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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.
The label of punk rock was applied to the scene even if not all the bands that made their early reputations at the club were punk rockers, strictly speaking, but CBGB became known as the American cradle of punk rock. CBGB closed on October 31, 2006, after a long battle by club owner Hilly Kristal to extend its lease.
Despite efforts to save the club, CBGB closed its doors forever on Halloween night, 2006. Less than a year later, Kristal died due to complications from lung cancer. Less than a year later ...
In 1970, Kristal opened a bar in the Bowery section of New York called "Hilly's on the Bowery", which closed within a couple of years. Then in December 1973, he created "CBGB and OMFUG", an abbreviation for the kinds of music he intended to feature there (the letters stood for "Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandizers").
CBGB closed its doors in New York in 2007. After recording demos for various record companies, Richard Hell left the band and was replaced by Blondie's bass player at the time, Fred Smith . Fred Smith's solid bass playing allowed for a more transcendent and profound music from the two guitarists and drummer [ citation needed ] , resulting in ...
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CBGB's and the Birth of U.S. Punk is a music compilation released on April 8, 2002. It focuses on bands that played at CBGB , a New York club in the Bowery district associated with the emergence of punk rock in the United States.