I Wanna Destroy You
You know rock music is fossilized when the mayor comes to the aid of CBGB:
Posted: August 31st, 2005 | Filed under: Historical, ManhattanCBGB – the punk rock mecca facing eviction from its East Village home – picked up an unlikely booster yesterday in the pinstriped form of Mayor Bloomberg.
Hizzoner, while conceding he has never set foot in the famed club, said the city was hoping either to keep CBGB from getting bounced out of 315 Bowery or find it a new home.
“It’s more than just another club,” Bloomberg said of the dank bar that helped launch Blondie, the Ramones and the Talking Heads.