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Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Film / 2009

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Directed by Mandy Stein
DocumentaryMusic

★ 8.0/10Audience rating

An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in music have performed here.

The story

An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in music have performed here.

Cast

Dicky BarrettSelf Michael BloombergSelf Clem BurkeSelf David ByrneSelf Cheetah ChromeSelf Jayne CountySelf Jonathan DemmeSelf Fab 5 FreddySelf Flavor FlavSelf Debbie HarrySelf Richard HellSelf Ice-TSelf
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Jim JarmuschSelf Hilly KristalSelf Kurt LoderSelf Thurston MooreSelf Joey RamoneSelf Marky RamoneSelf Tommy RamoneSelf Henry RollinsSelf Patti SmithSelf Chris SteinSelf StingSelf Steven Van ZandtSelf Pete YornSelf

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