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CBGB
CBGB
was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by
Hilly Kristal
in Manhattan's
East Village
. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a
dive bar
. The letters
CBGB
were for
country
,
bluegrass
, and
blues
, Kristal's original vision, yet CBGB soon became a famed venue of
punk rock
and
new wave
bands like the
Ramones
,
Television
,
Patti Smith Group
,
Blondie
, and
Talking Heads
. From the early 1980s onward, CBGB was known for
hardcore punk
.
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