Virtual tour of CBGB

[beaky]

How cool is this? Takes me back to when I haunted that place (and played there a few times). A terrific place to see new bands or just hang out.

These pictures are after my time, though (the bathroom wasn't so nice, LOL), and sadly, "CB's" is no more...     

http://www.bravadousa.com/cbgb/pano/pano.html

[Webb]

Wow, what a dump.

I suppose Studio 54 wasn't particularly glamorous either.

[Groundbound1]

Cool. Looks like a good place to get over any fear you might have of performing live. You know, a nice calm and pleasent atmosphere! Nothing intimidating about it at all.

[beaky]

[quote]Cool. Looks like a good place to get over any fear you might have of performing live. You know, a nice calm and pleasent atmosphere! Nothing intimidating about it at all.

[beaky]

Wow, what a dump.

I suppose Studio 54 wasn't particularly glamorous either.

Not with the work lights on at about 8 AM, I'm sure!  I used to work in a similar, er, establishment, and the Morning After was something to behold. 

CBGB was really just a very egalitarian, unpretentious, neighborhood-bar kind of place, even when it was world-famous. I feel right at home in a place like that. But yes, they didn't spend much money on repairs or decor... it was the rent that finally did them in.