Founder of CBGBs Passed Away

[Mindcore]

"Hilly Kristal, who founded CBGB, the Bowery bar that became the cradle of punk and art-rock in New York in the 1970s and served as the inspiration for musician-friendly rock dives throughout the world, died in Manhattan on Tuesday. He was 75."

Full Article (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/29/arts/music/29cnd-kristal.html?ex=1203998400&en=e1319ea264a08b97&ei=5087&excamp=GGGNhillykristal)

Being a huge fan of the Punk genre, it's sad to hear of his passing especially since he was unable to save the club that he wanted to outlive him.

Thank you, Hilly, for giving a venue that launched some of the greatest bands in rock history.

:wln: :(


One of my "top 3 concerts of all time" was the Ramones at the "Warehouse" on Queen's Quay in Toronto in the late '80s. The energy of that band was absolutely incredible and "tight" can't even begin to describe how totally in sync they were while playing every one of their songs at about 3 times the speed of their records!

[Voltaire]

Well most of the original punk scene are middle aged men and women like myself now. I would have preferred they tear it down rather than moving it to Vegas if that is still the plan. The best thing to do is support up and coming bands that will lead the next generation of music listeners. Everything has its time and place. I remember some of the time in the punk scene other times not so much lol. The beginnings of of punk are debatable, the bar did have influence but so did so many other things, it all came together at the right time to give us some of the best bands of the generations and it still is. That is while I type this listening to, Angry Johnny, The Transplants, Rancid, The Distillers, Social Distortion plus others, all bands that are influenced by or are influential in the current and still alive and thriving Punk Scene. It never went away, some people just got to old for it. Rather than be sad about it, be happy for the time they were here and turn up the Volume !!!!!!!!!!!!!!