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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Look, I will be shocked if anyone here can match me for visits to CBGBs back when punk was punk. For years I cherished and regularly wore a shirt that had a stain from Joey Ramone's blood on it (from the Paradise). I gave Annie Golden slugs from my flask in a Bowery alley circa 1980. I once pissed in a river with Ivan Kral. Punk may no longer be my thing, but the young Greedy had punk cred.
And all I have to say on the subject is this: back in the day, Patti Smith's homage to jazz was a holy thing.
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I knew something about this post bothered me, I mean beyond the fact that it is fantasy, but let's assume it is true. GGG never lived in NY. That means he travelled to CBGB from whereever his school was, or Boston.
First rule of punk- kill your gods. No real punk would travel to NY to go to CBGB multiple times, anymore than em would travel following the Dead or going to see Journey. A real punker started/supported the movement where em lived. e.g. SLC Punk as an example. CBGB was not a cathedral as we worshipped nothing.
Hank Chinaski
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