well at least the 60's 70's :dunno:
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Some of us shut off the radio and got by the 80's ..... :glassesgr
"CBGB's two rules were that a band must move its own equipment and play mostly original songs—that is, no cover bands—although regular bands often played one or two "covers" in set.[13] CBGB's growing reputation drew more and more acts from outside New York City. In 1978 on October 20 and 21, The Police played at CBGB its first American gigs. Meanwhile, CBGB became famed for the Misfits, Television, Patti Smith Group, Mink DeVille, the Dead Boys, the Dictators, the Fleshtones, the Voidoids, the Cramps, the B-52's, Blondie, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, the Shirts, Ramones, and Talking Heads. Yet in the 1980s, hardcore punk's New York underground was CBGB's "
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