CB's Second Coming

I got a sneak peak this morning at the Morrison Hotel Gallery's new space at 313 Bowery (former home to CBGB's Gallery) when NY1 News shot a segment there. The space, which opens this Thursday, March 27, is still pretty raw and no photographs are hanging yet, but I did get to take a close look at a super cool piece of CB's history. During the renovation, the owners of the MHG found several panels of old CB's flyers which were assemebled in a collage to celebrate the club's 10th anniversary, in 1983. Aside from all the CB's stalwarts - Ramones, Television, Talking Heads etc... - I spied a few surprises.

Sandy Bull, a true guitar visionary who by most accounts had stopped playing publicly by the late 70s, apparently played CB's:


A couple classic nights a CB's - one with current Shore Fire Clients the B-52s, another with one of my favorite, if criminally overlooked, bands from the club's heyday, the mighty Milk N' Cookies! If you're a fan of the Ramones et al, and you don't know Milk N' Cookies, you need to make amends immediately.


Dr. Feelgood were more punk than most of the band's who labeled themselves as such, but just a few years ahead of the zeitgeist. At least Hilly Kristal had the good sense to book them.