Zen rockers: Talking Heads performing at CBGB in 1975
Seven months after their first gig at CBGB (an opening slot in June of 1975 for The Ramones), Talking Heads were videotaped performing a set…
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Photos from the CBGB movie set: Way south of 14th street
Here’s some shots from the set of the CBGB movie currently filming in Savannah, Georgia. The facade of the club has been re-created on Congress…
Patti Smith performing at CBGB on the club’s closing night
Patti Smith in front of CBGB on Oct. 15, 2006 Today is Patti Smith’s birthday and a little over five years since CBGB’s closed. So…
Chris Stein’s photographs of the last days of CBGB
Chris Stein of Blondie is not only a fine musician and songwriter he’s also an accomplished photographer. These photos of the last few days in…
Bad Brains live at CBGB 1982: 58 minutes of hardcore bliss
Here’s the classic Bad Brains video culled from 4 hours of video shot over the course of 3 nights of performances at CBGB in December…
Bad Brains, Suicide, Mink DeVille, Johnny Thunders and more at CBGB and Max’s 1978-80
Rare Japanese documentary footage of The Dictators, Suicide, Bad Brains, Mink DeVille, James Chance, The Ramones and The Dead Boys at CBGB, 1978. The Plasmatics…
Young punk icons at CBGB New Year’s Eve party in 1975
Fascinating! This short film by Ivan Kral of the Patti Smith Group takes a look around a New Year’s Eve party at CBGBs. Viewing this…