The Ramones and CBGB were so integral to the development of the punk rock music genre in the mid-1970s that you can’t think of one without the other. The two first came together on August 16, 1974: the Ramones played their first gig at CBGB, arguably launching the punk era. While this wasn’t the Ramones’ first public performance ever, it did begin the indelible intertwining of their career with CBGB, where they would go on to play seventy more times there in 1974 alone. Before the band and the club’s demise, the Ramones would play at CBGB hundreds more times over the next decades, as punk broke through to the mainstream… read more >
The Home of Underground Rock 1973
Design Description CBGB opened its doors on December 10, 1973, and soon became one of the most legendary music venues in American history. Its full name, CBGB & OMFUG, stood for “Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers,” with owner Hilly Kristal using “gormandizer” to mean someone with
