Actor: Vamp Bikers Tres. [19][20] On the night of March 17, 1996, Alig and his roommate, Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs, killed Melendez after an argument in Alig's apartment over many things, including a long-standing drug debt. According to Riggs, Alig took the reins after that. [38] In March 2009, Alig said he finally decided to stop using drugs and that he had been sober since then. The blood- and glitter-filled story of Michael Alig and his cohorts seems like a movie already, so it's no surprise that it was made into one. Michael Alig . parties. "This wicked little like, you know, blond- haired kid, making trouble for everybody." 73,275, This story has been shared 51,653 times. On Saturday, Aligs most recent party protege Jason Chaos and his longtime supporter Rachael Cain paid their respects by hosting an outlaw party in Coney Island, a nod to Aligs illegal bashes in public spaces in the 80s. Being a user, he would have a tolerance There mustve been something like fentanyl mixed with it, the first source said. "It's so easy to see me as this wicked, little thing, you know?" [52] The following day, Christmas, Alig's mother confirmed his cause of death as an accidental heroin overdose. Definitely, I would have had my wits about me to know not to sit so longthere were three of us and we were on top of him. [25], Through September 1996, the police still had not questioned Alig about the murder; they were focused on his former boss and onetime business partner, Peter Gatien, wanting Alig to testify against him. "He was a copycat, so we killed him," Alig spoke of Melendez. Alig was released on May 5, 2014. [6] Seeking a less conservative social environment after graduating in 1984, he attended Fordham University in New York City. Last 6 Years of Michael Aligs life. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Infamous Club Kid Killer Michael Alig expected he would be dead by the end of 2020, according to a source. Inside Matt Gaetz's courtship with fiance Ginger Luckey, This story has been shared 82,056 times. Michael Alig was born in South Bend, Indiana. Ex-boyfriend Ben Silva discovered him just before midnight, and detectives recovered several zip-lock plastic bags, apparently containing heroin, from the home, as well as drug paraphernalia, officials said at the time. became a huge success packing the venue every Monday night with DJ Keoki doing DJ sets and Alig bringing in the old and new generation of Club Kids. The thing is,while many people were aware of the grim and grisly rumors, Aligwaswell-known for his attention-seeking ways, and as Variety puts it, he was quite openly bragging about the incident. Things took a wild turn changing Alig's life forever with the March 1996 disappearance of Andre "Angel" Melendez, a nightlife staple who DJ'd, wore angel wings and dealt drugs. 82,056, This story has been shared 73,275 times. In 2014, Alig . Mini Bio (1) Michael Alig was born in South Bend, Indiana. Per Variety, the pair killed Melendez with a hammer and later dismembered his body and threw it in the Hudson river in a cardboard box. Alig was released from prison in 2014, but continued to chase hisClub Kid heyday and do drugs. His first parole request, in November 2006, was denied, reportedly after parole officers watched the film Party Monster (2003), a fictionalized account of Alig's life, starring Macaulay Culkin. When AIDS started, nobody knew what it was, but we knew you could get it from having sex. The bare necessitiesThis kit packs $431 worth of premium skincare and haircare into a small packageand it's only $80 with the promo code. Alig . A complete three piece set of the puzzle invitation is rare and hard to find. Crime Figure. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Legendary NYC nightlife director recalls notorious 90s club kid era, Novelists late son charged in babys drug death was involved in notorious 1996 Club Kid murder, Club Kid Killer busted for drug possession, Party Monster: Painting in prison kept me from killing myself. [37] He was again denied parole in July 2008 after failing several drug tests. [24] The following day, the New York Post's "Page Six" column ran a lead item about the murder mystery, citing Musto's reporting as well as a New York magazine piece quoting an evasive Alig. In 1995, his boss, Gatien, sent Alig to rehab once again. [39] From September 7, 2014, on, Alig and Glam hosted a YouTube comedy talk show titled "The Pee-ew". Then, he filled the victim's mouth with detergent and closed it with duct tape. According to The Guardian, there are many versions of the exact circumstances surrounding Andre"Angel" Melendez's death, thanks to the inaccurate depictions in various pop culture works and exaggerations by both the media and the Club Kids. The Club Kids went to war with Alig's mother, Elke Blair, over his ashes after his death. He was a founding member of the notorious Club Kids, a group of young club goers led by Alig and James St. James in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In fact, the real story might just be even more outlandish than the movie version. After six weeks, Alig put a stop to the phone calls claiming, "People think I'm having a grand old time. In the 1980s and 1990s, something truly extraordinary was brewing in New York. 3 min read. Club Kid Killer Michael Alig the famously flamboyant party promoter who ended up busted for murder was found dead on Christmas Eve of an apparent heroin overdose, officials said Friday. While the fact that the scene kept silent about a man who freely talked about killing someone might seem unbelievable, it's worth noting that Alig's tendency to shock and provoke knew very few bounds. ", "My interview with Keoki and Michael Alig for, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Alig&oldid=1139419541, American people convicted of manslaughter, People with histrionic personality disorder, Prisoners and detainees of New York (state), Deaths by heroin overdose in New York (state), Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, The events of Alig's years as a club promoter up to his arrest are covered in, The events of Alig's years as a club promoter up to his arrest were portrayed in the documentary, produced and directed by, A prison interview with Alig is featured in the documentary, Alig is cast as "Michael" in Spanish NY based independent director Manuel Toledano's first and only movie (finished in 1998 with the participation of producer. The couple divorced when Alig was four years old. The Club Kids were out and about, and their open celebration of difference wasn't just a fringe thing, either. Unfortunately, it appears thatParty Monster either failed to capture the story's kitsch-filled drama or perhaps embraced it too well. Alig was released from prison in 2014, but continued to chase his Club Kid heyday and do drugs. It was the first outlaw party that never got busted by the police, but sure got busted by the hurricane, she added. As Themtells us, this was the era of the Club Kids a blanket name for a group of young, outrageous, and often LGBTQ creative types who shed away their outcast status and became party scene butterflies. He would also often scream for hours inside his pad, neighbors said. Alig who put together celebrated parties at famed clubs including the Limelight and Discoteria rose to infamy in 1996 after he was convicted of killing Andre Angel Melendez. The young man, the boyfriend of famed pop artist Keith Haring, took Alig to a party that his beau was throwing at the now-defunct Area club on Hudson Street. There, in a pill-fused haze, Alig was deemed King of the Club Kids. Michael told me he probably wasnt going to make it through the year. I know that Im not a bad person becausebecause I care too much, he explained. Then Alig grabbed a pillow and tried to smother him. In 1996 Alig was convicted of the murder of Angel Melendez in a confrontation over a drug debt. Per Interview Magazine, the Club Kids were in the habit of creating "glamorous personalities," and they aimed to make them as inventive and shocking as possible. While Melendez was unconscious, Riggs went to the other room; when he returned, he noticed a broken syringe on the floor. [44] The invitation designed by Michael Alig was a three piece puzzle of his art work; each puzzle piece revealed the location of the gallery and the time. St James, Ernie Glam, Screamin' Rachael, DJ Keoki, JennyTalia (Jenny Dembrow), film director Eric Spade Rivas, Hollywood musician/painter/nightlife personality/film actress Ingrid LaLa, NYC musician/painter Joseph Arthur, NYC nightlife legend and mentor Steve Lewis, and many others attended Michael Alig's June 25, 2015 art event. He was a convicted killer who spent 17 years in prison for manslaughter after killing and dismembering his drug dealer. A mattress took up most of the kitchen, there was barely a footpath in a living room strewn with boxes and piles of clothing, and a broken dresser was positioned near the door so it was practically the first thing I laid eyes on. Alig told The Post in an exclusive article in 2014 how he grew up as a gay person in South Bend, Ind., wearing Izod and felt as if he had finally come home after arriving in the Big Apple in 1984. On his release from prison, Emma Brockes . When he talked about the impetus of the Club Kids, he was sharp and efficient, compressing an entire era into a single paragraph. In the end, though, drugs proved to be a much greater enemy. (Photo: Adam Nadel) Michael Alig : home: last updates: contact . [10] The Club Kids' outrageousness became a source of interest for the media, and articles about them appeared in such media outlets as Newsweek, People, and TIME. According toThe Advocate, rumor also had it that the killers injected Melendez with Drano. had a party with a theme.With Jason Chaos, Alig, Ingrid LaLa and others working as a team, Outrage! An overly friendly cat weaved between my legs and then Alig pointed out that she was in heat. He was flailing. [32], While in prison, Alig told Musto, "I know why I blabbed. Several bags of a variety of drugs were recovered by detectives from the scene, which once again reflects his troubled life post his release from jail six years back. However, Robert Riggs ultimately confessed and revealed Alig's role in the crime. While Michael Alig was busy boasting about a crime his club circles didn't quite believe he had done, the authorities were busy trying to figure out the identity of a dismembered body that had washed up on Staten Island in April 1996, perThe Advocate. 45,190, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved According to Alig's boyfriend, he had been using heroin shortly before his death. Alig himself has noted that because the name of the game was disaffection, the verbal abuse could be rather extreme. I had seen him (or someone using his picture) on Grindr at some point between our interview and his drug arrest, looking to parTy. Naturally, I didnt keep in touch with him, but the report of his death last week didnt surprise me, either. The killers were eventually caught and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. 45,190, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved Michael Alig, the flamboyantly costumed "King of the Club Kids" in late 1980s and early '90s Manhattan whose involvement in the sordid murder and . The rest of the body was put into a large box Riggs found in the basement of their apartment. We were the antithesis of sex. He along with fellow 'Club Kid' Robert 'Freeze' Riggs were arrested for a brutal murder, with Alig pleading guilty to manslaughter in 1997 for killing Melendez. ", "Party Monster: Painting in prison kept me from killing myself", "My Life as a Cult Film Star: Michael Musto Details His Delicious Role in "Vamp Bikers", "Interview: Film director Eric Rivas discusses 'Vamp Bikers' (Includes interview)", "Michael Alig Will Battle it Out as 'Club Kid Zombie' in Coney Island Horror Flick", "Writer/Director Eric Rivas' Brings Us "Vamp Bikers Tres"-"This Is The Unveiling of our Oz", "Club Kid killer Michael Alig charged with smoking crystal meth while trespassing near Bronx Supreme Court", "Master Of Ceremonies With Screamin' Rachael & Jason Chaos", "Where Are The People Hiding In Jason Chaos's Apartment? In March 1996, Alig and his roommate, Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs, killed fellow Club Kid . I perched on a couch and Alig told me about his life in sentence fragments and tangentsuntil he asked if we could go to Starbucks because his boyfriend, whom he had met on Scruff a few months prior, was in the bedroom naked. "You could say just the worst things about people, nobody was ever offended," he recalled. Alig recalled to The Post how he and Riggs beat Melendez to death, then dismembered his body and tossed the parts into the Hudson River. Shortly thereafter, he moved into Alig's Riverbank West apartment. People stopped going out, and then when Warhol died, people stopped going out completely. Michael Alig Photo by Inaki Vinaixa. Riggs claimed that Alig was pouring "some cleaner or chemical" into Melendez' mouth, then duct-taped it with the help of Riggs. Later DJ Keoki got Alig involved with Outrage!. In fact, The Village Voice reports that he and Melendez eventually came to be at odds over a significant drug debt. It alters your sense of time and, in this case, well say strength. Im in shock. Let's take a look at the messed up true story behind Party Monster. Guys waiting eight hours outside his door, asking for him, asking for, Michael.. He started making Party Monster 2 movie, which was footage of when he got out of prison, the insider shared. The art event was filmed by World of Wonder (WOW) for the Party Monster 2 movie. Fabulous was the word of the day. This kit packs $431 worth of premium skincare and haircare into a small packageand it's only $80 with the promo code. Alig was sad, objectively, like a half-dead bug on its back. Thanks for contacting us. But he continued to battle his seemingly ever-present demons, getting busted for possession of crystal meth near Yankee Stadium in 2017. Michael Alig, Keda Albano, Swedish dance band Army of Lovers , Kabuki Starshine and unidentified pose for a photo in Alig's apartment in May 1992 in. Keoki, Cynthia 'Social Lies' and Michael Alig pose for a photo at Tunnel nightclub on January 13th, 1988 in New York City, New York. The overlap made me wary and a little queasy. the actor said. All of a sudden, instead of going out and being sexy and taking off your clothes, we were going out not to have sex with each other, but to look at each othera look, dont touch thing. It also served as a cast and crew wrap party to celebrate his last film, Duke of New York, directed by Eric Rivas, whom Alig worked with on several projects. Andre "Angel" Melendez was a regular on the New York City club scene and worked at The Limelight, among other clubs (some not owned by Gatien, e.g., Webster Hall[18]), where he sold drugs on the premises. I opened the room and started towards the other bedroom at which point Michael Alig was yelling, "Help me!" Michael Alig, the notorious 'Club Kid Killer' and the flamboyant party promoter, who ended up serving 17 years in jail for the sordid murder and dismemberment of his drug dealer, looked disturbed and anxious in the last months of his life. On December 25, 2020, notorious New York City "Club Kid" Michael Alig died of an accidental heroin overdose. Most detailed account anywhere! Everything has to be completely over the top and exaggerated. [35], In August 2004, James St. James began a blog entitled "Phone Calls From a Felon". By The Associated Press. [11], In 1988, Alig was hired by the owner of The Limelight, Peter Gatien. When asked "how can you be so patient with Michael Alig when he is all over the place", mentor Ingrid LaLa replied: " When I was 23 years old, I taught sixth grade!". Strangely, Blair said she felt that Cain was pressuring her not only to put Aligs remains at Brooklyns Green-Wood cemetery but also to choose it as her own final resting place. Michael told me, Ill never see money from it because they said theyll only release it after [longtime collaborator and DJ] Keoki or I died.. Michael told me, Ill never see money from it because they said theyll only release it after [longtime collaborator and DJ] Keoki or I died.'. On February 2, 2017, Alig was arrested for trespassing and smoking crystal meth in Joyce Kilmer Park in Concourse, outside the Bronx Supreme Court, at approximately 1:30a.m. Michael Alig was the darling of the New York club scene, a magnet for misfits and a lightning rod for conservative outrage. He remained in solitary for another two-and-a-half years after a drug test showed that he was still using drugs. Michael Alig in April 2019 Getty Images. An ex-boyfriend found Alig dead from an overdose on Christmas Eve. "Not only is there no reason, there's no justification," he said. The pair's power dynamic heavily involved drugs. [36], Alig became eligible for parole in 2006. 73,275, This story has been shared 51,653 times. I wasnt particularly surprised when, about a month after its publication, Alig was arrested for smoking meth in public (outside the Bronx Supreme Court building, no less). He maintained he did it in self-defense, something he said he remained sure of even though many of the details were hazy because of all the drugs that were involved. There was something about it with all those dark clouds, it felt like it was taking him away and setting him free, Cain told Page Six. Michael Alig had several roles in four Eric Spade Rivas films: Vamp Bikers, This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 01:31. It worked well for my job I was a promoter."[17]. On June 25, 2015, Alig had his first and only art show event held in three separate art galleries in New York City in the LES area. Cain and the Club Kids were caught in a messy battle with Aligs mother, Elke Blair, over who would keep his ashes. His ability to stage memorable parties helped him rise in New York's party scene. Another added: Michael did a lot of drugs and couldnt get out of his own way. Alig soon dropped out of school and began working at Danceteria as a bus boy. As The Guardian tells us, the 17-year-old Alig moved to New York from Indiana in the early 1980s in order to get a reprieve from his difficult family conditions and the constant bullying because of his homosexuality. [9] They were also known for their frequent use of ketamine (known as Special K), Ecstasy, Rohypnol, heroin, and cocaine. Alig has also admitted that he was in the habit of urinating in the drinks. events, Alig continued to promote and host parties in New York City for Noel Ashman, Trax Records, Jason Chaos and more. 45,190, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved Alig and Robert Freeze Riggs served time in prison for killing Club Kid member Andre Angel Melendez, dismembering his body and tossing it in the Hudson River in 1996. [21] Alig claimed many times that he was so high on drugs that his memory of the events was unclear. [31] On October 1, 1997, both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 10 to 20 years. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Ludovic wore underwear and white body paint as he swept the pair past the uber-choosy doorman. In 2016,I was assigned to profile Alig for Maer Roshans short-lived reboot of the queer lifestyle magazine 429, which is now defunct. We said our prayers to say goodbye. His 1996 killing of his friend and drug dealer Andre Angel Melendez cemented the Kids legacy with a horrifying coda, chronicled in James St. Jamess acclaimed book Disco Bloodbath and immortalized in a documentary and narrative film, both named Party Monster. [29] Alig was arrested as was Riggs. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. As a gay teen coming to terms with my sexuality, I was overwhelmed and exhilarated. Ive never been a big fan but when youre at that point, its like, sure, whatever, Ill take it. When he talked about killing Melendez, he almost always referred to it with some disconnect, as the crimelike something that was over there and not the gravitational center of his lifes then-current trajectory. After The Limelight was closed by federal agents and an investigation found that Gatien was allowing drugs to be sold there, Melendez was fired. [2], On Christmas Eve, 2020, shortly before midnight, Alig died at his Washington Heights home from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 54. [42] An EP, also entitled What's In, was released. The movie tells the story of a disenfranchised small-town kid called Michael Alig (Macaulay Culkin), who relocates to the Big Apple to look for better things. The battle between Michael Alig's mom and his Club Kid followers over his ashes has gone nuclear, with his mom claiming they're trying to "bully" her not only about where her son's . That said, he did discuss his accountability and the role drugs played with insightful ambivalence: To say [killing Melendez] was an overreaction is beyond the pale. The infamous promoters cause of death was acute intoxication by fentanyl, acetylfentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City confirmed to Page Six on Monday. Alig would throw $100 bills on crowded dance floors just to watch people scramble for them. They were highly visible at the parties they attended, and they attended alotof them. According to the New York Police Department, law enforcement responded to a 9-1-1 call on West 159th on Dec. 25, where . According to Deadline, both Alig and Riggs pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1996. In Riggs' original statement to the police, Alig and Melendez had indeed been fighting, at which point he grabbed the hammer and hit the drug dealer. Striking a man with a hammer, suffocating him, and dumping the body in a bathtub with Drano before dismembering and dumping it is an extreme crime at the best of times but in a 2014 interview withThe Guardian, Michael Alig insisted that the way he and Robert Riggs killed Angel Melendez was actually rather more muted than its pop culture depiction. One of his last photos taken in June shows him looking lost and perturbed. Thats why people come to New Yorkthey dont fit in anywhere. 51,653, This story has been shared 45,190 times. In March 1996, Alig and another friend, Robert Freeze Riggs, got into a beef with a small-time drug-peddling pal, Angel Melendez, while they were all on ketamine. 82,056, This story has been shared 73,275 times. Alig waffled between claiming to be off drugs and admitting to doing a bump here and there. Aligs life was literally made for Hollywood, with his saga turned into a movie in 2003. In 2003, the movieParty Monster took a no-holds-barred look at New York City's club culture and its seedy, drug-fueled underbelly. He started off as a busboy at Danceteria in 1983 and . However, in a 2003 interview with ABC News, Culkin himself pointed out that the role of a club hell-raiser isn't quite as far-fetched for him as one might initially assume. I dont want to blame it on drugs because I was sober when I decided to take the drugs, so I have to accept responsibility for what I do on the drugs, but I can say that but for the drugs, it would not have happened. The blog contained transcripts of phone conversations between Alig and St. James about Alig's experiences in prison. The 54-year-old former scene fixture-turned-slay convict was discovered by an ex-boyfriend just before midnight in his Washington Heights pad, authorities said. Photo: Catherine McGann/Getty Images. In January 2017, Alig convinced NYC nightlife personality/musician Jason Chaos to curate and work Outrage! Michael Alig ripped through culture like an overly loud cackle at a party, and he went out with a whimper. I hadnt really known who Alig was before he killed someone alongside his roommate Robert D. Freeze Riggs (who also served a prison sentence) so in my mind, he was defined more by his crime than his creativity. 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