Rewind: 1973 CBGB & OMFUG Club Opens in The Bowery, New York

On this day in 1973, The CBGB OMFUG Club (Country, BlueGrass, and Blues & Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers), opened in the lower eastside of New York City. Founded by Hilly Kristal, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and New Wave bands such as Blondie, Talking Heads, Television, Patti Smith, The Dead Boys and the Ramones.

 CBGB's Documentary from 1978

Click on the links to hear more music recorded live at CBGB's.

Performances from CBGB's

The Dead Boys - (Full Set 1977).

Blondie (7 Vids from 1975!).

Blondie (Full set 1977).

Blondie (2006).

Blank Generation - Television (with Richard Hell - Audio 1974).

Marquee Moon - Television (Audio 1975). 

Television and Patti Smith (1975).

Little Johnny Jewel - Television (Audio 1976).

Psycho Killer - Talking Heads (1975).
Talking Heads (Audio of full show 1977).

Ramones (16th August 1974).

Ramones (15th September 1974).

Ramones (Full Set Audio 31/07/75).

Ramones (Two Full Sets Audio 10/06/77).

Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers (1975 - poor quality film).

Mink DeVille (from the 1976 Live at CBGB's Album).

Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot (1979).

Patti Smith (Full Set Audio from 2006).

Operetico - The Shirts (from the 1976 Live at CBGB's Album).

Poe - The Shirts (from the 1976 Live at CBGB's Album).

 AVM - The Shirts (from the 1976 Live at CBGB's Album).

All For The Love of Rock and Roll - Tuff Darts (from the 1976 Live at CBGB's Album).

Slash - Tuff Darts (from the 1976 Live at CBGB's Album).

The Jam (Audio Full Set 15th October 1977).

Search and Destory - The Dictators (1977 shown on Old GRey Whistle Test UK).

Art-I-Ficial - X-Ray Spex (Audio 25/03/78).

The Plasmatics (Audio Bootleg 1979).

Bad Brains (Full Set 1982).

Suicide (27th September 1986).

Social Distortion (Full Set 1992).

Green Day (Full Set 2000).

There's obviously loads I could put on here but go check out on You Tube for more Videos from bands who have played there.