Danny Fields' job description changed as quickly as the musical trends that surrounded him during the '60s and '70s. He was an editor at Datebook, the American teen magazine that reprinted John Lennon's "bigger than Jesus" quote (originally published in a UK newspaper without incident), thus precipitating a huge controversy. He was press agent for Elektra Records in the late '60s, helping that label sign MC5 and the Stooges. He hosted a radio show on WFMU and managed bands such as the Ramones and the Modern Lovers.
Inextricably linked to New York's downtown scene for decades, Fields was part of Andy Warhol's Factory crew, was present at CBGB for epoch-defining punk shows, and introduced Iggy Pop to David Bowie at Max's Kansas City. Named after the Ramones song, Danny Says screens as part of the Hollywood Theatre's new Sonic Cinema series of music documentaries.
