the rest of my life, I'd figure out a way to build a guitar. Probably before I got around to building a house!“
Cheetah Chrome in an interview with Chris Parcellin in D-Filed