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"Some kind of mythological energy still exists," said Debbie Harry of CBGB, where her band Blondie had its big breakout in the '70s. Stephanie Chernikowski/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images In ...
Blondie, Talking Heads and more got their start from gigs at the club. On Oct. 15, 2006, Patti Smith played the final concert as the club closed for good. The Dead Boys perform at CBGB circa 1976.
In an effort to save the legendary punk club CBGB, Blondie, Public Enemy and Gavin Rossdale’s new band Institute rocked New York City’s Washington Square Park Wednesday. The four-hour rally ...
Blondie drummer Clem Burke died at the weekend aged 70. In tribute here is a look at the scene that forged around the legendary New York venue, CBGB There have been many venues that provided homes ...
The Dead Boys, the Police and Blondie are among the acts depicted in the film who also appear on the soundtrack. The album contains a performance by Kristal (“Birds and the Bees”) and a new ...
But a few months later, CBGB opened blocks away, and that's where Stein and Harry's new band Blondie played its first gig in the spring of 1974. Roberta Bayley remembers working the door ...
"CBGB was a secret for about two years," Blondie drummer Clem Burke tells BBC Culture. "Initially, it was more like a sit-down cabaret atmosphere ­­– it was very bohemian. There were no [logo ...
“CBGB was more or less like a cabaret at the ... Since reuniting in 1997 after a fifteen-year hiatus, Blondie has recorded five more albums and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of ...
Speaking by phone from the English city of Hull, the 68-year-old New Jersey native reminisced about Blondie’s unlikely rise to stardom from New York’s gritty CBGB scene, beginning nearly 50 ...
Clem Burke, Blondie’s much-loved drummer who died this week, once said, “CBGB was literally like rock ’n roll high school, you saw the same people every day, I’d be there five to six days a week. Our ...
Clem Burke, Blondie’s much-loved drummer who died this week, once said, “CBGB was literally like rock ’n roll high school, you saw the same people every day, I’d be there five to six days ...
Clem Burke, Blondie’s much-loved drummer who died this week, once said, “CBGB was literally like rock ’n roll high school, you saw the same people every day, I’d be there five to six days a week. Our ...