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‘The bathrooms were rank, but we didn’t care’: how the grimy-but-great CBGB changed rock for ever

Actualitate EN 26 Feb 2026, 10:00 Source: The Guardian

Half a century ago, the famed New York venue run by a former marine and folk singer was ground zero for the punk and new wave scenes. Now the bands who played there are being celebrated on a 101-track box setFifty years ago, a dive bar in New York’s East Village started to attrac...

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