Other notable ska music from this epoch was Madness, the Selecter, Bad Manners, and the Bodysnatchers. UK 2 Tone even extended its influence across the pond, resulting in the formation of a Canadian 2 Tone-inspired band called The Villains, who became arguably the country’s most important ska band.

Chris Blackwell

1) Bob Marley No list of reggae artists would be complete without Bob Marley in the top spot. Bob Marley rose to fame with his backing band, The Wailers, starting in 1963. Bob Marley’s songs sounded peaceful but were often political, with popular themes of love, redemption, and struggle.

Founded on the Bowery in New York City by Hilly Kristal in 1973; CBGB was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and new wave bands like the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Misfits, Television, Patti Smith Group, The Dead Boys, The Dictators, The Cramps, and …

Its full name of CBGB & OMFUG stands for “Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers.” Although a gormandizer is usually a ravenous eater of food, what Kristal meant was “a voracious eater of … music.” Kristal’s intended theme of country, bluegrass, and blues music along with poetry readings …

10 Legendary Gigs That Made CBGB Famous

• Damned/Dead Boys (7-10 April 1977)
• Misfits (18 April 1977)
• Frank Furter And The Hot Dogs (13 January 1978)
• The Police (20 October 1978)
• Beastie Boys/Reagan Youth/The Young And The Useless (20 November 1982)
• Guns N’ Roses (30 October 1987)
• Patti Smith Group (15 October 2006)

It’s been 10 years since CBGB, the infamous birthplace of punk, closed its doors for good to the public. The country blues-turned-punk club officially shut down Oct. 15, 2006, after a losing a deal to renew the lease with their landlord, Bowery Residents’ Committee. The final concert was headlined by Patti Smith./span>

The Police played their first-ever concert in the U.S., with two late-night sets on Oct. 20, 1978 at New York City’s famous CBGB./span>

In the year 1974 alone, the Ramones played there over 70 times. The Ramones’ legendary first performance at CBGB, whose name ironically stood for Country BlueGrass Blues, pioneered New York City’s underground punk movement./span>

Taking its name from the French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s, this catchall classification was defined in opposition to punk (which was generally more raw, rough edged, and political) and to mainstream “corporate” rock (which many new wave upstarts considered complacent and creatively stagnant).

Ashley Greene

Savannah, GA

Dana and Karen claim they believed CBGB’s was a losing proposition, and Karen actually worked pro bono for years because she believed Hilly had no money. Instead, Hilly was worth $3.5 million to $3.7 million, according to various reports, because of the hefty merchandising of the CBGB brand./span>

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REM would be considered more post-punk than new wave. The difference is in the elements of pop music that were used in creating their music. REM definitely fits in this category.

The first new wave song to chart in the US was “Cars” by Gary Numan in 1980. It popularized synthesizer dance music and also created the sub-genre of synth pop. As a result of its success, new wave began to be used to classify countless acts in the early 1980’s, sprung on by the success of MTV and popular films./span>

For most of their recording career, the Clash consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Joe Strummer, lead guitarist and vocalist Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon, and drummer Nicky “Topper” Headon….

All Clash members except for Joe Strummer are still alive. Joe died in December 2002 of a heart attack.

It’s really important because it shows the band’s versatility. The thing about the Clash that stood out is they were always looking for what was happening, what was coming up from the street. They changed music completely by showing they could take a band with bass and guitars and drums to a whole new place./span>

Formed in 1976 in the vanguard of British punk, The Clash would soon become the most iconic rock band of their era, a symbol of intelligent protest and stylish rebellion in the turbulent years of the late ’70s and early ’80s.

THEY came out fighting. They didn’t like the Beatles, they didn’t like the British Parliament and they didn’t like the United States. They were the Clash, not only one of punk’s best bands but one of the best bands of any genre in the last 25 years./span>

Punk

The Clash. Of the many punk bands formed in mid-1970s London as a direct result of the catalytic inspiration of the Sex Pistols, the aptly named Clash came closest to rivaling the Pistols’ impact.

London, United Kingdom

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the Roundhouse

In 1999, Q magazine named London Calling the fourth-greatest British album of all time, and wrote that it is “the best Clash album and therefore among the very best albums ever recorded”. The magazine later ranked it 20th on its list of the 100 Greatest Albums Ever.

But first with Chimes and then with Pete Howard on drums, Strummer, Jones and Simonon fought on through a strained American tour in 1983, playing their last show together at the three-day US festival on May 28, 1983.

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