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CBGB

People stand on sidewalk outside of CBCB nightclub.

Location of Former New York City Rock Club CBGB Will Now Be Occupied by an Art Gallery

The former spot of rock club CBGB, which shut down in 2006, is getting a new tenant.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Basquiat’s Days as a Struggling Artist Are Revealed in a Movie Featuring His Celebrity Friends

Newly restored, the movie 'Downtown '81' features Basquiat as a struggling artist trying to sell a painting just to make rent.
By Helen Holmes
(L-R): Steve Shevlin, Johnny Thunders and Phil Marcade, 1979

Phil Marcade’s ’70s NY Punk Memoir Is the Stuff of Legend

From bumping heroin with Johnny Thunders, to hanging with Blondie and Nancy Spungen, Phil Marcade's punk memoir is the stuff of legend.
By Justin Joffe
Willie Nile

Song Premiere: Willie Nile Pays Tribute to Bob Dylan

By Ron Hart
Television

How Television Made ‘Marquee Moon,’ the Best Punk Guitar Album Ever

By Ron Hart
James Chance.

James Chance Reignites the Scorched-Earth Jazz-Punk That Made Him a Legend

By Jim Farber
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 17: A naked statue of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump titled "The Emperor Has No Balls" is on exhibition at Julien's Auctions Gallery on October 17, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.

Naked Donald Trump Art Sells for $22K, James Franco Directs Film for Sotheby’s

By Alanna Martinez
Model Hailey Clauson at Overthrow.

Williamsburg’s Beloved Trash Bar Is Becoming Something Unexpected

By Margaret Abrams
White Zombie.

‘It Came From NYC’ Remembers When White Zombie Ruled Noise Rock (Not Hot Topic)

By Ron Hart
Martin Rev and Alan Vega.

RIP Suicide Frontman Alan Vega, the Beautiful Ghost of Rock ‘n’ Roll Future

By Tim Sommer
The Ramones.

The Ramones’ Debut Album Is Still the Best Punk Record of All Time

By Tim Sommer
Hilly Kristal, owner of CBGB's in front of his famous music club November 29, 1993

What ‘Vinyl’ Got Wrong This Week: Writing Too Lazy for Wikipedia

By Tim Sommer
jack ruby

What ‘Vinyl’ Got Wrong This Week: Punk Music, Jimmy Kimmel-ized

By Tim Sommer
The New York Dolls in their dressing room at Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7th December 1973. L-R Arthur Kane (back left against wall), David Johansen (centre, raising middle finger), Johnny Thunders (part obscured behind Johansen), Sylvain Sylvain (leaning against wall in front of Rolling Stones poster), Jerry Nolan (lying back, wearing red t-shirt). (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)

A NY Doll Goes From Rags to Riches, and Back to Rags With a Clothing Line

By Peter Gerstenzang
A scene from the John Varvatos presentation (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for John Varvatos).

John Varvatos’ Latest Homage to Rock ‘n Roll Aims to Confuse and Disrupt

By Dena Silver
John Holmstrom, creator of Punk. (Photo: Kaitlyn Flannagan for Observer)

Punk’d: The Seminal Downtown Zine of the ’70s Celebrates an Anniversary

By Matthew Kassel

The Staggering Genius of Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’

By Mac Randall

Ork Records: The NY Punk Record Label That Was Too Good to Last

By Mac Randall

Liquid Liquid: The Most Important NY Band You’ve Never Heard Of

By Tim Sommer
John Varvatos.

John Varvatos Is Possibly the Only Person Still Making Money From CBGBs

By Caroline Tell
Hey, white boy (Lou Reed by Patrick McMullan)

On the Bowery, Lou Reed’s Death Comes Amid Shopping and Brunch

By Ben Widdicombe

No Fury: The Bowery’s Changed, But Richard Hell Doesn’t Mind

By Nate Freeman

Retail Run on Bowery

CBGB's last stand (Getty Images)

Rumors of CBGB’s Reopening Spark Punk Fantasies (and Not Much Else)

By Drew Grant
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