Godmother Of Punk Dies
Esther “Madame” Wong, a restaurant and club owner known for booking a Who’s Who of punk and new wave acts in the 1970s and ’80s, died August 14th at her Los Angeles home after suffering from emphysema and cancer.
Wong, 88, was nicknamed “Godmother of Punk” for giving bands like the Police, X, the Go-Gos,
Wong kept a close eye on her clubs, and once stopped a show by the
The Shanghai native closed the original Madame Wong’s in 1985 and Madame Wong’s West in 1991.
