Haoui "Howie" Montaug - Danceteria Doorman

04/08/2025

198x - Kate S, Haoui and Audrey R (RIP) on the roof of Danceteria.

Photo courtesy: Kate S via Facebook

02/07/2025

198x - Hauoi stands holding a blowup plane with Anita Sarko and an unknown person on the left

Photo courtesy: Drea Kalea Richter from the NYC Closed Club Game Facebook group

11/12/2024

1989 - Haoui and Bennett Breen munch on corn in upstate, NY

Photo courtesy of: Bennett Breen

10/21/2024

198x - Haoui works how magic at Interferon

08/22/2024

In this oral history, friends, family, and acquaintances of the legendary doorman and artist Haoui Montaug look back on his life and legacy.

04/21/2024

2020 - Kate Simon’s Portraits Of Cultural LGBTQ+ figures from the 70’s To the Present

Haoui Montaug, NYC, 1984.

“This picture of Haoui Montaug reminds me of a Man Ray photograph. It looks like it’s from another time, there’s something very 1920s about it. It’s never been published before.

Haoui was a doorman at a lot of well-known New York City nightclubs, and ran a cabaret r***e called No Entiendes, which showcased a young Madonna and early performances by the Beastie Boys. He also appeared in the films Krush Groove and Edo Bertoglio’s Downtown 81.

I photographed him for The Face when I was their New York photographer.”

Photo courtesy of Kate Simons - -
https://thefashionography.com/pride-2020/kate-simon/

04/21/2024

The 2021 - A music group named Sarko Montaug release debut single

Chicago-based indie pop duo Sarko Montaug – married partners Cristian and Jess Mora – who have stepped out on the music scene with their unique blend of innovative sounds that pay tribute to the past while celebrating today’s musical landscape. The duo conceived their name from DJ Anita Sarko and Doorman Haoui Montaug, who are known for providing places for artists like Beastie Boys and Madonna to perform when they were “unknowns.” According to Sarko Montaug: “We’ll always sound indie, even when we are trying to be pop and we’ll always be trying to modernize the past.”

Sarko Montaug announce their arrival on the music scene by dropping their debut single "Possessive" and it's rather 'out-of-the-box' video.

04/21/2024

1986 - [Party at the Tunnel, with Steve Greenberg, Keith Haring, Claes Oldenburg, Haoui Montaug]

Photo courtesy of Stanford University - Andy Warhol Photography Archive - -
https://exhibits.stanford.edu/warhol/catalog/gy340cr1464

04/21/2024

198x - Hauoi

Photo courtesy of Fenrick Books - -
https://www.instagram.com/p/CvmwEHgLLba/?igsh=MW5jZ284NG9lb3VsNg==

04/21/2024

Card for Haoui Montaug’s second anniversary celebration of No Entiendes at Danceteria, 1984.

Photo courtesy of Gallery 98 - -
https://gallery98.org/2018/danceteria-haoui-montaug-no-entiendes-card-1984/

04/21/2024

Invite card for Haoui Montaug’s No Entiendes! at Danceteria, Wednesday, December 15, 1982.

Photo courtesy of Gallery 98 - - https://gallery98.org/2019/danceteria-haoui-montaug-no-entiendes-card-1982/

04/21/2024

Invite card for Haoui Montaug’s No Entiendes! at Danceteria, Wednesday, January 5, 1983.

Photo courtesy of Gallery 98 - - https://gallery98.org/2019/danceteria-haoui-montaug-no-entiendes-card-1983/