Definitive Story of Cbgb: the Home of Us Punk [Import]

Definitive Story of Cbgb: the Home of Us Punk (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Salvo
• ASIN: B000HDZAOQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,623 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. See No Evil

2. Piss Factory

3. Born to Lose

4. X Offender [Single Version]

5. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

6. Soul Twist

7. Planet Claire

8. I Got You (I Feel Good) [Live]

9. Bored

10. Cool as Ice

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Kick out the Jams [Live]

2. Penetration

3. Jet Boy

4. Run Run Run

5. Orphans

6. Teenage Crutch

7. Cherry Bomb

8. Jocko Homo

9. I Know What Boys Like

10. Heartbreak Hotel

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Punk was rooted in rock, April 5, 2011

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This review is from: Definitive Story of Cbgb: the Home of Us Punk (Audio CD)

And this CD set will prove it to you. I wasn't expecting this, but it's really got it's roots in the 70s and it's really got it's roots in rock n roll, some of it a lot less "punk-rock" than I'd thought. I'd forgotten about that side of N.Y. punk, before it went new wave or before it went really hardcore in the 80s and on. You can hear a progression building up in the songs and they've got a great selection of artists, both known and obscure (to me at least). Here's the blurb from the back of the cover:

"CBGB was home to one of the greatest explosions of creativity in rock history. Hilly Kristal opened his club in late 1973 in a run-down Bowery bar and oversaw the rise of Punk as bands such as the Ramones, Blondie and the Patti Smith Group rewrote the book. This double CD traces the history of the movement from the early forefathers - The Velvet Underground, NeW York Dolls, Iggy Pop - to the incendiary nights when the likes of the The Dictators and the Dead Boys tore the roof off the joint."

Here's the trackslist with the artists.

CD1

01. Television - SEE NO EVIL

02. Patti Smith - PISS FACTORY

03. Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - BORN TO LOSE

04. Blondie - X OFFENDER

05. Ramones - I WANNA BE YOUR BOYFRIEND

06. Mink Deville - SOUL TWIST

07. The B-52s - PLANET CLAIRE

08. James Chance & the Contortions - I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)

09. Destroy All Monsters - BORED

10. Suicide - COOL AS ICE

11. The Cramps - HUMAN FLY

12. The Gun Club - SEX BEAT

13. Plasmatics - BUTCHER BABY

14. Pere Ubu - FINAL SOLUTION

15. Mars - HELEN FORDSDALE

16. Bad Brains - PAY TO CUM

17. Mumps - WE ENDED UP

CD 2

01. MC5 - KICK OUT THE JAMS (LIVE)

02. Iggy & the Stooges - PENETRATION

03. New York Dolls - JET BOY

04. The Velvet Underground & Nico - RUN RUN RUN

05. Lydia Lunch/Teenage Jesus & the Jerks - ORPHANS

06. The Shirts - TEENAGE CRUTCH

07. The Runaways - CHERRY BOMB

08. Devo - JOCKO HOMO

09. The Waitresses - I KNOW WHAT BOYS LIKE

10. John Cale - HEARTBREAK HOTEL

11. Rocket from the Tombs - NEVER GONNA KILL MYSELF AGAIN

12. Dead Boys - SONIC REDUCER (LIVE)

13. The Electric Eels - SPIN AGE BLASTERS

14. The Dictators - NEXT BIG THING (LIVE)

15. Bush Tetras - TOO MANY CREEPS

16. Tuff Darts - FUN CITY

17. Hilly Kristal/Mad Mordechai - MUD

Looking back at punk of this era, and trying to define it, it was a mix of attitude and the absurd. Certainly the absurd. And certainly the attitude. Another one of rock's b@stard children. Listen to these tunes and feel the pedigree.

If you grew up in the 70s, this may be your soundtrack. These guys probably helped Generation X find itself.