CBGB

New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock 

Clem Burke: Full Moon, Empty Hearts

September 14, 2020September 16, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Andy Babiuk, Blondie, CBGB, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Ed Stasium, Elliot Easton, Jon Varvatos, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Cars, The Chesterfield Kings, The Empty Hearts, The Romantics, Wally Palmar

An exclusive chat with the Blondie drummer about the second album from his current band and the good old days on The Bowery

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Punk Remembrance Rock 

Walter Lure: April 22, 1949 – August 22, 2020

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Binky Phillips, Bob Dylan, Bobby Rondinelli, CBGB, Dexter Romweber, Joe Ely, Joe Strummer, Johnny Thunders, Lemmy, Lux Interior, Mark E. Smith, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Poison Ivy, Randy Pratt, The Waldos, Walter Lure

Tim Sommer salutes the Holy Ghost of New York City Punk Rock

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Glam Punk Remembrance 

Heartbreakers Guitarist Walter Lure Has Died

August 24, 2020August 25, 2020 Ken Kurson 6 Comments Andy Shernoff, Azalia Snail, Binky Philips, Black Sabbath, Bobby Rondinelli, CBGB, Charlie Sox, Eliot Kidd, Heartbreakers, Hilly Crystal, Jerry Nolan, Johnny Thunders, L.A.M.F., Martin John Butler, Mike Mindless, Mike Rappoport, Pandora, Rainbow, Rent Party, Rowan Bishop, The Demons, The Dictators, The Last Ditches, The Planets, The Waldos, Tony Coiro, Walter C. Luhr Jr., Walter Lure

Tributes pour in for NYC fixture who lived uncharacteristically clean and productive rock n roll life

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Glam Punk Rock 

Whatever Happened to the Eddie Criss Group?

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Eric Davidson 5 Comments 1980, Abby Hoffman, CBGB, David Peel, Eddie Criss, Eddie Criss Group, Gang War, GG Allin, HoZac Books, HoZac Records, John Voight, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Undertaker, Wayne Kramer

Wherein a NYC kid befriends notorious yippie, David Peel, and records a chintzy glam record with Wayne Kramer that stays lost for 40 years

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Hard Rock Punk Rock 

Binky Philips and The Planets: A Debut 47 Years In The Making

June 26, 2019June 27, 2019 Chloe Orwell 0 Comments Binky Phillips and The Planets, CBGB, New York City, Punk

Manhattan punk survivors finally deliver their first studio LP with Established 1972 NYC

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Punk 

Shutter Punk

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1977, CBGB, Godlis, Punk, The Bowery

A look beyond the camera’s eye with Godlis

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Punk 

They Wanted Everything

October 16, 2018October 17, 2018 Eric Davidson 2 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, CBGB, Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, John Holmstrom, Johnny Ramone, Marky Ramone, Punk Magazine, The Ramones, Tommy Ramone

A chat with Punk Magazine’s John Holmstrom about Road to Ruin by The Ramones

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