Music&Events: CBGB, the Home of Underground Rock closed

The legendary, historic Manhattan rock cave CBGB, which helped nurture American punk and post-punk heroes Television, the Ramones, the New York Dolls, Blondie, the Talking Heads, and Patti Smith, closed last Sunday after 33 years. (Lease was up, owners wanted many $$$.) CBGB owner Hilly Kristal says he'll strip the bar interior and move as much of it as possible (including the urinals, he said) to a new CBGB's in Las Vegas.

The club, which opened in December '73, was named CBGB for Country BlueGrass Blues. (Kristal & Co. quickly moved on to different genres.)