CBGB sunday hardcore matinee, 1984. photo by drew carolan
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Never got to go there. Regrets. Then again, never really did a night in NYC either :/
Fran Lebowitz paid a visit to the restroom “for less than a minute,” she said in an interview this month. “By the way, there wasn’t a huge difference between the cleanliness of the bathroom and the rest of the place.”
-The NYT, 2013
Beastie Boys back paint
Good times
ha. went to CBGB weekly back in the late 80s. worst bathroom in history. Living Color were amazing.
Wow. Agnostic Front! That brings me back.
Blue Oyster bar vibes
We used to go down to CB’s on Sunday to drink 40’s and fight skinheads.
CBGB’s was the loudest venue in the city. I saw many shows there. But the Camper Van Beethovan in 1989 made my ears ring for 4 days. I never went to a show or club without ear plugs after that. The place was super gritty. Hilly was almost always at the door taking/selling tix. My fav thing was no matter what the band was, if you went to the disgusting bathrooms in the basement, you walked by the “dressing rooms” which meant a quick peak at whatever band was playing. The walls were probably 4 inches thick with posters, stickers, etc. Most of those were removed when Varvados took over but you can still see some of it. Def worth a visit if you’re on The Bowery.
I wonder where all these people are now?
I remember those matinees at CBGBs. I was supposed to go see Flipper there one time but couldn’t make it. Fall or winter 1984 or ‘85.
Some say you can still smell that bathroom on the Bowery
The city was a very different place then. I lived in westchester and went into town all the time. Very different energy back then. I don’t miss a lot of it, but I do miss some of it a lot, maybe that doesn’t make a lot of sense but it does to me.
I really miss that spot saw bad brains last show there
“Hey y’all I hear you know how to get us into See Bee Jee Bees” is a line from *American Psycho* that I had minor difficulty reading.
I wouldn’t last 2 minutes in there.