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Forty years ago today, the famous music venue CBGBs opened in New York City.  The club's full name was actually CBGB-OMFUG which stands for "Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers." It quickly evolved from a roots music venue to the home base for many of New York's most influential punk and new wave bands, bands like the Ramones, Television, Blondie and the Talking Heads.

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Forty years ago today, the famous music venue CBGBs opened in New York City.  The club's full name was actually CBGB-OMFUG which stands for "Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers."

Fourty years ago today, the famous music venue CBGBs opened in New York City.  The club's full name was actually CBGB-OMFUG which stands for "Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers." It quickly evolved from a roots music venue to the home base for many of New York's most influential punk and new wave bands, bands like the Ramones, Television, Blondie and the Talking Heads.

40 years ago today, CBGB's opened in New York City

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