3. Blondie Debbie Harry and Chris Stein formed Blondie in New York City in 1974. They’d already played CBGB in other bands, but Blondie would bridge the gap between punk and New Wave.

“I was kind of speechless,”said O.G. Ramones manager Danny Fields of seeing the band for the first time at CBGB. GODLIS “The first words out of Joey’s mouth were, “I don’t wanna go ...

There are very few bands that have a hardcore rap sheet as long as NYC’s Agnostic Front. As one of the forebears of the New ...

Hilly Kristal, who died Tuesday at 75, saw his skid-row country music dive bar, CBGB, transformed into the crucible of punk rock. Such bands as Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, and Blondie got ...

As rock ‘n’ roll bands celebrate CBGB’s 40th anniversary, a film festival is also occurring this week, a cinematic salute to Manhattan’s hippest music club. One can only imagine the late ...

In the mid-’70s, punk wasn’t really a genre, says New York City venues historian Jess Rifkin. Punk was whoever showed up to play at CBGB.

CBGB begins with a bit of misdirection. You think punk started at 315 Bowery. You’re wrong. It began in a basement in Connecticut with two ne’er-do-wells, John Holmstrom and Legs McNeil. There ...

Featured pricing is subject to change. Iggy Pop (L) and Jack White are headlining the 2025 CBGB Festival. On Oct. 15, 2006, New York City’s legendary punk and new wave venue CBGB closed.

Though Television was a fixture among CBGB bands in the 1970s, no one sounded like them. While others focused on speed and simplicity, Television created a unique cocktail of art rock and jazz.

Although essentialy already saved, CBGB is having a benefit auction on Ebay. Right now all they've got are Save CBGB T-Shirts which include a ticket to see Offspring, but more items should be put ...