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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. The letters CBGB were for Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Kristal's original vision for the club.
CBGB is the undisputed birthplace of punk.
CBGB was a legendary club in New York City that fostered punk and new wave bands like the Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads. Learn about its origins, legacy, and reincarnation as a music festival and historic site.
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.
- Daniel Dylan Wray
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.
In the fall of ‘76 rock bands were invading CBGB's from all over the country. Boston was one of the more fertile cities for the developing of new rock bands. For many years Boston has had more college kids than any other city, and they've always had a great rock club scene.
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Oct 16, 2020 · Learn about the untold truth of CBGB, the club that launched punk rock in New York City in the 1970s. Discover how Hilly Kristal, the founder of CBGB, created a music scene that was unpredictable, dangerous, and unhygienic.
