CBGB's: A Final Look

Ace & Huge visit the legendary punk rock club in NYC just months before it was closed down and give a complete tour of the facilities.

[@nkley1]

A cryin’ shame this place was not made a landmark. NYC.....loosin’ it’s grit. Huge mistake.

[@tontshavers630]

It was mainly a shit and pisshole of a place, really. The sanitation alone could kill you from one visit there.

[@davebenevich5446]

Was in nyc a few weeks ago and went into where cbgb was. There was no way you could tell it was a music venue. It was kinda depressing

[@iceydaywalker9198]

iconic place. only 19 years old and glad i can say ive been there. what's even better... my badass grandma brought me back when i was 9 or so and had a giant green mohawk.

[@abigailsmith3876]

Omfg! Ur so lucky! I'm 14 and I actually have been to NY one time when I was one but next week my uncle is taking me back!!! And he's gonna show me where CBGB's was... And some other shit.. But I just wish u could go back in time and see CBGB's. U know?

[@iceydaywalker9198]

X Abigail Motörhead X yep! it was awesome. don't expect anything nearly as cool now. but still enjoy!

[@abigailsmith3876]

Ryan Bergen lol yea ik but thanks 😝

[@abigailsmith3876]

Ryan Bergen do u have an Instagram??

[@iceydaywalker9198]

no social media whatsoever except this. fuck society. sorry.

[@tekubus]

Saw Type O Negative, Living Colour, and many others back in the day.

[@michaelbutler5013]

Just Got a Shock Wave of Memories & the Hopes of My Youth...emotions long forgotten looking at this Footage. Love To CB's

[@matty2x302]

I think the best show I ever saw there had to be the Exploited in early 80’s, I can remember the first time we went to see em the show got cancelled for some reason , so pissed, but that kinda shit wasn’t announced on any kind of radio station I knew of & this was loooooooooonnnnnggg before cell phones & social media kiddies, we pulled up on a Friday night and the place was closed, we just drove from Philly for nothing, But met a cool ass skinhead named Bobby Snots & crashed at his squat that night, three of us stayed up drinking beer all night in a rat filled abandoned building on the lower east side, then a couple weeks went by and the Exploited finally played, you talk about intense, here I was like 16 from Philly with a Mohawk, with my spiked hair buddy surrounded by a room full of glue sniffing, beer drinking NY skinhead kids going fucking nuts, this was right before the NYHC explosion, a couple months went by and we went back to see a new upcoming local band named AGNOSTIC FRONT , fucking awesome intense band, crowd and venue, what followed became the NY city music history of NYHC at CBGB !!!!! Thanks for a couple great memories

[@tonitruzone153]

Glad I got to share in that fond memory...GBGB forever in our hearts 💕.

[@totallytubular3681]

i’m only 16 but god i wish someone should buy the space back and get some badass bands to play there again

[@relaxshacksDOTcom]

Got to play there only once, but it still holds some weight to a younger generation (and makes me also feel old as hell) when I tell them "I played at CBGB's". Tramps too- another fun room.

[@user-ze9jw8zu2x]

I really miss it. It felt like punk's "home."

[@mr.t6142]

Sadly $ talks in NYC, and people of influence too. Damn shame when such an iconic, historic club is shut down for good. So grateful to all the video people put on youtube of former years, bands playing to the memories of CBs.

[@bitchpuhleese]

I’m so happy I went there a few times.

[@jayonez137]

My home base from 1986 to 1990 Was there every Sunday for the New York Hardcore matinees

[@frankjames6232]

Our band one blood proformed there in April of 91

[@disposablefun]

so sad that i'll never be able to be there...

[@JB-hl1qx]

CBGB was the east coast equivalent to the west coast whiskey a go go . It's a crime it wasn't preserved..

[@GreenToMe2000]

My guitar teacher played here when the Ramones played 🤘

[@fugazi_]

Anyone who ever performed at this holy spot should actually teach only one thing: Don't take lessons, they only kill the spirit. Unless you wanna sound like Emerson, Lake and Palmer of course. ;) DIY, even today!

[@TheNuzzman]

I saw Suicide with Alan Vega and Martin Rev several times as well as King Flux with Richie Stotts of The Plasmatics

[@sea9994]

I was there I sat by stage talked to bouncer he was awesome.. small awesome and performers current chart toppers..my name was in on the wall or door I can't remember 🤔.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

RIP Joey.. and all of the Ramones..! LOBOTOMY LOBOTOMY LOBOTOMY

[@tontshavers630]

Instead of a Lobotomy, he got an Autopsy!! LOL

[@jamesclark5255]

why did I like this!?!? I miss purp!

[@richardvilseck]

I can't tell you how many hardcore matinees I went to at CBGB's.... And my friend just "corrected me" telling me "It's CBGB!" Am I wrong for saying CBGB's all these years?????

[@andreat.2809]

No, si può dire in entrambi i modi.

[@andreat.2809]

Listen at 5:07 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWWknp1pgL6XnZo

[@tonitruzone153]

CBGB that's what the sign says. Haha, I called is CBGB's too, but if you want to be real hard core skip the 's.

[@6672rock]

Another iconic rock and roll club gone. What occupies the space now?

[@ben.9663]

Looking on google maps it just looks like an office block, no plaque or anything to say that it was there at all. Sad.

[@punkgrl325]

A shitty John Varvatos outlet.

[@tontshavers630]

A big pile of shit that was left over inside that place!

[@tonitruzone153]

Dead Yuppies.

[@ejshelby5460]

it's now a John Varvatos store

[@boiadedios]

The first thing I did when I visited NY was to go there! The only museum in New York

[@joes2454]

its a clothing store now, shit. Friend n I went looking for CBGB in the Bowery, found it only identifiable by the fire hydrant outside. Its all gone.

[@callofthewintermoon91]

Damn, that sucks. Why did they ever close to begin with?

[@joes2454]

@@callofthewintermoon91 Hi! From what I understand, by the 90's CBGB had become a mess (even greater than when it originally opened). Broken pipes, police called often, etc. Some neighborhood committee sued the owner Hilly Kristal over unpaid rent in early 2000s and lost, then Kristal decided not to renew his lease. CBGB closed in 2006. Some fashion designer bought it and here we are today. The strange thing is CBGB was registered as a historic monument in NYC yet it sold anyway. I don't understand that part. Check out "CBGB" the movie on Netflix, Alan Rickman is amazing and they really take it back to the birth of American Punk.

[@solunasunrise]

a last look at 3 pixels per squaremile ...

[@reneehowell2465]

Clubs back in the day were the 💩!

[@ejshelby5460]

that three urinal bathroom is very famous, an iconic bathroom design really, where a lady and three guys can pee at the same time and carry on a discussion

[@junoblade1017]

Blagged a roadie job with DC punk band Scream in 1986. At the 2nd gig at CBGB's I got sacked for goofing out on the stage instead of helping the band!

[@nicholasgathings7321]

Wasn’t Dave Grohl in that band pre Nirvana?

[@dansoliday]

@@nicholasgathings7321 Yes, he sure was.

[@PatienceWithAnimals-be6uc]

Damn. WTF

[@sbk7956]

Tu w 1989 roku Hołdys zjebał szansę na światowy sukces Perfect'u. Do tej pory jest debilem.

[@mercedeshenesybenzotheirme7785]

Where is Satisfaction ALL GRINGO Bands. Since Internet I've seen anyone! (startling)

[@tontshavers630]

That's because Gringo bands are the BEST of all time! None better bro!

[@gmar7836]

Looks more like a shit hole inside than I expected

[@folladordeprostis]

Gael Marconi wtf were you expecting ?? Madison Square Garden ? 😂