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CBGB, the music club that helped define New York City’s “punk” scene by introducing the world to such bands as the Talking Heads and Ramones, is little more than a bar, a stage and two bathrooms. Since the club opened in 1973, very little has changed about the physical space, with one exception: the graffiti. The club has never stopped its patrons from adding to the mosaics of ink, pencil and stickers that literally cover every square inch of the club’s walls. The walls contain the grimy, layered history of the club, from the musicians to the fans. CBGB: Decades of Graffiti documents this visual phenomenon. The verve of the lettering and the passionate, drunken silliness of the words and messages echo the power and innovation of the countless hours of music that have screamed off the stage. CBGB’s reputation is rooted in the music, but the music spawned a scene that people now associate with the club as a physical space. Without the music, there would be no club; the same as without the club there would be no music. Without this book, there would be no record of these graphic treatments of the punk aesthetic, especially since the club will soon no longer exist. Introduction
by Richard Hell Click
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CBGB:
Decades of Graffiti