Old Punks Rally For CBGBs

For Those About To Rock

Legendary Musicians Kick Off Campaign To Save CBGB's

Christopher Twarowski 08/04/2005 11:18 am

United To Save CBGB\'s: (L to R) CBGB\'s owner Hilly Kristal, Steven Van Zandt, Tommy Ramone, Punk Attitude producer Dan Snyder, Jean Beauvoir, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Lenny Kaye and Legs McNeil The clock is ticking, but hope is still very much alive. CBGB's, the historic rock club located in lower Manhattan's Bowery district that is recognized worldwide as ground zero for punk and an incubator for undiscovered bands, is in danger of being shut down. That is, unless a new lease is signed with the club's landlord, the nonprofit Bowery Residents Committee (BRC), by Aug. 31. keep on reading punk