CBGB, the music club that helped define New York City’s "punk" scene by introducing the world to such bands as the Talking Heads and Ramones, is little more than a bar, a stage and two bathrooms. Since the club opened in 1973, very little has changed about the physical space, with ...
CBGB, the music club that helped define New York City’s "punk" scene by introducing the world to such bands as the Talking Heads and Ramones, is little more than a bar, a stage and two bathrooms. Since the club opened in 1973, very little has changed about the physical space, with ...
“CBGB” ain’t no party, it ain’t no disco, it ain’t no foolin’ around. It also isn’t authentic for a second, and it provides zero insight into the birth of the New York City punk scene in the 1970s. Director and co-writer Randall Miller’s film doesn’t have a shred of...
This past weekend, one of the bastions of punk rock ceased to exist. CBGB, once the epicentre of the New York punk scene, closed after 33 years, marking the end of a long-running dispute between its founder, Hilly Kristal, and the venue's landlords.Sturges, Fiona...
To playCBGBfounderHilly Kristal,actorAlan Rickmansaid Lisa Kristal — Hilly's daughter — advised him "to remember that she loved him."Vincenzo Hinckleyattended the premiere with family friendMark Consuelos,andRichard de KlerktoldTHRthat the bar in the film isn'tcompletelyvintage. "We only had ...
Enter Hilly Kristal, who dreamed of running a country & blues bar in the Bowery. Instead, the club he opened, CBGB (Country, Bluegrass, Blues) became the birthplace of punk and underground music. CBGB was the modern-day salon for the disenfranchised youth of New York City and Kristal gave...
and especially New York City, that era’s seemingly hollowed-out downtowns offered cradles to many a cultural movement.David Byrne’s band theTalking Headscount as a major one unto themselves.Generation Xauthor Douglas Cou...
(CBGB OMFUG - "Country, Bluegrass, and Blues and Other Music for Urban Gourmets"). Formerly aBowerybikerbar, owned byHilly Kristal. Bands that played there includedTuff Darts(with Robert Gordon),Blondie,Stumblebunny, theRamones,Television,New York Dolls,Heartbreakers(with ex-DollJohnny Thunders),...