Since at that time we weren’t open on Sunday, I decided to give Television a try out, about three and a half weeks hence, on a Sunday. The admission was one dollar. I thought the band was terrible; screechy, ear-splitting guitars and a jumble of sounds that “I just didn’t get.” I said, ” NEVER AGAIN!!!” After much cajoling and haranguing, however, I was persuaded to let them play again with another “hot’ new rock group from Forest Hills, Queens. They were called “The Ramones.” They were even worse than Television. At that first gig at CBGB, they were the most untogether group I’d ever heard. They kept starting and stopping-equipment breaking down-and yelling at each other. They were a mess.
-    Hilly Kristal, Founder of CBGB

Published on Apr 13, 2010 Filed under: Punk