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The Ramones and CBGB: Forever Linked
…demise, the Ramones would play at CBGB hundreds more times over the next decades, as punk broke through to the mainstream. CBGB following Joey Ramone’s death, image via Village Preservation’s…
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Remembering CBGB
The former marquee of CBGB’s CBGB, the legendary rock club on the Bowery and Bleecker closed its doors on October 15, 2006, due to lease issues, 33 years after it…
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Hilly’s Bar and Restaurant: It Was No Disco, Nor CBGB
…leading to the closure of CBGB on October 15, 2006. Kristal passed away on August 28, 2007. CBGB After Joey Ramone’s Death in 2001, via our Historic Image Archive www.villagepreservation.org/image-archive…
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Psycho Killer! Qu’est-ce Que C’est? The Talking Heads at CBGB
…for the Ramones, CBGB had been operating for two years. The venue was opened in 1973 by Hilly Krystal as CBGB’s & OMFUG, which stood for “Country Bluegrass Blues and…
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Hilly Kristal’s Long Road to the Bowery and Rock and Roll Legend
…played at CBGB. 1) they must carry their own equipment, and 2) they must play mostly original songs. The precursor-to-punk music being played at CBGB in its early days varied…
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Tour the Meccas of East Village Punk via Our Building Blocks Website
…CBGB – 315 Bowery From 1973 to 2006, CBGB’s was an influential incubator for underground groups in the punk rock scene. The venue remains an extraordinary icon of the East…
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The Ramones’ First Performance
…time. Gone but not forgotten In 2003, the corner of the Bowery and East 2nd Street, outside what was then still CBGB’s, was named “Joey Ramone Place.” Sadly, CBGB’s closed in 2006….
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The Ramones’ First Public Performances
…2003, the corner of the Bowery and East 2nd Street, outside what was then still CBGB’s, was named “Joey Ramone Place.” Sadly, CBGB’s closed in 2006. …
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Happy Birthday, Debbie Harry
…which were the basis of many early songs she and Stein produced. During this time the Stillettoes played locally, including at CBGB’s, which Harry describes as a biker bar at that…
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This Day in 1979: The Talking Heads’ ‘Life During Wartime’ is released
…Sadly, on October 15, 2011, CBGB’s, the legendary rock venue o n Bleecker and Bowery, closed for good. Opened in 1973, its full name, CBGB’s & OMFUG, stood for “Country…
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Unrecognizable: Former Village Institutions and what has taken their place
…a small portion of the building. Yet, despite their commitment to the community, they nearly demolished the entire building in August 2009. CBGB’s On October 15, 2011, the legendary…
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Exploring East Village Music Meccas with Building Blocks
…Blocks, reminding us how many unforgettable musicians made their mark on these humble streets. East Village Music Venues Tour on Building Blocks. CBGB CBGB after the death of Joey Ramone….
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A Genius of Music and Art
…wave scene of the 1970’s, with their very first gig as the Talking Heads opening for the Ramones at CBGB’s on the Bowery on June 20, 1975. Unlike some of…
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Remembering Joey Ramone
…album, Leave Home, with the crowd singing along. Flowers for Joey Ramone following his death outside CBGB, 315 Bowery from Village Preservation’s Historic Image Archive The man we knew as…
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Manic Panic – 35 Years of Making Our Lives More Colorful
…they continued to perform at venues like CBGB’s, Max’s Kansas City, and the Mudd Club. Manic Panic was a favorite shop of Cyndi Lauper, The Ramones, The Dictators, Cher, Sid…
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Naming a Neighborhood: The East Village
…is made more Village-like by a near-by espresso house.” The famed music club CBGB that opened in 1973 By the 1970s, the term “East Village” had become widely accepted, and…
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Iconic album covers of Greenwich Village and the East Village: Then and now
…for two of the Ramones’ most beloved album covers. The cover of 1978’s “Rocket to Russia” was shot on anachronistic Extra Place, the back alley off 1st Street behind CBGB….
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A History of the East Village in 10 Objects
…was a hub of rock n’ roll counter culture during the 1960s and 70s. One of the most recognizable names in this music scene is CBGB’s, which was located on…
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April 23, 1976: Ramones Debut Album Released; Music Changed Forever
…the immortal invocation “Hey, ho, let’s go,” grew straight out of the ferment of the downtown music scene, particularly that of CBGB’s. Inspired by fellow downtowners the New York Dolls,…
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A History of the East Village in 10 Objects
…the East Village was a hub of rock n’ roll counter culture during the 1960’s and 70’s. One of the most recognizable names in this music scene is CBGB’s, which…
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Happy Birthday Combat Rock and Joey Ramone
…for themselves with the East Village venue with which they were most closely associated, CBGB’s. In fact, after Joey died in 2001, the corner of 2nd Street and Bowery was…
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A Tour of the Bowery, From GVSHP’s Historic Image Archive and Urban Archive
…street at 315 Bowery is the former home of CBGBs. From 1973 to 2006, CBGBs was an influential incubator for underground groups in the punk and rock scene. From the GVSHP Image…
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101 Avenue A: From German Bars to DayGlo Stars
…1989. In the 1980s, the Pyramid Club and its peers, including CBGB, the Mudd Club, Area, and Danceteria, were a generation of performance venues that had an unusually broad impact…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village 7.24.11 – 7.30.11, East Edition
…CBGB (Villager) Stretch of East 14th Street Becoming Foodie Heaven (DNAinfo) Mars Bar May Rise Again (NY Post) Workers Remove Iconic Chow Mein Sign on 2nd Avenue (EV Grieve) Before…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village 8.29.11: East Edition
…was the hippest East Village hangout in the 60’s (Ephemeral New York) The Local East Village looks back at CBGB circa 1977 The Hurricane Irene line outside of Trader Joe’s…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village 10.26.11: East Edition
…CBGB biopic in the works (Bowery Boogie) The Villager gives a little history of Yiddish Theater in preparation for our lecture tomorrow Gothamist has pictures HERE and HERE of the…
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In Memoriam, Anthony Amato
…other theaters and music venues along the Bowery, including CBGB’s, the Bouwerie Lane Theater, and the Bowery Ballroom. The Amato Opera operated for sixty-one years, until 2009, nine years after…
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Music in the Village Past and Present
…Tavern all have music nightly. If you still want to take a nostalgia trip, you can always read these past Off the Grid posts on CBGB’s and the Fillmore East….
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Words & Art in the East Village: 2011 Village Awardee
…club CBGBs was forced to shutter its doors and was replaced with an upscale boutique. To the east, the character of the formerly gritty Extra Place has also been significantly…
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15 Trailblazing Women of Greenwich Village and the East Village
…her to fame) in his studio at 24 Bond Street, and had early residencies at CBGB’s on the Bowery and the Bitter End on Bleecker Street which helped launch her…
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Happy Birthday, Truman Capote
…fixture on the Village scene, often found at places like the San Remo Café or CBGB‘s. He once criticized author and Greenwich Village legend Jack Kerouac’s work, saying “That’s not…
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Honoring and Preserving 101 Avenue A, Home of the Pyramid Club
…had an unusually broad impact upon the larger cultural landscape, including CBGB’s, the Mudd Club, Area, and Danceteria, of which Pyramid is the sole present-day survivor….Legend has it that in the early…
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A Walk Around the East Village ca. 1980 with Carole Teller
…in 1976 on the Lower East Side. The band enjoyed regular gigs at well-known nearby venues–CBGB, Max’s Kansas City, Irving Plaza, and the Continental Divide at 25 Third Avenue off…
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Gerde’s Folk City: The End of a Greenwich Village Icon
…world, along with The Cavern and CBGBs, the latter also a Village icon similarly no longer with us. The Greenwich Village music scene has always stood as a testament to…
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Small Business Snapshot, ca. 1998
…East Village’s departed Mars Bar, CBGBs, and Frutti di Mare, as well as NoHo’s sadly no-longer-extant Peace Pentagon and Jones Diner, click here. To view our entire historic image archive…
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Art and Suffrage on 14th Street
…“I certainly am no Peggy Guggenheim, and this ain’t no Mudd Club, or CBGBs. But if we can create an interesting little gallery in our ratty throwback of a building,…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village 7.3.11 – 7.9.11, East Edition
…East 9th Street (NY Daily News) Will There Ever be Another Mars Bar? (NY Press) 3rd Victim of PA Shooting Dies (The Local East Village) Legendary CBGB is Now Just…
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The Gardens Less Travelled
…Joey Ramone lived for a time at 6 East 2nd Street and it was around the corner from CBGB, their second home. The garden’s volunteers sometimes host jazz nights and…
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Village Awardee — James and Karla Murray
…about each business to share. White Horse Tavern CBGB James & Karla are extraordinary photographers who focus on storefronts and architecture. They have captured and preserved scores of Village locales…
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It Happened Here: Album Covers
…streets anywhere in Manhattan. But it was well-known to performers at CBGB’s, located at 313 Bowery, which had a rear exit that led out onto it. It was there that…
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The Folk Music Revival Scene: A South Village Tour
…music venues in the world, along with The Cavern and CBGBs, the latter an East Village icon that is similarly no longer with us. Folklore Center 110 MacDougal Street Dave…
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Manic Panic and Ricky’s: Local Fashion & Beauty Shops That Groomed a Generation
…were a part. The two frequented the famous Max’s Kansas City and CBGB nightclubs and were also musicians. During the 1970s, the two were backup singers for the band the…
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Meet the Fall 2023 Interns!
…the many music and literary icons that called the Village home. Influenced by her musically driven family, she grew up wishing she were old enough to attend shows at CBGB…
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Sin-é: Mixing the East Village, Irish Stew, and Live Music
…in the early 1990s was simply unparalleled, with a roster of iconic locations such as the Pyramid Club, Webster Hall, and CBGB. Live music, specifically rock, had been a staple…
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Who Were the Most Impactful Women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo?
…the first play by an African American woman produced on Broadway. Debbie Harry — Singer, songwriter and actress who helped usher in the CBGB punk revolution and profoundly shaped popular…
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Finding the Most Impactful Women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…the Sun” was the first play by an African American woman produced on Broadway. Debbie Harry — Singer, songwriter and actress who helped usher in the CBGB punk revolution and…
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The Humble “Nerve Center” of the City: Gem Spa
…Dolls (whose guitarist, Johnny Thunders, would reputedly get his sugar fixes there in between sets at CBGBs). Artists Robert Mapplethorpe and Jean-Michel Basquiat were also fans. As would befit an…
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2022 Village Awardee: Astor Place Hair Stylists, 2 Astor Place
…store almost closed, but was saved by punk rock. Kids would come over from CBGBs and ask for shaves, mohawks, colors, and spikes. The shop was known to have a…
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Alabaster Bookshop & the Bibliographic Legacy of Fourth Avenue
…the advantage of learning from a strong mentor. He came to New York in 1986 as a drummer, playing with underground bands in places like CBGB but paid the rent by working…
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Westbeth, Punk, and the Golden Age of Hip-Hop: SD50
…widely known, their song “Time for Livin’” was later covered by the Beastie Boys on their 1992 album “Check Your Head.” Frontline performing at CBGB in 1982. From the Noah…
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Public Characters: Brenda Coultas and Investigative Poetics on the Bowery
…for Joey Ramone outside the former site of CBGB, on Bleecker and Bowery. Gathered together, these pieces of ephemera constitute contemporary poet Brenda Coultas’ The Bowery Project (published in the…
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2020 Village Preservation Public Programs Roundup
…a coincidence! (video) (event description) Tour Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo (from east to west): CBGB after the death of Joey Ramone. From Meredith Marciano Collection, archive.gvshp.org. The…
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When NYC collapsed: The rise and fall of America’s largest and grandest hotel
…poetry readings, dance performances, experimental film and video showcases. But it became perhaps most famous as a mecca, albeit fleetingly, for the burgeoning downtown early-punk scene, when CBGBs was still…
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The Ukrainian National Home’s Surprising History
…1970s, punk was born in this neighborhood at nearby grungy Bowery bar CBGBs. That stripped-down musical movement then migrated to England, where it exploded in popularity, splintering into multiple strains….
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