CBGB, also CBGB's or CB's is a legendary club in the Manhattan Bowery district of New York City, New York. The full name is CBGB OMFUG which stands for "Country, Bluegrass, and Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers". In the mid 1970s, the club was in decline, as both the Bowery and the folk music revival were fading. Hilly Kristal, manager of the club, allowed the band Television to begin playing late Sunday night shows, eventually expanding to other nights of the week. For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... Categories: Stub | Streets in Manhattan ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Country music, once known as country and western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music with its own roots in the English, Irish traditional music and Scottish traditional music of immigrants from the British Isles (particularly the Scotch-Irish immigrants of Appalachia), as well as the music of African_American slaves. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. ... Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Television are an American rock and roll band of the 1970s. ...

Around the same time (1973 and 1974), the Patti Smith Group began performing at various locations, settling in to CBGBs in time. It was at this early juncture that critics began to call the music played there "punk" rock, from the customers who would frequent a Bowery nightclub very late at night. Blondie, The Ramones, Talking Heads, and many other bands followed in quick succession. Malcolm McLaren saw the fashions of Richard Hell (then of Television) and the sound of The Ramones and brought back both ideas for the group he had just begun managing, the Sex Pistols. The club hosted many punk and new wave bands over the years and is regarded as the birthplace and center of punk rock. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Patty Smyth is also a musician, formerly of the band Scandal. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Blondie is a rock band that first gained fame in the 1970s and early 1980s. ... The Ramones were a hugely influential punk rock band formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in March 1974. ... Talking Heads is also the name for a collection of monologues by Alan Bennett. ... You may be looking for Malcolm_Maclaren, the designer of racing cars. ... Richard Hell (1949 - ) born Richard Myers, was the frontman for the early American punk band Richard Hell and the Voidoids. ... The Ramones were a hugely influential punk rock band formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in March 1974. ... Despite their short existence, the Sex Pistols were perhaps the quintessential British punk rock band. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The New Wave is a movement in American, Australian and British popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, growing out of the New York City musical scene centred around the club CBGB. The term itself is a source of much confusion. ...

Some of the acts that played at CBGB include:

• The Velvet Underground
• Blondie
• Elvis Costello
• Wayne County (later known as Jane County)
• The Heartbreakers
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Living Colour
• Richard Hell & The Voidoids
• Flipper
• The Police
• The Ramones
• Patti Smith
• Television
• Talking Heads
• Korn
• Pearl Jam
• The Germs

It was recently announced that CBGB will possibly face closure in the near future; its lease expires in August 2005, and talks between the property owner and Kristal have stalled over alleged unpaid rent and safety concerns. [1] (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=musicNews&storyID=2005-03-07T212043Z_01_N07187337_RTRIDST_0_MUSIC-LEISURE-CBGB-DC.XML) The Velvet Underground and Nico (from left to right: John Cale, Nico, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker) The Velvet Underground (Affectionately known as The Velvets, or V.U. for short) was an American rock and roll band of the late 1960s. ... Blondie is a rock band that first gained fame in the 1970s and early 1980s. ... Elvis Costello Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus (born August 25, 1954), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is a popular British musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish descent. ... Wayne County is the name of a number of counties in the United States of America, some named for the American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne: Wayne County, Georgia Wayne County, Illinois Wayne County, Indiana Wayne County, Iowa Wayne County, Kentucky Wayne County, Michigan Wayne County, Missouri Wayne County, Nebraska... This article is about the protopunk group. ... Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty (born October 20, 1953 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American musician. ... Living Colour is a hard rock group formed in New York city in 1983. ... Richard Hell (1949 - ) born Richard Myers, was the frontman for the early American punk band Richard Hell and the Voidoids. ... Flipper was an influential band from San Francisco, forming in 1979 from the punk band, SST, Sleepers, Negative Trend, and continuing in often erratic fashion until the early-90s. ... The Police was a three-piece British pop band which was strongly influenced by reggae, and came to prominence in the wake of the punk rock phenomenon. ... The Ramones were a hugely influential punk rock band formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in March 1974. ... Patty Smyth is also a musician, formerly of the band Scandal. ... Television are an American rock and roll band of the 1970s. ... Talking Heads is also the name for a collection of monologues by Alan Bennett. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Pearl Jam was one of the most popular bands of the grunge music era in the early 1990s. ... This article is about The Germs, the punk rock band. ... August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

• Official site (http://www.cbgb.com/)