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CBGB
Sign in to saveCBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal and his ex-wife Karen Kristal at 315 Bowery in the East Village in Manhattan, New York City. The club was previously a biker bar and before that it was a dive bar. 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 rock and new wave bands, including Ramones, Dead Boys, Television, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Patti Smith Group, Blondie, and Talking Heads.
Key facts
- Venue.name
- CBGB
- Venue.image
- CBGB club facade.jpg
- Venue.image_caption
- The entrance to CBGB,
- Venue.owner
- Hilly Kristal
- Venue.pushpin_map
- Manhattan#New York City#New York
- Venue.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of CBGB in Manhattan, New York City
- Venue.location
- Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
- Venue.capacity
- 350
- NRHP.nocat
- 1
- NRHP.embed
- yes
- NRHP.name
- CBGB
- NRHP.nrhp_type
- cp
- NRHP.partof
- The Bowery Historic District
- NRHP.partof_refnum
- 13000027
- NRHP.location
- 315 BoweryManhattan, New York City, U.S.
- NRHP.built
- 1878
- NRHP.added
- February 20, 2013
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Closure
- Aftermath
- Venue
- Legacy
- Appearances, mentions and parodies
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal and his ex-wife Karen Kristal at 315 Bowery in the East Village in Manhattan, New York City. The club was previously a biker bar and before that it was a dive bar. 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 rock and new wave bands, including Ramones, Dead Boys, Television, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Patti Smith Group, Blondie, and Talking Heads.
Other bands affiliated with CBGB included Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law, U.S. Chaos, Cro-Mags, Warzone, Gorilla Biscuits, Sick of It All, and Youth of Today.
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1973 establishments in New York City2006 disestablishments in New York CityBoweryCBGBCultural history of New York CityDefunct nightclubs in ManhattanEvent venues on the National Register of Historic Places in New York CityHistoric district contributing properties in ManhattanMusic venues in ManhattanNew wave musicNRHP infobox with nocatPunk rock venues