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CBGB: The Venue from Hell

Jenny Valentish, Inpress, January 2006

It seems like every other prepubescent has a CBGB T-shirt these days, but over in New York, the old guard are fighting a losing battle to keep the legendary punk venue open. Jenny Valentish talks to the man who put it on the map, Richard Hell.

Total word count of piece: 884

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