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rhythms and sounds of simple high Kristal not long after he opened CBGB.
energy rock and roll, which seemed to They’d never had a show and up until
take shape here at Cog’s.” this point, Kristal had only booked jazz,
Considered America’s first punk bluegrass, experimental blues and
band, The Ramones, cut their teeth blues bands. Finding fresh, original
(figuratively and perhaps literally) at talent in this genre was not at all easy.
CBGB’s, playing there numerous times Rumor has it that Kristal promised to
over the course of their long career. let Television play if they helped build a
How this came to be is the stuff of rock proper stage for the club. Soon after, a
history legend. stage was up and Television played their
Three young musicians who called first show to a near-empty room. “ I
their band Television, approached Hilly thought the band was terrible, screechy,
avantoure
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