[weegee]

Vegas already has a genuine punk club (Double Down Saloon) with no cover, no closing, a quality jukebox, touring bands, and an address a block away from "the old psychiatric lounge" mention in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas).

[weegee]

"I'll make it CBGB, and even more so," he continued.

Does this mean he'll put the "Country BlueGrass Blues" back into the rotation?

[ClearCase_guy]

This ain't the Mud Club.

[Mase]

I have fuzzy memories of all three of my visits to CBGB's in the mid-seventies. I do remember worrying more about the crowd in the club waiting to see The Ramones and Patti Smith than the bums and thugs roaming the streets of the lower East side.

[relictele]

CBGB = semi-enclosed sewer that exploited its association with a few famous bands and impressed the desperate-for-mythology music press. In reality, it would let anyone with two tin cans and a string to play a show. Most nights were triple bills of horrible amateurish noise (and I'm not talking about Ramones-type amateurs, I'm talking about truly inept 'musicians') as bands from the hinterland came to kiss the ring and put CBGB on their resume.

All of the now-wealthy CBGB alums apparently couldn't be bothered to bail out the club financially and the owner also appears to have frittered his cash away.

[Ready4Freddy]

Punk venue CBGB's closing after 33 years - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061009/ap_en_ot/cbgb_s_shutdown_5