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From pitchforkmedia.com:
CBGB Sets New Closing Date, Move to Vegas
Hilly Kristal is making an amendment to his Bowery club's 16+ entry rule: 32-. After 32 years of providing a live arena for some of the country's best (and worst) musicians, CBGB has cemented the date on which it will close its doors for good.
Although October 31 was originally revealed to be the club's closing date, September 30 will mark the end for New York City's famous punk rock venue-- or sort of, anyway. After efforts failed to locate an affordable venue space in CBGB's hometown of New York City, Kristal has made the questionable decision to take it to Vegas.
"[The Vegas CBGB] won't be the same size or the same shape, but I am going to have all the things that matter there," Kristal said in a recent interview with MTV.com. "I am taking the bars with me, I am taking the stage - I'm taking the urinal that Joey [Ramone] pissed in with me. I'm going to take a lot of things - anything that makes this place CBGB."
If the business takes off in Nevada, Kristal plans to open a second CBGB in NYC, but it will likely be a while. In addition to the financial strains the Big Apple's rent brings, Kristal has chemotherapy to worry about. Three weeks ago, he was diagnosed with lung cancer, and surgery is on the plate, he explained to MTV. We wish him the best.
New Yorkers will have a chance to offer Kristal their support at CBGB's two-month closing festival. NYC indie concert promoters Rocks Off are in charge of booking the festival, which will run throughout August and September. According to a press release, "they are in touch with many of the artists who made CB's famous, and are hard at work putting together a final schedule that will do justice to the club's enduring impact in the many varieties of rock and roll it has helped to cultivate throughout the years."
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| monkey_man |
CBGB's in Vegas . . . . no thank you! This club was never meant to be Disney-fied. Those are some real BASTARDS yanking the lease from them! |
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| GotToRollMe |
Now I've REALLY lost the will to live... |
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| pdog |
All things end, I wish Hilly the best with his fight against cancer... He should just let CBGB's fade away. |
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| LadyJane |
Vegas???
Vegas???
This is sad.
CBGB's = ONLY bar EVER...LJ refused to drink because of fear of filth!!
Great place.
LJ. |
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| GotToRollMe |
But VEGAS.
"Oh, the humanity!" |
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| pdog |
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GotToRollMe wrote:
But VEGAS.
"Oh, the humanity!"
Jersey was the 2nd choice! |
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| GotToRollMe |
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pdog wrote:
Jersey was the 2nd choice!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
A sad time for rock & roll. CB's is going Vegas, the Stones are taking the money and running...
Maybe I should take up drinking...
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| pdog |
quote:
GotToRollMe wrote:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
A sad time for rock & roll. CB's is going Vegas, the Stones are taking the money and running...
Maybe I should take up drinking...
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Sometimes, I wish I never stopped. I did my best drinking in Jersey. Those AC bars, never close! |
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| SweetVirginia |
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LadyJane wrote:
Vegas???
Vegas???
This is sad.
CBGB's = ONLY bar EVER...LJ refused to drink because of fear of filth!!
Great place.
LJ.
To think there is actually a place where LJ won't drink!
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| GotToRollMe |
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pdog wrote:
Sometimes, I wish I never stopped. I did my best drinking in Jersey. Those AC bars, never close!
Drinking is mandatory in Jersey. It helps you forget where you are. |
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| GotToRollMe |
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SweetVirginia wrote:
To think there is actually a place where LJ won't drink!
LJ would be appalled at some of the things I did in that filthy place back in the day. Good times! 
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| LadyJane |
quote:
SweetVirginia wrote:
To think there is actually a place where LJ won't drink!
Smart ass!!!
LJ. |
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| LadyJane |
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GotToRollMe wrote:
LJ would be appalled at some of the things I did in that filthy place back in the day. Good times!
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ME? Honey, I'd be proud of ya!!!!
Spent my 21st Birthday at CBGB's.
But first dinner at Tavern on the Green and a carriage ride through Central Park. Then...back to the hotel to transform into a "punk". LOL. Great memories.
LJ. |
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| pdog |
I realized, When I was about 14, I was born to be into punk rock! |
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| GotToRollMe |
quote:
LadyJane wrote:
ME? Honey, I'd be proud of ya!!!!
Spent my 21st Birthday at CBGB's.
But first dinner at Tavern on the Green and a carriage ride through Central Park. Then...back to the hotel to transform into a "punk". LOL. Great memories.
LJ.
Now THAT sounds like a perfect 21st birthday celebration! Tavern, a carriage ride and CB's - nice!
Damn, I wish I could rememeber my 21st birthday...
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| SweetVirginia |
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GotToRollMe wrote:
Now THAT sounds like a perfect 21st birthday celebration! Tavern, a carriage ride and CB's - nice!
Damn, I wish I could rememeber my 21st birthday...
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LJ can remember hers because she was afraid to drink at CBGB.
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| Maxlugar |
This is great because what is more "punk" than saying a big fuck you to lower Manhattan and jetting off to Las Vegas? Really, I mean who cares about the actual building that CBGB's occupied? Fuck it! Let's cash in! And THAT'S punk baby! History is for the gray people dick wad! Let's burn it all down!
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| Egbert |
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If the business takes off in Nevada, Kristal plans to open a second CBGB in NYC, but it will likely be a while.
That's got Times Square written all over it. |
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| GotToRollMe |
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SweetVirginia wrote:
LJ can remember hers because she was afraid to drink at CBGB.
Oh shit! LOL! |
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| pdog |
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Maxlugar wrote:
This is great because what is more "punk" than saying a big fuck you to lower Manhattan and jetting off to Las Vegas?
They got booted out... There's no FU to NYC... |
