“I started out with oldies - 50s and 60s bands. And with drums came Clark’s avid music knowledge. “I would drum on my bed, I’d drum on coffee cans, anything really,” says Clark. 190 telling me, ‘Roger, you have no rhythm.’ I didn’t make it too far in the junior high band,” he says - with a wry smile.īut that certainly didn’t stop him or snuff out his love for playing drums. (Via YouTube)Ĭlark grew up in Forest Hills, so it may not come as too much of a surprise that the first song he played in his first band was “Blitzkrieg Bop” by Queens punkers The Ramones.īut according to Clark, he didn’t have the most auspicious beginning. Perp Walks plays “Havana” at Otto’s Shrunken Head. “And the fourth time was with a band called Screw Virginia.” We changed names a few times,” says Clark. “It was Early Jitters, The Slip, and I think I might have remembered wrong but my ‘Queens’ band was The Avenue Kids. The first time he did so was with his band in high school. And although he doesn’t consider himself a trained musician, he’s hit some milestones that many bands would love to achieve.įor one, he played legendary punk club (and sadly now defunct) CBGB four times. “He’s really funked it up,” says Clark.Ĭlark has been playing drums in a variety of bands since high school. While O’Carroll has played only one previous gig with the band, Clark already senses the guitarist’s influence on their style. “He has an incredible music background, and is a retired NYPD detective,” says Clark. “Bunny is an incredible bassist, songwriter, everything.” Carroll was the Musical Director for NYPD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums. Roger Clark of NY1 speaks about his band Perp Walk and their upcoming gig at Hank’s Saloon on Thursday, May 5.Ĭlark is quick to sing his bandmates’ praises.
Hirsch signed him up as the Perp Walk drummer.Īfter a few personnel changes, the band is now a trio, consisting of Clark, Hirsch, and Joe O’Carroll, the newest member and guitarist for the band. “I auditioned for them at a studio in Greenpoint about three years ago.” Clark is speaking about bassist, singer, and songwriter Bunny Hirsch, who also works at NY1 as a broadcast engineer. “It’s really not my band,” explains Clark. But Clark was primarily here to talk about his band and music background in preparation for Perp Walk’s show coming up this Thursday. “Really, I had no idea he was going to do that,” says Clark of Kiernan’s song, when we sat down at Postmark Cafe for a discussion the day after he survived the ninjas. That call-and-response was on display in early April, when Kiernan and the morning crew serenaded Clark while he was previewing the Brooklyn Folk Festival. Clark and NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan deliver some of the best banter in the business during their morning broadcast. If you ask loyal NY1 fans about Clark, they’ll often remark on his exuberant and engaging interview style.
Their set begins at 8:30pm.įighting off samurai with an umbrella on for #sakuramatsuri preview! /Hteu5t1hVT Armed with nothing more than an umbrella, the news reporter scared off two seasoned sword fighters while previewing the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Sakura Matsuri Festival.Ĭlark is putting his newscasting (and martial arts) acumen aside on Thursday, May 5 when his band Perp Walk plays Hank’s Saloon (46 3rd Avenue, corner of Atlantic Avenue).
Last Tuesday, Roger Clark successfully fought off a ninja attack. Bunny Hirsch, Roger Clark, and Joe O’Carroll (Photo courtesy of Perp Walk) 5 min read Perp Walk will play Hank’s Saloon this Thursday, May 5."I'm not making money, absolutely no way, but it creates a vibe with people between the community and my own regular customers,” said O’Halloran. She says this certainly doesn’t make up for lost revenues from her pub being closed, but she gets a level of satisfaction from baking the treats, which she sends with her homemade jam. O'Halloran started selling the scones online at the urging of the person who ran her weekly traditional Irish music sessions on Thursday nights at the popular watering hole and eatery. "I always used to have it in my head that on the side at Mary O's, I would love to have a little Irish shop, where I would sell little Irish things, like homemade things,” said O’Halloran. She also has a "Buy a Shepherd's Pie" program where customers pay for the delicacy and O'Halloran delivers them to agencies that help feed the hungry.O'Halloran is baking Irish Soda Bread Scones using her mother's recipe from County Mayo in Ireland and selling them online.The Pub has been closed since the state shutdown indoor dining in December.Mary O'Halloran opened Mary O's Irish Pub and Restaurant in the East Village in 2009.
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