CBGB’s closes the doors
After Sunday, memories are all that will remain when the cramped club with its capacity of barely 300 people goes out of business after 33 years. Although its boom years are long gone, CBGB’s remained a Manhattan music scene fixture: part museum, part barroom, home to more than a few rock and roll ghosts.
Punk poet Smith will play the closing night as well, a booking that Kristal described as effortless.
Smith isn’t the only veteran playing one last gig. The ’80s hardcore band Bad Brains and the ’70s punks the Dictators are both scheduled for the final week. Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein are also stopping by.</i>
This was one of those places where the magic happened. Modern music would be a different beast without the club, a punk rock petri dish.