SXSW Panel Recap: From CBGB to the World – A Downtown Diaspora

“Mushrooms grow in the dark”

"...ascribed its birth to a NYC “petri dish” named CBGB...."

March 17, 2018 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW Interview: Cheetah Chrome

Dead Boys guitarist releases first solo studio disc

"...and recently portrayed by Rupert Grint in 2013 docudrama CBGB, Chrome arrives at SXSW in a new dual guise:..."

March 15, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Ritz at roughly the same moment the Ramones ruled CBGB. L.A. proto-punks the Imperial Dogs and Berlin Brats played..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Saturday Interviews

Last-night SXSW showcase chats

"...with Dead Boys producer Genya Ravan. It sat in CBGB's basement until owner Hilly Kristal's death in 2007...."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Dead Boys

Gift guide

"...Dead BoysLive! at CBGB 1977 (MVD)..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...and Tom Verlaine built the stage at biker bar CBGB for their own raw Seventies rock & roll outfit,..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Other Music

History of a lost Manhattan record store keeps a basic tune

"...were as much part-and-parcel of that scene as a CBGB, but the reason they could have Mogwai drop by..."

April 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Spike Lee, Rian Johnson, and Chelsea Manning for SXSW

Plus major tech names, Westworld panel, and more added

"...discussing the importance and legacy of legendary rock club CBGB. Additionally, the already-announced panel for HBO's Westworld adds cast..."

Jan. 30, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Only Living Boy in New York

A New York love triangle state of mind

"...Outfitters on every corner and the lamentable demise of CBGB, a punk club they once read about in the..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Margaret Moser Tribute: Jesse Sublett

When the Queen calls, you come

"...Summer 1979: For the Skunks' first gig at CBGB, Margaret flies to NYC just to be there, see..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Jesse Sublett

How Music Works

Talking Head gets wonky

"...co-founder of Talking Heads. That's unfortunate because descriptions/illustrations of CBGB, plus the creative process behind Heads songs and innovative..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Ballroom Dancing

SXSW panels

"...CBGB StoriesAustin Convention Center, Friday, March 19..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Bandslam

A citywide battle of the bands provides the grist for this endearing youth film that was shot in Central Texas.

"...the two break into the seminal, now-shuttered Bowery club CBGB. It’s a setting that would seem to hold more..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Converse: Three Chords and the Truth?

Converse Fall 2008 Look Book complaint

"...credibility still hangs in the air in the old CBGB space. Apparently feeling expansive in his new digs, Varvatos..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Design Post by Anne Harris

Planet B-Boy

The global revival of breakdancing is the subject of this documentary, which shows off the mad skillz of competitors around the world.

"...1980-84, and I saw MTV double-team Rapture up on CBGB's hardcore gunners Kraut's All Twisted, and it was wicked...."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Roll Bounce

Hot-wiring a penchant for sports film truisms to some seriously spot-on Seventies nostalgia, this Bow Wow vehicle is an easygoing portrayal of teenage camaraderie and its attendant difficulties.

"...rollerballers, as unlikely a mix as the BeeGees at CBGB but almost assuredly as entertaining. Puppy love arrives in..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Time to Bounce

Rapping with Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, the funkiest Connecticut Yankees in King Arthur's Court

"...Despite such conflicts, the band debuted in 1975 at CBGB, ground zero for America's fledgling punk scene. Soon they..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by John G. La Briola

The Rock Pile

"...Max's Kansas City was a much cooler place than CBGB. I was in New York City at both of..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

I Like It Like That

"...situations that you practically feel like cruising over to CBGB's afterward for a burger and all-ages show. Velez is..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Frank Kozik (1962-2023), the Man Behind a Poster Revolution

How Austin shaped the punk artist behind print mania

"...entire tours. He held his own art show at CBGB in 1992, and by 1993 the underground artist was..."

May 12, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

England Made Me

Culture editor Richard Whittaker presents a season of classic British movies that defined the nation's cinema

"...had founded Sub Pop, or Willard Scott secretly ran CBGB. That's kind of like the intellectual dissonance of having..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...the suburbs who had maybe seen a picture of CBGB or something. They were dressing like they thought they..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"..."Raul's … serves a function roughly analogous to early CBGB as being the locus of Austin punk/New Wave hap'nin's,"..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Patti Smith: “I don’t claim to be a progenitor of any particular movement – I just did my work”

Ever-evolving singer, writer, & artist communes at ACL Live Saturday

"...in a long, narrow room on NYC’s Bowery called CBGB...."

May 2, 2022 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Black Angels & Kikagaku Moyo, Video Age & Shy Boys, Exhumed & Creeping Death, ST 37 & the Gary, Arooj Aftab, and Kool Keith

"...Over and Over Again, ST 37 discharges the opening title-track-come-CBGB-firestarter, floats 14-minute meteor-impact cloud "Observing Dust," and mic drops..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Column by Michael Toland

Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over Finds the Anti-Punk in Full Fury

Beth B blows it all up in new documentary

"...sighting of the former onstage at either Max's or CBGB induced "fear at first sight!" That fear swiftly became..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

Checking In: Kana Harris Reveals Her Vulcan Side

Live wire wax healer wants to sell you a record for your health

"...Foreign Mothers turned Red River roost Beerland into its CBGB. Their 2012 LP Duh materialized here during C-19 cleaning..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Clarence James Finds Clarity Post-Breakup on Debut

Following high school breakout, 20-year-old Georgetown crooner sticks a jazzy bedroom pop debut

"...in Baton Rouge, and opened for Bad Brains at CBGB ... Tell those boys I said howdy and in..."

June 26, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Boz Scaggs Doesn't Mean to Be Argumentative

The Texan parses blues, R&B, and rock & roll ahead of two Austin shows

"...audible danger drive this cover of Mink DeVille, a CBGB punk band with a deadly Ben E. King fetish...."

Oct. 19, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Oral History of ABGB

Pils to wake, pils to sleep

"...thrown it out there before as a reference to CBGB...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

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