CBGBs recreated in Savannah, Georgia for upcoming film
Vanishing New York has collected some shots of the recreation of the legendary CBGB club being built on a Savannah, Georgia soundstage for the upcoming film about the venue and the influential music scene that developed around it.…
July 03, 2012

Richard Hell talks "Destiny Street Repaired"
UK paper The Guardian recent chatted with first wave New York City punk…
November 30, 2009

Fishbone, Supersuckers, Death, unreleased solo recordings at 2009 Joey Ramone Birthday Bash
The 9th annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will take place this Tuesday, May the 19th at the Fillmore in New York's Irving Plaza. The event, which would have been the late Ramones' frontman's 58th birthday, will preview new unreleased Joey Ramone solo recordings for guests. Rough mixes of the tracks, slated for a posthumous album release later this year, are being worked on by a number of producers, including…
May 17, 2009

Did RATM, Black Flag, Television, SDRE, Taking Back Sunday peak with their debuts?
The Onion's serious media companion, The AV Club has put together an interesting list of artists who never managed to top the acclaim and influence of their debut albums. Leading the list is Rage Against the Machine who single-handedly made rap/hardcore into a genre. The list makes some interesting assessments with a few classic CBGB acts in the list like…
April 15, 2008

Editors' Picks: The Ponys / inblackandwhite
Adam: It's been such a treat to watch the Ponys grow, as each album has taken the band's sound tastefully evolved it. The band's still deeply indebted to bands like Television, Richard Hell, the Velvet Underground and the Cure, not to mention a dash of shoegaze, but they've come into…
February 24, 2007

Editors' Picks: Photographer documents the dismantling of CBGB
The Punk Site's resident photographer recently took a trip to New York City to watch the dismantling of legendary punk venue, CBGB. You can check out the photos…
November 08, 2006

Editors' Picks: Sirius Radio to broadcast last CBGB New York Show
As an addendum to our story about the performances which will close out the legendary CBGB venue, the final ever performance, by Patti Smith will be broadcast exclusively by Sirius satellite Radio. The famed club is closing following unsuccessful rent negotiations with its landlord. News of its demise has prompted worldwide press coverage and sparked several…
October 10, 2006

Editors' Picks: CBGB's final week
We've now entered the final week of existence for legendary New York venue CBGB. Here's a reminder on how the schedule of performances shaped up. Tonight and the following two evenings will see performances by the reunited Bad Brains. The pioneering punk act will be joined tonight by Avail and tomorrow by the Bouncing Souls.…
October 09, 2006