karohemd: by LJ user gothindulgence (DJ)
[personal profile] karohemd
Have you heard of CBGB in New York? Apparently, that's the club where all the big punk and other bands started out. A colleague just got back from New York and happened to be there one night.

Edit: OK, OK, I'm ignorant... ;o)

Date: 4/4/05 04:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bibliogirl.livejournal.com
I've heard of it and I'm not a punk fan ;)

Date: 4/4/05 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] davefish.livejournal.com
I've heard of it, and I'm not a punk. I think that it counts as a pretty damned famous club.

Date: 4/4/05 04:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
I'm not surprised, Mrs "Let's go on a shopping trip to New York by Concorde". ;oP

My knowledge in the area of punk is sadly lacking.

Date: 4/4/05 04:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrph.livejournal.com
Yup. Seconded.

Date: 4/4/05 04:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poetman.livejournal.com
Yeah, its one of the most famous clubs in the US. They do other things than punk, its just that they are particularly famous for that. They occasionally do Goth shows.

The bad news is that they are supposedly closing in a few months over a dispute regarding their lease with their landlord. People are very upset about it.

Date: 4/4/05 05:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angusabranson.livejournal.com
Yep, I've heard of it (although I wouldn't call myself a 'punk' fan par se :p)

Date: 4/4/05 05:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
That would be a big shame, especially for such a reason...

Date: 4/4/05 05:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] slev.livejournal.com
thirded

Date: 4/4/05 06:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] raggedyman.livejournal.com
Its name is known to me ;-)

Date: 4/4/05 11:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] morthrai.livejournal.com
CBGB's was THE place in NYC from the mid Seventies onwards. Bands who started making a name for themselves there include the following (not all punk!):

Blondie
The Ramones
Talking Heads
Television
Johnny Thunders

And many more!

Don't feel bad...

Date: 5/4/05 02:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whethergal.livejournal.com
...I hadn't a clue. :)

*blinks*

Date: 5/4/05 07:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vilenspotens.livejournal.com
You'd never heard of it????

Yeesh...

Date: 5/4/05 10:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lsur.livejournal.com
What [livejournal.com profile] morthrai and [livejournal.com profile] vilenspotens said. I think it features in the debate about the origins of punk - was it a British or American phenomenon, etc?

Read about it here (maybe available in Fopp)

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