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Hilly Kristal, founder of CBGB, dies
Hilly Kristal, the founder of famous New York rock club CBGB OMFUG (Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandizers) has died of complications related to lung cancer. He was 75.The excerpted... 
Hilly Kristal, founder of iconic punk rock club CBGB, dies - International He...
When I worked for him and even when I wasn't working for him, I never heard him raise his voice, he always had an open ear for the musicians and street kids who came to him for advice and I'll never forget his...
This picture SCREAMS for a story
This picture, posted without any commentary, is not worth a thousand words.It requires a whole novel, perhaps its own shelf of books, or maybe an entire season-worth of PBS documentaries. Who is this man? What is his...
Cut the Cord: CBGB Stands No More
October 16th, 2006...The doors have closed, the people have rocked, and CBGB's is fading into Legendary Status...This weekend marked the semi-official closing of punk rock. Well, at least it marked the closing...
Punk venue CBGB's closing after 33 years
"NEW YORK - Legs McNeil remembers the night back in 1975 when he walked into the dingy storefront club perched in the even dingier Bowery neighborhood. The band onstage, four guys in leather jackets and torn jeans,...
CBGB Day 1 & Washington Square Park on August 31, 2005 @ 2pm
CBGB's lease expires on August 31st (although shows are scheduled through September 10th). The NY Times reports that their landlord wants them out. Last night (August 1st) was the kick-off of the 41 day run of announced benefit shows at the club. According to Steven Van Zandt...
Rising Rent Threatens CBGB
It has come to this. It's no news that music clubs are the odd player out in the LES/EVil vortex these days (see: Luna Lounge, Tonic). But a Village Voice article on the phenomenon suggests an even scarier...Who Be Screwing CBGB?
With stalwart club CBGB facing a summertime eviction, a Curbed reader pokes around to assign blame: "Which evil developer/slumlord is jacking the beloved club's rent to the breakpoint? Is CBGB's evil landlord Steve Roth, Trump, Durst? Nope, it's the Bowery Resident's...
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