The Ramones and CBGB. Has there ever been a better match of artist and venue? Okay, the Beatles had the Cavern Club and James Brown had the Apollo Theater. But both of those equally legendary musical ...

The Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, and more punk-era greats are featured on an upcoming box set celebrating the famed New ...

Forget Sheena — this weekend, everyone’s a punk rocker. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Ramones’ first show at the Manhattan’s legendary CBGB music venue, several Ramones themed pop-up ...

It was the summer of ’75, when a garbage strike left tons of stinking trash piled high on flat-broke Gotham’s sweltering streets. Five-dollar hookers and fur-coat-clad pimps strutted around the Lower ...

Famed rock hall CBGB may be gone — but its legacy remains strong. To commemorate the Ramones debut at the famous club more than 40 years ago, the non-profit Little Italy Street Art Project NYC ...

This Saturday, August 16th, marks the 40th Anniversary of the day The Ramones took the stage at CBGB for their first performance ever. Friends, family and fans will come together to pay tribute to ...

The Ramones’ weird legend is growing 50 years after they accidentally sparked a punk-rock revolution – even though all of the New York City band’s founding members are long dead. The odd-looking ...

It’s been nearly two decades since the shuttering of beloved New York punk bar CBGB & OMFUG. But this fall the club known for its grotty bathrooms and for being the birthplace of the punk movement in ...

Chris: Our first show was opening for the Ramones at CBGB. We had been going to CBGB from pretty much the first night we moved to New York. One weekend Patti Smith performed, and she didn’t really ...

In 1974, he had thick, long hair and wore dark shades, tight, black jeans, T-shirts and a black leather motorcycle jacket, like most in his crowd. It was their uniform. They were from Forest Hills, ...

The Ramones were the quintessential punk band in the late 1970s — largely credited with pioneering the rebellious rock scene in New York City. On Feb. 4, 1976, the Ramones staple “Blitzkrieg Bop” was ...