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How iconic rock club CBGB launched Blondie, Talking Heads, the Ramones and more
"Some kind of mythological energy still exists," said Debbie Harry. "We were lucky we were there."
Blondie singer Debbie Harry reflects on NYC, punk — and playing Glastonbury at 77
One way or another, Debbie Harry is unstoppable.
Talking Heads drummer dishes on 'cold' David Byrne in new memoir
“Nobody knows these anecdotes,” said Frantz, “because David won’t tell anyone.”
Music legends size up punk's roots and ever-rocking influence
If you want to visit CBGB, the grimy birthplace of New York’s punk scene, bring a credit card. The Bowery haunt that incubated Patti Smith and Talking Heads has been...
Iconic CBGB awning expected to fetch $35K at auction
The iconic awning that graced punk mecca CBGB goes on the auction block Saturday at Sotheby’s. The hand-painted vinyl canopy --- emblazoned with the signature CBGB OMFUG and 315 Bowery...
Talking Heads drummer relives the early days of CBGB, the Ramones and rise of punk rock
It was the summer of ’75, when a garbage strike left tons of stinking trash piled high on flat-broke Gotham’s sweltering streets. Five-dollar hookers and fur-coat-clad pimps strutted around the...
Stop whining – Newark Airport is where CBGB belongs
All the old stories you’ve heard about CBGB are true. No, not just the ones about how the Ramones played a legendary 12-minute set in 1974, or how the Police...
7 don’t-miss acts at the CBGB Festival
It’s back and bigger than ever. The third annual CBGB Music and Film festival, running Oct. 8 to Oct. 13 at various venues across Manhattan and Brooklyn, announced its lineup...
An oral history of Blondie
Just like the city that spawned them, Blondie is still a band that’s constantly changing. Back in 1974, the New Yorkers started as a throwback act, incorporating a ’60s girl-group...
Bad choices sink legendary 'CBGB'
New York underground rock of the 1970s was sung off-key and played on cheap instruments, immortalized in black-and-white photos so grainy the camera lens might as well have been a...
Rupert Grint takes on Cheetah Crome in 'CBGB'
The rule with rock ’n’ roll movies is to tell the legend. But, as Cheetah Chrome of 1970s punk band the Dead Boys tells The Post, the myth of how...
Rupert Grint trades sorcery for punk rock in 'CBGB'
He’s known to millions as Harry Potter’s best buddy Ron Weasley, but next Friday, Rupert Grint’s fans will see him in a much different light. The 25-year-old Brit has gone...