#Hilly Kristal

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CBGB Club - 1970s

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Lux Interior performing in a striped suit during a Cramps gig on April 1st, 1978, for the re-opening of the short-lived CBGB 2nd Avenue Theatre, an event which obviously called for a formal attire, as captured by Pat Hefley (there’s another iconic shot from that gig by Stephanie Chernikowski on the back cover of ‘Gravest Hits’, with Lux climbing over the chairs mid-audience).

CBGB Theatre, aka CBGB Second Avenue Theatre and originally known as Public Theatre, Antillas Theatre & later as Anderson Theatre, was Hilly Kristal’s brilliant, yet poorly executed plan to expand operations with an additional show venue of a near-2,000-capacity venue which could host the crowds that were getting out of hand by late-’77 at CBGB OMFUG. Unfortunately the building he bought but never really checked out was in a shabby state of repair and cost a lot of money to meet the standards of safety and modernization.

According to various anecdotes from Roman Kozak's ‘This Ain't No Disco: The Story of CBGB’ (Boston: Faber and Faber, 1988):

“...It opened on a Tuesday night, Dec. 27, 1977, with Talking Heads headlining, supported by the Shirts and the Tuff Darts. The next night it was the Dictators, the Dead Boys, and the Luna Band (formerly Orchestra Luna). Then Patti Smith headlined December 29, 30, and New Year's Eve. There were problems right from the beginning...

...[says] Bill Shumaker. "It was in December, it was bitter cold, but the heating system never really worked. I never went down into the basement, but you could look down and it honestly looked like one of the rings in Dante's Inferno. And down there was the boiler. Everybody got serious colds...

....[Sound engineer] Norman Dunn: "It was an exercise in how many things could go wrong. In twenty-seven degree temperature you don't spray soundproofing under the balcony. It doesn't dry. At the first note it started falling down. The boiler room was under eleven feet of water because the water mains broke. The generator outside was running the electricity for everything and it was driving the neighbors crazy...There were threats, the police were there; but it would have cost $15,000 and Con Edison would have had to rip up the street to make things right. And this thing was opened on a shoestring. So every time the lights would go full blast, the sound would die to a whisper...

...Joel Webber is even more graphic, though he does exaggerate for effect: "The place was disgusting. It made the CBGB club look like the Rainbow Room. We were talking about eighty years' worth of dirt. I mean there was popcorn left over from the last performance of the Yiddish theater in 1925...”

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After the Patti Smith dates, the Theater closed and was briefly used as a rock'n’roll flea market, re-opening for shows with the Jam and the Tuff Darts on March 31st & the Cramps, the Erasers and the Sic F*cks on April 1st 1978. It is believed that by mid-’78 the new enterprise had come to an end, costing Kristal a loss of about $160,000.

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CBGB in the 70’s — “the birthplace of punk rock”

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Hilly Kristal outside his club

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In Memoriam HILLY KRISTAL!

(September 23, 1931 - August 28, 2007)

American club owner, manager and musician who owned the legendary New York club CBGB, which became the cradle of New York punk and art rock in the 1970s. Gone, but not forgotten!

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In memory of Hilly Kristal, American club owner, manager and musician who owned the legendary New York club CBGB, which became the cradle of New York punk and art rock in the 1970s

Hilly died on August 28, 2007 from complications of lung cancer, aged 75

#cbgb #HillyKristal #otd

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The birthplace of punk

Founded in New York City in 1973 by Hilly Kristal, CBGB (whose letters stand for Country, Bluegrass and Blues) was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but soon emerged as a famed and iconic venue for punk rock and new wave bands, including the Ramones, Television, Patti Smith Group, Blondie, The Cramps, and more.

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Roberta Bayley     CBGB Founder and Owner Hilly Kristal and His Infamous, Non-Housebroken Dog, Jonathan Taking a Snooze at the Club, East Village, New York City     c.1976

Joey Ramone said of the Ramones first gig at CBGB, “We played for 5 people, but that’s only if you include the owner’s dog.”

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CBGB's

CBGB’s

315 di Bowery street, New YorkL’idea primordiale di Hilly Kristal è di creare uno spazio dove sviluppare, lanciare serate musicali a base di blues e country, bevendo birra a prezzi economici senza troppi fastidi. Il nome è l’acronimo di Country Blue Grass Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandizers con chiari riferimenti alla musica delle origini ma ben presto queste intenzioni vengono…

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Opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal. The letters CBGB were for Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Kristal's original vision for the club. But CBGB soon emerged as a famed and iconic venue for punk rock and new wave bands.

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Film from 2013 about the legendary New York music venue CBGB starring Alan Rickman as Hilly Kristal (the owner) + also featuring Taylor Hawkins as Iggy Pop, Mickey Sumner as Patti Smith, and Malin Akerman as Debbie Harry as well as portrayals of many other musicians from that New York punk scene.

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Hilly Kristal queria abrir uma casa de shows de country em Nova York, mas passa a acolher shows de rock com a condição de que todas as músicas sejam autorais, apadrinhando várias bandas como Ramones, Talking Heads e Blondie.

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Hilly Kristal

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Project Stream Part 40 - Special Intro - Hilly Kristal and his club CBGB

For those who missed tonight's special intro, here are some images that I gathered for the stream! It's of Hilly Kristal and his club called CBGB. He passed away August 28th of 2007, and I wanted to commemorate this important man who contribution was extremely important to history, music and self expression!

CBGB was an important starting ground for groups like the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, The Dead Boys and many more. I had the opportunity to go to many shows there and will always have fond memories of that place and will always remember him for creating such an amazing atmosphere, music and memories! Check out tonight's stream of Art Lounge Alley where I also play a quick 10 min documentary talking about CBGB and the trailer for the movie from 2013!

https://www.twitch.tv/artloungealley

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50 years ago

Country, Bluegrass and Blues opens 🎸

In December 1973, Hilly Kristal opened the CBGB bar, which later became a springboard for countless punk and rock bands

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