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CBGB & OMFUG Announces First-Ever “CBGB Festival” for September

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The Press Release:
CBGB & OMFUG – Home of Underground Rock lives on with the announcement of the CBGB Festival, presented in partnership with The Bowery Presents, taking place September 27 at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn, NY. The one-day event features a stacked lineup of 21 generation-spanning bands across 3 raucous stages. Headlining the festival are Iggy Pop—his first NYC show in over a decade—and Jack White.

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The lineup is impeccably curated, featuring punk legends like Sex Pistols, Johnny Marr, Lunachicks, Marky Ramone, The Damned, and Melvins; CBGB-era hardcore staples Gorilla Biscuits, Murphy’s Law, and Cro-Mags; and today’s punk torchbearers including The Linda Lindas, Lambrini Girls, Destroy Boys, Angel Du$t, Scowl, Pinkshift, Teen Mortgage, YHWH Nailgun, Soul Glo, and Lip Critic.
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“Classic Albums: Nevermind The Bollocks” by The Sex Pistols

Artist: Sex Pistols
Title: “Never Mind The Bollocks”
Label: Eagle Vision USA
Release Date: November 19, 2002
Genre: Punk
Rating: 7/10

The Sex Pistols, a band that had a short career of merely two years, but yet produced one of the most influential records of all time which ignited a punk revolution. This DVD “Never Mind The Bollocks” takes you inside the makings of this record, including interviews with John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook, original Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, producer Chris Thomas, engineer Bill Price, producer and soundman Dave Goodman and manager Malcolm McLaren. All talk about how the Pistols were one disorganized group that has a clear message they wanted to get across which set crowds into a punk rock frenzy.
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