CBGB [SEP] dissolved or abolished
in 2006, failed. The club closed upon its final concert, played by Patti Smith, on October 15, 2006. CBGB Radio launched on the iHeartRadio platform in 2010, and CBGB music festivals began in 2012. In 2013, CBGB's onetime building, 315 Bowery, was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of The Bowery Historic District (not a New York City Historic District).
Founding.
CBGB was founded on December 10, 1973, on the site of Kristal's earlier bar
The Artistics dissolved the following year, and the three moved to New York, eventually sharing a communal loft.
History 1975–1977: Early years.
Tina Weymouth became the band's bass player after they were unable to find one in New York City. Frantz encouraged Weymouth to learn to play bass by listening to Suzi Quatro albums. They played their first gig as "Talking Heads" opening for the Ramones at CBGB on June 5, 1975.
In a later interview, Weymouth recalled how the group chose the name Talking