Saturday, September 01, 2007

Hilly Kristal

If one was looking for a physical birthplace of punk it would be inarguably CBGB's, the club in the Bowery that for so many years was the catalyst for a music scene that swept the world. Its owner sadly passing on the same year as his club goes into mythology seems strangely fitting. Here's the Ramones at CBGB's in 1977 - did I tell you Yo La Tengo played one of our songs Evil Going On at CBGB's? Oh I did... sorry