CBGB Forever Festival, Proudly supported by Little Stevens Underground Garage,Washington Square Park,August 31 2005,CGGB.Com
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More at https://nypost.com/2005/08/04/it-rocked-but-cbgb-should-rip/ CBGB is a rock star past his prime – singing hits we’ve heard a thousand times and new songs we don’t want to hear at all. Despite the heartfelt efforts to save the club from its demise over a rent dispute – with the latest charge led by Little Steven Van Zandt – it’s time to let it die. No longer relevant as a cultural spawning ground, the club’s everything that punk rock isn’t – an institution, a landmark, a stop on the same New York tour bus which brakes at the Plaza Hotel and the Empire State Building. Withdraw the artificial life support. Let it be remembered in our rock ‘n’ roll hearts, but don’t let it wither on the Bowery. The venerated venue, which opened in 1973, was truly the birthplace of punk. It was where the Ramones sniffed glue, where Patti Smith first danced barefoot, where the Talking Heads turned psycho killers, where thousands of bands screamed their hearts out and plastered their stickers on the walls. It gave kids all over the world a fresh idea of what music could be. As a heralded institution, it’s unequaled, but as a place to break bands, the club hasn’t mattered for years. It only draws a crowd for special industry events – or anniversary parties. All eyes are upon it now because the lease, held by the Bowery Residents Committee (a non-profit group to aid the homeless), is up on Aug. 31 and hasn’t been renewed. There is a court clash and negotiations over unpaid back rent and future rent, which the BRC wants to double. To support the legal battle, the club is holding punk bandstudded benefits (with big-bang bands such as the Circle Jerks and the Dead Boys) throughout August and September. This past Monday night, the big guns came to town: Little Steven Van Zandt; Tommy, the last standing Ramone; Lenny Kaye; and Blondie’s Debbie Harry. CB’s founder and owner Hilly Kristal turned to Little Steven for help in his fight. You gotta give props to the E Street Band guit