CBGB, 1973 officially opened in February, and it is a legendary rock club. In its 30-year history, countless bands and musicians who later became influential in the history of rock and roll left their different figures on its small stage. These include pioneers of punk bands, The Ramones, TV, talking heads, blondes, iggy pop, tom petty, patty smith, a female rock hero, and so on, and have numerous fans all over the world. Numerous European and American pop bands have performed on the CBGB stage before they became famous, such as The Libertines from Britain, which was called the best rock band in the contemporary era by music critics, and so on. Our domestic cobra, an idiot band hanging in a box, also made its debut in CBGB when performing in the United States in recent years.
Many fans in China are familiar with the name CBGB. What exactly does CBGB mean? The full English name of CBGB is "CBGB OMFUG", which is the abbreviation of country bluegrass blues, and "OMFUG" is the abbreviation of "other music to cheer Gormandizers". 1973 In new york, all the places in the city that can perform for bands can be counted with less than five fingers. That's why Hilly Kristal, the boss of CBGB, founded CBGB in the first place-he just wanted to own his own small bar in Manhattan, new york, so that young people who like grassroots blues or alternative music like him could have a place to go.
The legendary history of CBGB, which is now well known, began in the afternoon of 1974. Hilly Kristal was repairing the awning at the entrance of CBGB, when three young men in torn T-shirts and tattered jeans appeared in front of him, wandering in Bao Li Street where CBGB was located. Looking back now, the first thing they said to him was "What are you doing?" And so on. And these three young people were none other than those who later became legends. The first album "Marquee Moon" was later rated as one of the top ten records in history by Rolling Stone magazine and western music circles. Three members of the TV band: lead singer tom verlaine, bassist Richard Haier and Richard Roy. A casual conversation and a visit from the band manager a few days later, three and a half weeks later, the TV band got the first chance to perform in CBGB. The performance was not a success at all, and the audience was few. The band obviously has no experience in live performance, and their voice is unacceptable. Hilly Kristal, who wanted to stop this time, was persuaded by the band manager. A week later, she gave the TV band another chance to perform with another band from Queens, new york, hoping to attract more customers with these two bands. A week later, the band joined became the most famous punk band in the world, The Ramones. The Ramones's participation didn't add much color to the performance. The audience is still small, and The Ramones's live performance is even worse than the band "TV". The band's equipment always broke down and the performance was interrupted several times. Several members complained to each other on the stage. However, after two performances, Crystal saw a new music form from these two young bands-a more passionate, real and simple music form, which we later called punk music, instead of blindly pursuing dazzling technology. Finally, we decided to give the two bands a chance to perform regularly in CBGB every week.
Starting from 1974, under the impetus of Crystal, many unknown bands that no record company is willing to sign began to debut in CBGB. Many of these bands are not good at first, but they are all very talented. Besides having 100% confidence in what they do, they are also very willing to endure hardships and insist on making their own things under very difficult economic conditions. Young people in new york who like music, but don't have much chance to watch live performances, began to tell each other. From the beginning, there were not many spectators, and the venue was full. The audience included not only the executives of major record companies, but also countless celebrities in the art world, such as mick jagger of the Rolling Stones and andy warhol, a world-renowned artist. Nothing is 10. The whole New York punk movement centered on CBGB later crossed the ocean and spread in Britain, and the appearance of British punk bands such as sex pistols was even more important.
CBGB opens punk era.
1973 In the summer, CBGB, a rock club located in the center of new york, gradually became lively. Ramones, Goldilocks, TalkingHeads and Television also began to perform here. These unscrupulous bands openly oppose traditional rock and roll and despise those self-righteous bosses. They like to express their attitude with simple, practical and explosive music, so CBGB has also developed into the source of American punk movement.
RAMONES, who made a fortune in his early years and was active in Bowery Street in Manhattan, new york, once worked with TV, PATTI SMITH GROUP, BLONDIE, THE DEAD BOYS and TALKING HEADS to create this legendary New York punk resort. Even a set of CBGB documentaries produced in 1978 collected by the author are all entitled "Blitzkrieg BOP" by ramones, which shows its representativeness.
165438+1on October 30th, the CBGB club on the second street in new york will hold its 30th anniversary celebration.
In Fu Chong's dream, he hoped that "Busy Peak" would become the CBGB of China, and he hoped to see the punk fire in China lit by him.
In 1970s, a music club named CBGB appeared in new york, and many early punk bands were members of it, such as Ramones, Talking Heads, Television, the Voidoids, Blondie, the Dictators and so on. This club made punk music begin to have an impact on the outside world. If these bands had just stayed in bars at that time, they would still be great today; But if so, punk is nothing to the world.
Television is the first band of CBGB, which consists of four members: guitarist and lead singer tom verlaine, guitarist Richard Lloyd, drummer Billy Fica and bassist Richard Haier. From 65438 to 0974, Brian Eno, a master of electronic music, made a demo tape for TV, but the band was very dissatisfied, so it was not recorded as an album. 1975, they released their first single "Little Johnny Jewel", and soon the band joined CBGB. From 65438 to 0977, television came to Britain with the help of malcolm mclaren. Television was the first punk band, which played an important role in the future of sex pistols, conflict bands and those formed in Liverpool, England. Such as echoes and explosions of bunnies and earrings.
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