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   CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in the East Village in Manhattan, New York City. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. [ 2 ] The letters CBGB were for Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Kristal's original vision for the club. But CBGB soon emerged as a famed and iconic venue for punk ...

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   CBGB, music club located in New York City that became legendary for staging performances by punk and new wave bands. It was founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973 and helped launch the careers of such groups as Talking Heads, Blondie, and the Ramones. It closed in 2006.

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   Oct 16, 2020 · The Untold Truth Of CBGB. It's impossible to predict cultural touchstones. In 1973, the Bowery in New York City was a neighborhood in the midst of a lengthy decline. Blasted by poverty and crime, it wasn't a place that attracted tourists, and it was probably the last spot you'd suspect to see music history being made.

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   CBGB transcended its role as a music venue to become a cultural phenomenon, influencing not just the sound of a generation but its very soul. This iconic club was more than a place for bands to play; it was the heart of a vibrant community, a sanctuary for those who lived on the fringes of mainstream society.

5. www.bbc.com › culture › articleCBGB: The scuzzy 1970s New York club that ushered in a new ...

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   Feb 3, 2024 · Fifty years ago, Manhattan dive bar CBGB began to become the home of a new musical scene – making the careers of Patti Smith, Blondie, the Ramones and many more.

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   Aug 16, 2024 · In the summer of 1975, CBGB attracted the attention of Britain’s Melody Maker, when Kristal boldly staged a Festival of the Top 40 Unrecorded New York Rock Bands. Television, the Ramones, and ...

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   What does CBGB stand for?

   • CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in the East Village in Manhattan, New York City. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. The letters CBGB were for Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Kristal's original vision for the club.

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   What is CBGB known for?

   • CBGB is renowned for being a pivotal breeding ground for the punk rock movement in the United States during the mid-to-late 1970s. Iconic bands such as The Ramones, Television, Patti Smith, Blondie, and Talking Heads were among the many that performed early gigs at the club, making it an epicenter of the punk and new wave scene.

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   What happened to CBGB?

   • CBGB, music club located in New York City that became legendary for staging performances by punk and new wave bands. It was founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973 and helped launch the careers of such groups as Talking Heads, Blondie, and the Ramones. It closed in 2006.

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   Where did CBGB come from?

   • The Dead Boys and Pere Ubu came from Cleveland, Devo from Akron. The Police played their first US gigs there. With hindsight, CBGB can be seen as a complement to the punk movement that was growing in the UK, except that it was yet to be called “punk” in New York.

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   Is CBGB a punk band?

   • With hindsight, CBGB can be seen as a complement to the punk movement that was growing in the UK, except that it was yet to be called “punk” in New York. Bands there generally exuded a considerably more imaginative, less monotonous spirit, in which no two regulars at the club sounded quite the same.

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   What is CBGB music?

   • The music that pulsated through the walls of CBGB represented a radical departure from the mainstream norms of its time, embodying a raw, unfiltered energy that challenged the status quo.

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8. www.cbgb.com › history-by-hillyCBGB | History By Hilly

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   Stiv Bators, Cheetah Chrome, Jimmy Zero and Johnny Blitz were their names. The were without a bass player at that time but it was soon to be Jeff Magnum. The lack or a bass player did not handicap them in the least. In 1998, Hilly Kristal, founder of CBGB, wrote a brief history of the club. Here it is in its unedited entirety.