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The legendary CBGB's club is opened by Hilly Kristal on The Bowery in East Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
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Lenny Kaye (guitarist, Patti Smith group) : The thing which I always am amused about with CBGB's, particularly in the old days before it caught on fire, was how casual it was: the bands essentially playing for the other bands. Early on - when I started going there before we did our eight-week stand, or seven weeks, actually - it wasn't very crowded. We'd go down Sunday nights, when Television played, or see the Ramones, or whoever else was there early on, The Stilettos – it was very small, maybe 20-25 people in the audience, tops. It was people you saw around most of the time – people in bands, your friends, other hangers-out on the very small scene, this kind of avant-mixed-media rock scene - and it was happening in the wake of the New York Dolls kind of explosion, so it seemed almost like the waters had receded, and there wasn't really any sense of occasion. It was just a night out at your local dive, which to me gave it its charm, basically.
(Source : interview with Neil Levine, May 2006, in Perfect Sound Forever)
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(Source : interview with Neil Levine, May 2006, in Perfect Sound Forever)