Hilly Kristal was an American club owner and musician who was the owner of the iconic New York City club, CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute. The club featured many famous musicians over the years and remained very popular until its closing. For a short while after the closing, Kristal considered moving the club to Las Vegas. Kristal was born in New York, New York in1931, but his family moved to Hightstown, New Jersey when he was an infant.

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  • Hilly Kristal was an American club owner and musician who was the owner of the iconic New York City club, CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute. The club featured many famous musicians over the years and remained very popular until its closing. For a short while after the closing, Kristal considered moving the club to Las Vegas. Kristal was born in New York, New York in1931, but his family moved to Hightstown, New Jersey when he was an infant. He studied music from a young age and eventually attended the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. Kristal also spent a period of time in the Marines. He moved back to New York City, where he worked as a singer, appearing on stage in the men's choral group at Radio City Music Hall. He later became the manager of the Village Vanguard, a jazz club in Greenwich Village, where he booked Miles Davis and other musicians. He married in 1951 and had two children: Lisa Kristal Burgman and Mark Dana Kristal. In 1968 he co-founded the Schaefer Music Festival with concert promoter Ron Delsener; the festival took place every year until 1976 in NYC's Central Park and featured superstars from all music genres like The Who, Miles Davis, Chuck Berry, Bob Marley, B.B. King, Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, Frank Zappa, Ray Charles, Patti LaBelle, Ike & Tina Turner, Fleetwood Mac, The Allman Brothers, Kris Kristofferson, Curtis Mayfield, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith and The Doors, amongst many other bands. In 1970 Kristal opened a bar in the Bowery section of New York called "Hilly's on the Bowery", which closed within a couple of years. Then, in December 1973, he created "CBGB and OMFUG", an abbreviation of the kinds of music he intended to feature there: "Country, BlueGrass, Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers". The club became known as the starting point for the careers of such punk rock and New Wave acts as The Ramones, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Television, and Blondie. Kristal died on August 28, 2007 from complications of lung cancer, aged 75.
  • Hilly Kristal war ein US-amerikanischer Club-Besitzer und Musiker. Ihm gehörte der legendäre New Yorker Club CBGB, der in der zweiten Hälfte der 1970er-Jahre zur Keimzelle des US-amerikanischen Punk und New Wave wurde.
  • Hilly Kristal – właściciel legendarnego nowojorskiego klubu CBGB (Country, Blue Grass, and Blues), promującego muzykę niezależną. Klub CBGB zaczął funkcjonować w 1973r. w okresie największego rozkwitu disco i lekkiego metalu. W klubie stawiali pierwsze kroki m. in. Ramones, Patti Smith, New York Dolls, The Dictators, Talking Heads, Television, Dead Boys czy Blondie, przebywali poeci i niezależni artyści – Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol oraz Tom Waits. Stały bywalec klubu Hilly Kristala, Brytyjczyk Malcolm McLaren w 1975 r. projektuje i buduje sławę zespołu Sex Pistols. W roku 1976 muzykę z Nowego Jorku określono słowem "punk" podczas przgladu muzyki młodej generacji w Londynie. Brytyjczycy do samego końca istnienia klubu wspierali niezależna scenę CBGB. 15 października 2006 r. "świątynia podziemia" została zamknięta. Kristal zmarł na raka płuc. Polskie zespoly które m. in. grały w klubie CBGB to: Abaddon w 2003 r. , i Armia w 2004 r.
  • Hilly Kristal foi um músico e dono de um famoso clube de Nova York, o CBGB, que ele inaugurou em 1973 e teve seu expediente encerrado em 2006. O clube estrelou milhares de músicos famosos no decorrer dos anos, ficando assim bastante popular. Por um breve momento, já após o fechamento, Kristal considerou a idéia do clube ser movido à Las Vegas. Kristal nasceu em Nova York, no ano de 1931, mas sua família mudou-se para Hightstown, em Nova Jersey, onde ele passou a sua infância. Ele estudou música desde jovem e depois ingressou à Settlement Music School, na Philadelphia. Kristal passou também um período de tempo na marinha. Ele voltou à Nova York, onde trabalhou como cantor, aparecendo em palco como um homem no grupo de coral da Radio City Music Hall. Mais tarde, ele tornou-se o diretor da Village Vanguard, um clube de jazz em Greenwich Village,onde ele reservou para Miles Davis e outros músicos. Ele se casou em 1951 e teve dois filhos: Lisa Kristal Burgman e Mark Dana Kristal. Em 1968 ele co-fundou o Schaefer Music Festival com o promotor de concertos Ron Delsener; o festival ocorria em Nova York todos os anos até 1976, estrelando bandas como The Who, Miles Davis, Chuck Berry, Bob Marley, B.B. King, Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, Frank Zappa, Ray Charles, Patti LaBelle, Ike & Tina Turner, Fleetwood Mac, The Allman Brothers, Kris Kristofferson, Curtis Mayfield, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith e The Doors, entre muitas outras bandas. Em 1970, Kristal abriu um bar na Bowery, em Nova York, chamado "Hilly's on the Bowery" que não demorou muito para fechar. Então, em dezembro de 1973, ele criou o "CBGB e OMFUG", uma abreviação dos tipos de música que ele desejava que tocasse ali: "Country, BlueGrass, Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers". O clube tornou-se conhecido quando bandas de punk rock e New Wave como The Ramones, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Television e Blondie foram para lá tocar. Kristal morreu em 28 de agosto de 2007 devido a um câncer de pulmão aos 75 anos. Site Oficial do CBGB(inglês) Obituário de Hilly Kristal Entrevista à SWINDLE Magazine
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  • Hilly Kristal was an American club owner and musician who was the owner of the iconic New York City club, CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute. The club featured many famous musicians over the years and remained very popular until its closing. For a short while after the closing, Kristal considered moving the club to Las Vegas. Kristal was born in New York, New York in1931, but his family moved to Hightstown, New Jersey when he was an infant.
  • Hilly Kristal war ein US-amerikanischer Club-Besitzer und Musiker. Ihm gehörte der legendäre New Yorker Club CBGB, der in der zweiten Hälfte der 1970er-Jahre zur Keimzelle des US-amerikanischen Punk und New Wave wurde.
  • Hilly Kristal – właściciel legendarnego nowojorskiego klubu CBGB (Country, Blue Grass, and Blues), promującego muzykę niezależną. Klub CBGB zaczął funkcjonować w 1973r. w okresie największego rozkwitu disco i lekkiego metalu. W klubie stawiali pierwsze kroki m. in. Ramones, Patti Smith, New York Dolls, The Dictators, Talking Heads, Television, Dead Boys czy Blondie, przebywali poeci i niezależni artyści – Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol oraz Tom Waits.
  • Hilly Kristal foi um músico e dono de um famoso clube de Nova York, o CBGB, que ele inaugurou em 1973 e teve seu expediente encerrado em 2006. O clube estrelou milhares de músicos famosos no decorrer dos anos, ficando assim bastante popular. Por um breve momento, já após o fechamento, Kristal considerou a idéia do clube ser movido à Las Vegas. Kristal nasceu em Nova York, no ano de 1931, mas sua família mudou-se para Hightstown, em Nova Jersey, onde ele passou a sua infância.
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