Messing Around with The Club Kids at the Pyramid Club

James St. James, Keoki and Michael Alig smooze it up with Larry Tee and Nelson late night at the Pyramid Club. Video by Nelson Sullivan

[@WILLIAMCHANEL]

Awwwww. They're like the Club Babies here. So young. So little sense of anything unfortunate to come. And so free. This was a better day.

[@michaeljohn8905]

William IV You can tell this was before all the drugs started in earnest.

[@shanny4306]

Free as only the young can be

[@creamythroat]

@@michaeljohn8905 nah 80s we’re definitely a hot time for drugs, people just cared more about getting caught then they do today.

[@magamaga1827]

Love hearing in the background Belinda Carlisle Heaven is a place on Earth! remember this song well in 1987 hitting the chart.

[@TheNightGathers]

Came here almost as soon as I’d heard Michael Alig died. Wild to see him so young here, practically carefree. Would never have imagined how it would all turn out for him in a few years, drug addicted and a killer. I wonder if we’ll ever have a phenomena as intense as the club kid one again. RIP to an era, not so much a killer.

[@jesuisdiva]

His doctor told him he was one of the worst cases of narcissistic personality disorder he’d ever seen. The drugs definitely helped but he had a predisposition to becoming a murderer

[@cactiareamazing]

@@jesuisdiva npd ≠ murderer

[@trollgod7565]

He died as he lived

[@giggles7179]

This does indeed seem to be a clip from an earlier time before he turned into the infamous enfant terrible. All we can hope for is that Michael Alig will be seen as a cautionary tale in the future. Sadly enough, I've seen more than one twentysomething kid idolize him and want to be the boy that p*sses in others' drinks and gets away with it. As long as there's a sense of power in being young and able to get away with so much bad behavior, there will always be someone willing to overlook where it actually took Alig and still aspire to be a nightmare of excess and narcissism.

[@marlanaferro1558]

​​​@@giggles7179 Alig definitely ruffled some feathers with the upper echelon Club Kids, but Alig hadn't the wherewithal to get away anything. With no "roots" whereof to speak, Alig had not a chance in that world of rich kids gone wild. Alig was a party planner, new to the scene no less, and nothing more. The real ones, the insiders never took him seriously. Alig didn't fully grasp the insider etiquette, which was and is still unspoken and fully understood. The unspoken bond is a strong one.

[@alexIoI]

lmfao heaven is a place playing in the background

[@thedrunkenramblingsnorthea4201]

it's in the advert for Haven - the holiday resort like Butlins in the UK :D I know you didnt need or have any interest in knowing that but I commented anyway

[@MartyrLoserKing]

Black Mirror

[@RibbonVintageGirl]

When James was twirling around and hopping down the streets, he sounded like he is now. Also his younger self is giving me Laganja vibes.

[@thedrunkenramblingsnorthea4201]

James @ the end is literally me walking home drunk every other night its un canny although NY was used to stuff like this, I get cars beeping at my poor attempts at pirouettes and calling me all the slurs under the sun lmao so I do a high kick to the H8ters and carrry on

[@idadudenmanner]

James so frickin CUTE dancing around squealing!

[@mrjeevy7720]

Michael Alig seemed really cool, calm and confident here, with a vibe that would draw people to him like a magnet. This is a in massive contrast to the recent KZbin videos where he was insecure and obsessed with getting attention. Drugs are bad (RIP).

[@asleepbydawn137]

Earlier years before he got sucked into addiction, power... So sad. Truly sad.

[@sese6227]

Alig was also battling mental illness & diagnosed with one of the most severe cases of NPD his psychologist had ever seen. Not excusing anything he did during his lifetime, but the older you get, the more severe a lot of metal illnesses/disorders become.... Especially if the illnesses are not medicated properly. He was on & off his meds constantly.

[@pagethreemodel]

I could tell that there was something off about him in these clips. It's subtle but it's there.

[@trollgod7565]

Your so lost , there was nothing special about Michael alig

[@millsykooksy4863]

Very sad

[@pinlight97]

“Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth!” -> full circle San Junipero Black Mirror moment.

[@alexcastro7339]

You can tell how much drugs James did by the amount of dancing he does... 😆

[@RibbonVintageGirl]

In all honesty, these people--whether they are on budget or not--are the most fashionable and well-dressed groups I have ever seen.

[@cgvapors963]

You mean in this video or when they were clubbing? Because the NY Club Kids scene back then was a direct ripoff of the British Blitz Kids and New Romantic movement of the early 80's.

[@pagethreemodel]

@@cgvapors963 makes sense. They're always copying the British. British artsy types (i.e me) have the coolest style on earth.

[@michaelbonica5614]

Mike looked really healthy and genuinely happy.

[@danielboom72]

That's what heroin will do to you

[@cookiemac6038]

u really get the 80s vibe

[@jesuisdiva]

I feel like it’s very late 80s- I would love to see home videos a few years earlier

[@marciusnery4065]

Michael Alig was so charming, focused and driven, from the mid to the late 80s. Such a shame how much the heavy use of drugs destroyed his psyche and the whole party scene.

[@Skaterbun]

Very innocent then

[@JayJay-dm4hx]

He found his friend. He found him. Hey everyone they found each other.

[@enorme72]

Awww I love Lahoma Van Zandt

[@Ariel692769]

I wonder what he's doing now.

[@gerrymin6298]

they were all so cute back then

[@enorme72]

He is cute yet

[@trickboyinmourning]

Yikes compare that James to today’s

[@lll000l00o]

@@trickboyinmourning fuck off we all age and he still pulls out looks

[@crazymeee]

I would love to go on a time machine hang out with Nelson!

[@soulshaker205]

This is probably before Michael Alig was even doing drugs. In the documentary it said that Michael hated drugs. To me, it looks like Michael copied James St. James and then ran with it and took all the credit.

[@gerrymin6298]

you gotta read james' book. they both got into drugs because of keoki. plus james didn't like the club kids, their aesthetics and moral but he decided to roll with it. and yes, michael really did hate drugs at the beginning.

[@dannydavideos8106]

He literally reminds u of mccully culkin right when.he moves.to new york and ask seth green( james.st james) how to be fabulous.

[@OldSkoolWax]

Yea Alig didn't do drugs until the 90s. Keoki did and so did James St James though but mostly just extacy and coke.

[@hypehype666]

James says that he started doing drugs to get closer to Keoki, because James was absolutely infatuated with him. Michael wasn't doing drugs at the time so James treated it as precious alone-time with Keoki.

[@dannydavideos8106]

@@hypehype666 yeah james n keoki use to go on trips together without telling their boyfriends and would always go off together and go on coke binges. In the interview with james and keoki he tells the story about this video and how it was the first time james ever did coke and james said how he liked keoki for about a year then he layed off.

[@pussyri0t741]

its so fun time slipping back to this fabulous timeline, Nelson Sullivan has paved the way for us to phase seperate into the 1980s

[@latch78]

This is so classic!

[@auntemmyd1604]

Id give anything to go back and be with them! Anyone know what Lahoma is doing?!

[@mintybadger6905]

Forever young.

[@blakepotter7937]

I miss Depeche Mode night there!!

[@asleepbydawn137]

Yeessssss!

[@blakepotter7937]

@@asleepbydawn137 yaaaaaaaaas!!!! ♡

[@tequilapapii5936]

Did James St James & DJ Keoki have a thing? I thought Keoki dated Michael Alig but after watching a few of these vids I’ve noticed James & Keoki getting their life 🤣. Good job Nelson

[@annalee-rw9es]

Yes james was in love with his sweet DJ pretty boy but keoki dump hom for Michael that's why u heard keoki say what is Michael here and then James grabbed his face and tried to get him to forget about Michael!! Within a 3 week period from that night keoki started Dating Michael! James never got over it !

[@ScorpioTone]

I never can say goodbye boyyy. na na na, na na na.

[@JBabyLeather]

OMG!!! It was Michael Alig and Jams St. James!!!!

[@rachelw821]

I love baby James here!

[@latch78]

Hey those invites they are looking at in the bathroom are the exact same as the one Michael Alig is selling on eBay right now...a party for Christina @ Tunnel. Wish I had the $$$!!!

[@clairemadill367]

I thoroughly wish I was born into this era

[@thurxd]

Heaven Is a Place on Earth

[@JB-zo7ln]

Larry Tee looks much better without glasses and that wig.

[@giggles7179]

Good God, Seth Green's performance as James St. James _was_ definitely restrained. Then again, who could have sat through an hour-and-a-half of the actual Michaell Alig and James St. James?.

[@terrikatz4854]

It's strange-now they look ordinary, but at the time, Club Kids seemed really bohemian and avante-garde. I went to Pyramid Club, but I don't remember what it looked like.

[@petrieq9373]

Faux leopardskin, usually gotten at thrift shops, on black was a great look in those years! ❤️❤️

[@shefoldeditup]

And now

[@OLDSKOOLSNIP3R]

Is that Lahoma next to michael?

[@Sashapaige73]

Is there any videos where angel is in it.?

[@Jay_R_]

There's got to be some Nelson Sullivan videos where Angel appears. I remember in the 'Party Monster: A Shockumentary,' there were clips where Angel could be scene, and he seemed very shy to be on camera, trying to hide his face or leave the frame, and I believe the videos were shot by Nelson. In fact, there's one video with Michael sitting looking at something, and Angel comes by smiling and pets him on the head 😕 Watch the Party Monster documentary (you can find it here in 5 parts-- rutube.ru/video/cb70383f5de61ff6f05d652bdc00d1d6/ -- to see the clips of Angel I mentioned.

[@Sashapaige73]

Jay Are thanks :)

[@MrShawmania]

I'm pretty sure Nelson and Angel never met. Angel joined the club kids in the early 90's, Nelson died in 1989 so...not possible.

[@wickedwonka9155]

J R No because Nelson died in July of 89 and Angel didn’t move to New York until the fall of that year.

[@alexcastro7339]

You can see Angel in the Geraldo talk show clips

[@jaxglitterguts]

this is just hilarious. awesome

[@jahmelcarson3071]

I wanna go clubin now! It looks like fun.

[@KimberlyBishh]

that was incredibally too short, what was nelson thinking!

[@matthewdeinhardt1022]

Baby Lahoma!! 😍

[@insaneone4369]

That jacket though.

[@simon5005]

I sure am glad I lived these times in Dallas, TX and not in NYC. We had an amazing time, and didn't try anywhere near as hard as these people. YIKES!

[@CarlosSDCA]

Yes. you and TX are so much better!!! The world needed to know that.

[@asong4thedead]

Okay, Hank Hill

[@simon5005]

@@asong4thedead That's pretty funny, I loved that show, but I've been living in Boston for the past twenty years now.

[@simon5005]

@@CarlosSDCA And the world needed to know that you were offended by my remark. No they weren't........they couldn't care less.

[@CarlosSDCA]

@@simon5005 who cares about you and TX. Millions of people did not live in NY and had a fantastic time. Your comment is pointless not offensive.

[@chriswagner5743]

who is the guy with red hair

[@CatchafireforGod]

Lahoma (Jon Witherspoon)

[@Tefixitafuckme]

Has James talked about the killer? Why is everybody so "ok" with it?

[@gerrymin6298]

yep in his book. it's a sensitive topic so you should just read the book. it's really complicated.

[@Tefixitafuckme]

Georgia Min Thanks

[@Horaciowild1]

We are back

[@BrittanyProdan]

Michael looks a bit like a white baby Raven

[@parisz]

What year anyone?

[@Skaterbun]

Guessing 87

[@630unc]

Man its good to see michael alig not out of it, and the crazy thing is michael promoting a tish gervais show. Gd drugs ruin the whole scene.

[@zarialavey2230]

lol@ james st. james. Michael I love you!!

[@chrism.2711]

LaaaaaHoooommmmaaa lol

[@1serious0mfr]

... Looks like they have fun

[@essgee621]

Am I the only one who thinks Michael Alig resembles an older Lohanthony? lol

[@moreodat479]

yeah because they´re all copying styles l o l

[@wildreeds]

Michael Alig was really kinda cute. Too bad he didn't have a soul.

[@kamicazieg5282]

the keith merch :(

[@seanfrank32]

Too bad he couldn't get the hardcore years.

[@neon_one]

It's a shame you can't act like this in pulic without being ridiculed

[@dennybenz5846]

Yuck Michael alig. Don't know why they made such a big deal over him. Heard in one of nelson videos that he was trash

[@rellgreen6558]

James seemed unbearable

[@chrism.4544]

a guy the drug dealer got addicted ended up killing the drug dealer 9 years later in a drug crazed frenzy,

[@Jay_R_]

Love James, and I totally see the resemblance to Seth Green here!

[@wilmervalderrama8871]

I loved Seth's potrayal of James, Macaulay as Michael and also Wilmer Valderrama as Keoki (I love him as Fez on That 70's Show)!!!

[@ramonesfan6068]

i fuckkinggg love them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!