It wasn’t a happening club.” Still, for fledgling bands looking for anywhere to perform, CBGB offered opportunity. Originally conceptualized as a country and bluegrass club – the full name ...

Stephanie Chernikowski/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images In the mid to late ’70s, the B-Girls were just one of the many bands that found their punk people at CBGB — the iconic New York rock ...

Although word about the new venue quickly spread around a small number of bands who were looking for somewhere to play, it remained a self-contained world for a period. "CBGB was a secret for ...

Subsequent debut album Marquee Moon is probably the greatest from all the CBGB bands. Hell was in some ways the instigator of the CBGB scene or at least its attitude in bridging art with punk ...

Cover art LIVE AT WCOZ 77 Talking Heads are up to something. On Monday, June 2, the iconic tastemakers posted a brief video on their social media ...

Depending on the sharpness of your mind’s eye, you might even see the leather and curled lips of the bands and punters flowing into the fabled CBGB club that stood on this spot in the late ’70s.

CBGB—the iconic East Village music club that helped kickstart the careers of many notable punk rock and new wave bands, including Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads, Dead Boys and Patti ...

Some bands are so far ahead of their time that commercial success eludes them, but their influence far outweighs their record ...

By Gil Kaufman It’s been nearly two decades since the shuttering of beloved New York punk bar CBGB & OMFUG ... The one-day event will feature 21 bands on three stages including a headlining ...