The GOING IN STYLE SOUND SYSTEM was founded by Dead Flowers Productions head honcho Mr. Lee in effort to spread total sonic joy across the Five Boroughs and beyond! GIS Sound System currently runs the monthly MODERN NEEDS party (at the great Banter bar) featuring garage, beat, punk, psych, soul, ska, reggae, power-pop, and rock’n’roll sounds from the 1950s to the now. Lee, and features special guest DJs and monthly musical themes. Other parties hosted by G.I.S. include Tangled Up In Glue, City Slang, and Motor City's Rock'N'Roll Happy Hour. Lee has also been a special guest DJ at many events, including a Brooklyn screening of the 'Rudeboy: The Story Of Trojan Records' documentary, and opening sets for legends like The Vi*****rs, The English Beat, and Roddy Radiation (The Specials), among others. DJs who have guested at G.I.S. Sound System events: Eric Davidson (New Bomb Turks/Livids), Lupe Loop (Discovery/Les Sans Culottes), Pick-A-Bar (45 Adapters/ SPQR), Ben Diesel (Sweet Diesel/The Brought Low), Leah Lugosi (Nouvellas), Cool Hands Luke, Jami Wolf (Livids/Shop Fronts/Zodiac Killers), Tom Dash (Imaginary Icons/Dot Dash), Bolo (45 Adapters), Big Sir (Whooping Crane/The Creatures Of The Golden Dawn), Sleepy (The Agit Reader), Dean Rispler (Manitoba/Drug Front Records), Ben The Beyonder, Chris Powers (Firenza/Tide/Vibratone Records), Viking Thrust (LiveFastDie/Electric Shadows), Anna Anabolic (Party Lights), Quitty (Party Lights), Agent Jay (The Slackers/Crazy Baldhead), DJ Harry (Last Laugh Records), DJ Birbal, Ronin The Swordsman (DoubleBarrel), Benzoil (Imaginary Icons/Pist-N-Broke), Kurtis Powers (The Face Radio/Loaded), Spag (Two Man Advantage), Blurry Murray (Sweet Diesel/Another Saturday Night), Mr. Vacation, Captain Heartlock (The Electric Mess/Madam Robot & The Lust Brigade), Jonny Quest (Legio SPQR), Sh*thead (As$troland/Miscegenator), Stiff Neck (Fatigue/Sydney Ducks), Danny 2 Times (Moral Panic/Livids), Mark Yosh*tomi (Casualties/Rivits/Krays), DJ DontLikeU (Sheer Terror/Joe Coffee), DJ Longshot (Suede Razors/Sydney Ducks/Longshot Records), The Stranger, Phil Templar aka Ursa Major (Legio SPQR/The Templars), Angry Eddie (Drakkar Knights), Maybe Mel (Drakkar Knights), Melody Lee, and JT Miller (NYHC Tattoos).
