'The Roar of L'Amour'
"Ah Yes Indeed"
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The stories of CHUCK KAYE - The Roar of L'Amour
DJ, VJ, HOST/MC, BOOKER, PROMOTER
10/84-11/88
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Email: ChuckKayeAYI@gmail.com
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ITS ONLY ROCK N' ROLL - The store, but I like them
Taken from a Facebook post
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Many know I was good friends with a guy named Scott Koenig nicknamed "Heavy Metal scott"
When, I started at L'Amour in Brooklyn in 10/84, Scott told the owners of Vinyl Mania on Carmine Street (where he worked) that they should sponsor me with free albums.
To be fair, I was already getting a lot free, but why not make it official.
Scott eventually left there in 85 and called me to go to his new store on 8th Street called IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL because the staff/owners wanted to meet me
The store was an awesome split between memorabilia and records, most hard to find. Everything from punk to classic rock and now due to Scott more and more metal.
I get there and was introduced to the staff/management and life-long friendships began.
First thing Peter Aschner said was "we want to sell tickets to your shows"
I was just getting into being more than a DJ at the club, so I said consider it done. I put Pete on the guest list for an upcoming show, and he walked out with a ton of tickets to every event we had on sale.
The two sides to IORNR took care of me, but by this time I had every record company hooking me up.
It wasn't about "free shit" it was about friendship and fun, and BOTH were had.
Now, before I got to L'Amour they didn't really have a Manhattan base/crowd.
They had Brooklyn, SI and NJ, but no vibe or presence in Manhattan.
I told the owners to trust me and let me work with IORNR, because I saw that little by little metal was breaking through in Manhattan.
This was before hard rock/metal nights at Cat Club and Limelight were a thing and I felt IORNR could be a key relationship.
I hung out in Manhattan a lot in 83-85
I was a regular at Limelight long before they thought of doing rock/metal shows.
I saw people beginning to take note of the scene.
The owners trusted me and by all accounts it was a success.
More and more IORNR were getting popular in the metal community and were a huge ticket seller for us.
Many times, being our #1 outlet.
I became a regular on 8th Street and would hang there and then across the street at Be Bop Cafe for a pitcher of Budweiser and fries
Peter was a big reason why I was invited to Electric Lady (across the street) to meet Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick and pitch for them to play Brooklyn and it worked - HERE
It's a shame that 8th street lost its vibe, but most things in life do change.
The days of hitting up Tower, Bleecker Bob's, grabbing a slice at Ben's and walking over to IORNR and closing the store with them and hitting Be Bop for beer/fries before Limelight (before they had rock/metal) are a distant memory, but a good one.
Manhattan was an important but untapped market for L'Amour and IORNR was an important piece for the venue to tap.
RIP to my buddy Scott and everyone we lost that was affiliated with the IORNR/L'Amour relationship.
It was a fun run and being back on FB reconnected me with Pete and Bert Del Valle that worked there.
Chuck Kaye
Ah Yes Indeed
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I been approached to do a book, but due to my health it is not a realistic undertaking.In place of the expense of buying a book, I ask you think about donating to www.givesendgo.com/chuckkaye
This is the story of CHUCK KAYE - "The Roar Of L'Amour": A man in dire health, who is "the conduit of altruistic intention" - Newsbreak.comChuck was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation* on January 14th, 2020. After spending nineteen days (19) in ICU/Hospital, cardiologist determined he must have had A-Fib* for 5 years due to the severity. With an ejection fraction of only 10% (the amount of blood pumped out of a heart’s lower chambers each time it contracts), Chuck was not expected to live. After discharging 45 pounds of toxic fluid during that initial visit, Chuck has fought through homelessness, eviction and numerous ER/ICU/hospital stays and in April of 2025 (alone), he had three mini-strokes.
*Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is an irregular heart rhythm that begins in your heart’s upper chambers (atria). Symptoms include fatigue, heart palpitations, trouble breathing and dizziness.CHUCK CURRENTLY LIVES OFF ONLY $918.43 A MONTH FROM DISABILITY(which is less than his monthly nut)If you would like to help Chuck's 'quality of life', please consider donating
But PLEASE ... do not do anything you cannot do affordably
I been approached to do a book, but due to my health it is not a realistic undertaking.In place of the expense of buying a book, I ask you think about donating to www.givesendgo.com/chuckkaye
This is the story of CHUCK KAYE - "The Roar Of L'Amour": A man in dire health, who is "the conduit of altruistic intention" - Newsbreak.comChuck was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation* on January 14th, 2020. After spending nineteen days (19) in ICU/Hospital, cardiologist determined he must have had A-Fib* for 5 years due to the severity. With an ejection fraction of only 10% (the amount of blood pumped out of a heart’s lower chambers each time it contracts), Chuck was not expected to live. After discharging 45 pounds of toxic fluid during that initial visit, Chuck has fought through homelessness, eviction and numerous ER/ICU/hospital stays and in April of 2025 (alone), he had three mini-strokes.
*Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is an irregular heart rhythm that begins in your heart’s upper chambers (atria). Symptoms include fatigue, heart palpitations, trouble breathing and dizziness.CHUCK CURRENTLY LIVES OFF ONLY $918.43 A MONTH FROM DISABILITY(which is less than his monthly nut)If you would like to help Chuck's 'quality of life', please consider donating
But PLEASE ... do not do anything you cannot do affordably
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