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CBGB
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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.
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
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.cbgb.com
- Image
- CBGB club facade.jpg
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- Commons category
- CBGB
- inception
- 1973-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2006-10-15
- date of official closure
- 2006-10-15
- date of official opening
- 1973-12-10
- maximum capacity
- 350
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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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