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CBGB was a Manhattan music club founded by Hilly and Karen Kristal that operated from 1973 to 2006 at 315 Bowery. Though originally intended for country, bluegrass, blues, and other music, it became New York’s central venue for original rock bands and the place most closely linked to the rise of American punk. Groups including Television, Patti Smith Group, Blondie, Talking Heads, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Dead Boys, and the Ramones became associated with its rough, graffiti-covered room and its emphasis on original songs. In the 1980s it also became a major center for New York hardcore before closing after a rent dispute, while its cultural influence endured.
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