My Trip to the Birthplace of Punk. CBGBs!

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Join me on our trip to the birthplace of punk rock...CBGBs! This is a video I made back in June 2023 and I have expanded it and improved it a bit too.
We walk to the original location of CBGBs, now a clothing store, then we walk down Joey Ramone Place to the home of the 5th Ramone, Arturo Vega, and then we find the site of the iconic Ramones photo on the Rocket to Russia album, in the alley behind.
Also, I talk about meeting Marky Ramone last year. Very nice guy. Enjoy our video on the venue that changed music forever!
#ramones, #theramones, #cbgb, #punk, #punkrock, #markyramone, #joeyramone, #johnnyramone,

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@MariaRamirez-nq4is 27 дней назад

.D.E.A.D. .B.O.Y.S. were another iconic punkband that played CBGB's... 👍 *{Luv all your videos}*

@elamorte Месяц назад

Love all your videos. what a special channel. Thanks for all what you share with us through it.

@WhyNotGoPlaces Месяц назад

Thank you!

@beachamgroup2482 4 месяца назад

Brilliant upload. Thanks very much.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Thanks for watching!

@AmperRamone 4 месяца назад

I was born (May 1974) about the time Ramones were born as a band, and got introduced to their music when I was 8 years old, since then I saw them live 3 times in Madrid and had the opportunity to meet them in 1993 since I worked as local crew, setting up the stage Zoo Tour by U2.... Magic! Tried to get into CBGBs in 2004, but was impossible due to CBGBs was packed and the queu was massive....my girlfriend was not up to wait in the middle of winter in NYC Lately I got back to NYC (2012) with my dad and got a picture of me standing by the Lampost where Bowery meets with Bleecker wtih one of my Ramones Tee. Great video!

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Great memories! I should have taken a picture at that lamp post myself. Such history in and around that club. Thanks for watching the video!

@bas4241 4 месяца назад

Wow…such cool history. I really envy how you took the initiative to follow your heart to these places and made the most of the experience!

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Thanks for watching! Sorry about the quality of the video. I loved seeing CBGB's. If you are in NYC, it's worth a trip for sure.

@lisacrowell290 4 месяца назад

Very 😎 I found a cbgbs shirt at a thrift store even though it's not a classic shirt it was cool to find!

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

That is awesome!

@ALPQZM654 4 месяца назад

Quite moving, the place where the iconic photo of the Ramones was taken, so innocent looking now.. incredible.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Yes is it innocent looking now. The neighborhood was much more grungy back then. It's not super gentrified now, like some area of NYC, but still I think it's totally different than back then. Thanks for watching and subscribing!

@ColfaxJones 4 месяца назад

Fantastic video! you've got so many great stories. 2 quick Ramones stories since you opened with the glue clip. I saw the Ramones in 1984 in Detroit. Most memorable was when they played the first song, 1, 2, 3, 4!! Everyone started pogoing and the crowd rushed forward at the same time, I was literally suspended 6 inches off the ground mid jump for the next 3 minutes, it was sort of cool. 10 years later Dee Dee came to Ann Arbor for the summer in an attempt to get sober apparently. I lived in a big old dilapidated 3 story rental "punk house" with 5 other guys at the time. A slightly older mutual friend of all of ours was good friends with Dee Dee and we ended up hosting a BBQ for Dee Dee one hot day in July. So I got to spend an entire afternoon and evening hanging out with Dee Dee. Cool guy but he seemed a bit slow that day, he was fascinated with the pot plant I had growing in the basement. A memory I'll never forget.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Wow, I love your history! How great you got to hang out with Dee Dee! What do you mean that he was a bit slow? Just curious. Maybe he was hungover? Around the year 2000, I was living in Hollywood right near the corner of La Brea and Sunset, and one day my boyfriend said he saw Dee Dee at our local Ralphs supermarket (which used to be called "Rocknroll Ralphs"). So Dee Dee was living right in our neighborhood and died in an apartment a block or two from our place. Once I was driving in the area and I saw a guy with bright yellow hair crossing the sidewalk in front of us, and my boyfriend said "that's Dee Dee!" Now I wish I would have gone up to him and at least gotten his autograph. So sad how he died. Thanks again for your story and for watching!

@ColfaxJones 4 месяца назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces well he wasn't drinking at the time that I'm aware of so I don't think it was a hangover. To be honest he didn't seem very intelligent or the least bit sharp, at times it felt like talking to a 6 year old. Maybe he was just having a bad day, I have no idea. Again, he was in town for the summer in an attempt to get sober so who knows what was going on with him. But apparently he wrote the majority of the greatest Ramone's songs so there's that.

@allsorts9909 4 месяца назад

Great vid. The Xmas show was at Huddersfield on Xmas day,afternoon was for the kids,evening for adults who were on strike. There is a programme about it on RU-vid. Looks like they had great fun with the kids.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Thanks again for watching! Yes, I remember seeing photos of Johnny and Sid with the kids. Must have been a great show.

@allsorts9909 4 месяца назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mXpSrT7jVb0.htmlsi=Zx3MDwrYYfqi9bzz

@user-ug2bv5dg2f 4 месяца назад

3 surviving Ramones , Marky , CJ and Ritchie ….4 if you include Elvis (Clem Burke) 2 gig tenure. Another great upload from you Maggie and nice to get introduced to Mr. Maggie too.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Thanks again for watching! You are right. I knew about C.J. filling in for DeeDee's role but I forgot about Ritchie filling in for Marky for a few years. I stand corrected. :)

@TimmyAndTammyScumbag 4 месяца назад

@@WhyNotGoPlacesHi. I also enjoyed the video. I had the pleasure of playing on CBGB's stage twice- admittedly, long after the glory years. 1986 and 2000 or 2001, just a few years before it closed. Anyway, not to nitpick over language too much, but I wouldn't say that CJ filled in because that sort of implies Dee Dee may have rejoined the band at some point but of course he never did through the next 7 years they were still a band. Not to mention I think a 7-year tenure is a bit more than filling in. I would instead say that CJ replaced Dee Dee.... but only in the physical sense and certainly not in the legendary sense. As far as Richie, I also would not consider him a fill-in. Even though he was only part of the band for 4 years, he appears on some of their best middle and later period albums like Too Tough to Die, Halfway to Sanity, and Animal Boy. Furthermore- and this is the important part, in my opinion: Richie wrote some *great* songs. He wrote Somebody Put Something in My Drink, I'm Not Jesus, and I Know Better Now. He's also still at it, still touring. Playing drums *and* singing at the same time at 66 years old. Amazing.

@studig 4 месяца назад

Keep em coming.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Will do! Thanks for the compliment.

@zaradragonia9863 4 месяца назад

I can't see how CBGBs bands changed things forever. What did they charge? Fleetwood Mac?; The Eagles? Nah. You were correct when you said London and 76 punk changed things forever! I mean certainly Johnny Rotten did! Everybody knew who he was (pity they then smashed his pretty face in) so I am not trying to have an argument as I love your videos and your overall work which must take up a lot of your time and energy. I think you are brilliant and God-like: really. But (I 😂biased towards the US punk scene as I don't even think it is punk. I mean Talking Heads? Art students coming out to play! Rubbish. I can't stand that guy's voice! It drives me nuts. He is so pretentious too. Anyway, back to England because I feel safer there:)) and of course as we all know: the music is far better!!! Great work darling 😴😢😮😊 keep it up. I'll be watching! Mimi Bordeaux

@cecile5090 4 месяца назад

I lived in the Village in the early 90s. I remember going to CBGBs but not much was going on. I never got to see The Ramones unfortunately.

@jeffpadgett8269 4 месяца назад

Seriously keep these videos coming, your stories are keeping an important part of rock n roll history alive. Did you get to see Sids solo gigs at Max's?

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

No I didn't see him there. I did see him in England - August 15, 1978 - at the Electric Ballroom. It's on my Sid Vicious video. Thanks again for watching!

@airconditionersexposed 4 месяца назад

I went to cbgb with my buddy in 1985 just to check it out, We were both 16. I remember they served us beers with no hesitation, lol. I think it was still pretty much unchanged then, but the scene had died down years before. We watched a band called 'giant metal insects'.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

At least you went there. That's a great memory! I went to NYU for a few weeks around 1988 in the summer. I should have gone there to check out a few bands but I didn't. I did go to the Limelight to see Johnny Thunders though. He was great as always. thanks for watching!

@anthonyferguson4102 4 месяца назад

You forgot about CJ Ramone not an original but he was a member for a few of the later LP’S nice video I seen tons of shows at CBGB’S the blue cheer , the ramones, Blonde , blue oyster cult , and many others---Anthony ( in nyc)

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

How wonderful that you saw so many bands there during the hey day of the club! Yes, I did forget to mention CJ. I know he replaced DeeDee for many years. Thanks for watching and subscribing!

@josephwilson6108 4 месяца назад

Great stuff. I first saw the Ramones at the Agora here in Dallas, August 4, 1981. They did two shows, I went to the early show since I was only 17. I would see them several times including March 20, 1987 at the Longhorn Ballroom.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Thank you! Wow, they played the Longhorn Ballroom, where I saw the Pistols in 1978. That's interesting that the Longhorn did more punk shows. Thanks again for watching and subscribing.

@kabardinka1 4 месяца назад

I saw the Ramones in Berkeley in 1976 and again in 1977 when they came back. I have to say I liked them more in that era than in the 1980s when they played faster and the music lost some of its impact. In 1980 I moved to NYC and went to CBGB but it was definitely past it's "prime." My main memory is the smell indoors and on the street, which was still very much The Bowery. Thanks for your video!

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Great memories! I'm sure the club didn't smell good, especially the bathroom.:)

@Whytemonkee 4 месяца назад

I've been to CBGB's a couple of times, Max's Kansas City too. I was really young like 14 at the time. This was in the early 80's. I saw the Ramones 3 times. My favorite NYC music venue was the Ritz on 11th Street.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

I don't think I've ever heard of the Ritz on 11th Street. That must be Greenwich Village. I wish I had gone to Max's and CBGB's. That must have been a great experience. Thanks for watching! Quick question...I think the stage at Max's was upstairs. Do you remember whether it was on the street side or another place in the room. When I went there (I have a video on it) I didn't know where the stage was located. Just curious. Thanks again!

@Whytemonkee 4 месяца назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces It was in the back of the venue, really small. I first saw Billy Idol at the Ritz. I must of seen at least 60 different acts at the Ritz

@HippiePirates 4 месяца назад

So, Patti does a tribute to Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop. I’ve heard live versions of Gloria but think this is the only time I heard Hey, ho let’s go. I was waiting for: They’re forming in a straight line…😂 Pretty cool video. Great stuff

@fraserb151 4 месяца назад

Great video (love all your videos), keep them coming. I was lucky enough to see the ramones play the Glasgow Apollo in January 1980. Great concert! Also, the clash a week later at the same venue. Great times!. I visited New York in July 2001 and took the opportunity to pop into CBGBs. Iconic venue. Shame its not still a venue that bands can play in. Thank goodness they kept the wall with the flyers and stickers.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Yes, that's what I thought. Thank goodness they kept the stickers and flyers! If they had kept the bathroom, they could have charged admission to use it.:) Wow, The Ramones and the Clash within the same week. Fantastic! Thanks for the compliment. I really appreciate it.

@DJ-dv5vq 4 месяца назад

Gabba Gabba Hey! Within the first 10 seconds I knew I loved this...that footage has always been in documentaries with voices of interviews in the son and now for the first time I heard and saw the songs in full

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@lumpygravy52 4 месяца назад

Would love to see the CBGB awning at the museum. I wrote my initials on it back in the day, I wonder if it survived!

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Wow, that's amazing! Apparently the one at the museum is the 3rd one - from 2000-2006. The original one was taken by a band called Jody Foster's Army - I love that name - according to what I read. That's the really valuable one. How great you signed one of them!

@lumpygravy52 4 месяца назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces Well I did that in around 1980, so maybe one day I'll see it someplace. I saw James White play at Mudd Club on that trip!

@leeallsopp5152 4 месяца назад

Another fantastic video Maggie 😁💙

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Thank you!! 😊

@mjh5437 4 месяца назад

As a 60 yr old born & bred Londoner of many generations I say technically the Pistols album should (or could) have been called "Never Mind THAT Bollocks",which is just an old London expression meaning "Never mind that nonsense",or "Never mind that rubbish" as a precursor to telling someone something which one thinks is much more important at the time......but I can imagine the band (or Malcolm McLaren) probably just decided "The" Bollocks just had a better ring to it for purposes of an album title,and indeed it does......So basically what the album title was saying is...."Never mind all that crap music you have been listening to up up until now.....try some of this!!"

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

That's a great explanation. So true! I think lots of people were ready "to try some of this!"

@andrewjohnson388 4 месяца назад

That was really interesting ....love the Bollock joke, as I am from UK, yep a Bullock is a cow! I laughed .... good stuff.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Thanks for watching and subscribing! I had no idea it was a cow! I guess because it's an English slang word we Americans get it wrong. I stand corrected.:)

@andrewjohnson388 4 месяца назад

Hi...thanks...yes it makes us laugh when Americans try to say Bollocks and comes out describing a large English cow! ..ha...thanks again ...good stuff.

@mjh5437 4 месяца назад

@andrewjohnson388I You`re wrong,a Bullock in England is a young castrated Bull which is raised for Beef rather than for breeding.(ps neither am I a farmer,I`m a Londoner,but my cousins are all farmers)

@andrewjohnson388 4 месяца назад

no not farmer ..I am from London ..nuts ..basic cow... and really do note care

@HeyTomBanjo 4 месяца назад

"Nah I wanna do I dont wanna go to the basement too!" Three against one 😁

@studig 4 месяца назад

I’ve visited the Jon Varvotos / cbgb shop too. Weird thing is , Down in the Basement was written about a guy who used to take his son to Ramones gigs there. It was suggested the boy didn’t want to go down to the basement where they played . Like a monster due to the scary noise etc . Yet it would appear the gigs were on ground level at the back of the room . Toilets being down the stairs . Not quite figured that out yet. Maybe crossed wires ?

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

When I was there a guy visiting said he remembered there was a stage downstairs too. The person working at the store said there was a small stage added downstairs,near the bathroom, in the "later years." Not sure what years though. But the original stage and club was on the street level.

@studig 4 месяца назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces ahh that will be it then

@jlohmann13 4 месяца назад

CBGB's was always a place that I frequently went almost every weekend with friends or alone during the early to late '80's. I was still kinda young so had to get into the Sunday Matinee all ages shows. A lot of bigger bands played the Sunday show first then later played at the Rock Hotel on Jane Street in the meat packing district later that night. So many bands to mention. American bands mostly but also Canadian and bands from England at both places. Thanks for your post. We sure were lucky to be born early enough to experience the live scene as it was happening and spoke with the people in the bands who always were honest and not stuck up. Made a lot of friends and lost too many due to violence and drugs.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Thanks for your story! I did not know that they did matinees for all ages on Sundays. That's a great idea. There's nothing better than seeing live music in a club. It's so great to have that experience growing up. Punk changed so many things in my life, and one of them was that I could no longer see bands in huge venues anymore, where you have to watch a screen because the venue is so big. The smaller the venue, the better, in my opinion! Thanks for watching the video.:)

@Stoicwindseternal 4 месяца назад

Another great video! I must say, your videos are some of my favorites to watch! I never got to experience the 70s or 80s even though my favorite punk bands are from that era. So hearing your stories are such a joy! I first watched your video of how you met Sid and Nancy which was amazing! I wanted to ask if you ever had any experiences seeing my favorite band, The Damned? Anyhoo, I love the Ramones and CBs so another treat watching this! Please keep these coming!

@jlohmann13 4 месяца назад

The Damned were credited as being the very first "punk" band to release a 7" record. "New Rose" b/w "Help!" cover song by the Beatles on Stiff Records, UK.

@jlohmann13 4 месяца назад

1976.

@Stoicwindseternal 4 месяца назад

@@jlohmann13 yes, I know a lot about them. I was just asking to see if she had any personal experiences seeing them.

@MichaelSmith-xb5cp 4 месяца назад

Didn't the Damned have Patricia Morrison on vocals at one point? She was in Legal Weapon (a very good early LA punk band IMO) m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cTKPQNzko04.html&pp

@Stoicwindseternal 4 месяца назад

@@MichaelSmith-xb5cp Patricia is actually married to Dave Vanian and played bass for the Damned in the 2000s. She rules, she was also in the Bags and Sisters of Mercy.

@thedarkhorse100 4 месяца назад

Love your Shi-Stuff

@annetta7 4 месяца назад

So who made the video of Patti Smith and the last show at CBGB?

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

I believe the full concert is on RU-vid. It says a Samuel Thomas Claeys Film. Thanks for watching my video.

@jmillz713 4 месяца назад

Hey PEOPLE!!! Be aware that Johnny Rotten is doing a book tour in 2024 in the U.S.A. with meet and greet packages. This is your chance to meet and get a photo with the one and only Johnny Rotten. Meet your heroes before they are gone.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 месяца назад

Yes he's going all over England in May and then the West Coast, finishing in Texas. I think that doing the meet and greet and getting a photo would be well worth it.

@jmillz713 4 месяца назад

I bought the meet and greet for the Mesa Arizona show as the Pistols have only played Arizona once in their entire career. I'm not sure about PIL, but I want to meet Johnny and get a photo with him.