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R · I · P

CBGB

1973–2006

Sticky floors and the birth of punk.

Venues & Clubs

The cramped Bowery dive with the awning everyone photographed — where punk and new wave were born on a terrible PA. A rent fight closed it in 2006.

Did you go to CBGB? What do you remember?

The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of CBGB.

💭 No rules — but if you’re stuck: what was on TV · what you were eating · the movie it brings back · who you were with

💜 Memories are kept forever — they live on this place’s wall. You can delete yours anytime.

Community Memories

👕 Wear the memory

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