Last year the Bottom Line bit the dust. Now, another lengendary New York rock/punk club is in trouble. Reports are that CBGB’s next (improbable) home might be Las Vegas.
CBGB is the famous/infamous launch pad for punk bands Television, Talking Heads, Ramones, Sex Pistols, etc. Its existence is now threatened by the gentrification of of Manhattan’s Bowery neighborhood. The club’s landlord, the Bowery Residents Committee, is raising the club’s rent to market levels, which would mean doubling (or tripling) its current $20,000 per month.
There is now a project to save the club, which includes a “Save CBGBs” box of chocolates.
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