Fox News
Expand
Browse All Video
Watch Live

You're watching...

Who's tearing it up at this year's CBGB Festival in NYC?

Details

  • Description

    Louise Parnassa Staley talks about what's in store for the the CBGB Festival

  • Duration 6:23
  • Date

Clips

Also in this playlist...

Editor's Picks

Auto-advance: ON

Auto-advance
View All

Transcript

This transcript is automatically generated

So you know I'm -- about this basketball talent director -- -- I have a lot of help my team and I -- are -- let's go way back to think if people are very familiar with.

EV TV tell us the history of this club.

We'll -- BTV started in 1973.

By Billy Crystal the founder also known as.

Godfather of punk rock.

In the seventies -- launched bands such as the Ramones Talking Heads line being Patti Smith.

And then.

In the eighties it became new wave it we went through the genres of music so it has -- historical.

History -- all kinds of -- yeah -- just not just punk -- this.

Slump we're gonna.

Yes and now how did you decide why did you decide to make it a festival.

Well.

We don't of the building right now to have a club and CB GB has always been about life music new talent so.

The best way to bring -- back to New York is bring it into the clubs and bring it back to New York City where.

Where music needs to be -- own sense that yes and a lot of musical performances they are focused on new talent right yeah and that.

Over 300 bands will be performing at 300 -- forty venues.

And a lot of good music and where we're all over the city a lot of an idiot and -- -- and I small clubs from like tanks in Brooklyn to.

Some you know some states and and Times Square now we're very excited for -- and not say it you'll pop quiz can you list some of advancement of the bigger names in the hands we have our super chunk Guided by Voices.

-- Sampson and the man.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah adds up McCain -- loaded.

It's great I mean yeah and it goes on and on and on I'm sure they can check your website what's the web -- -- -- -- BTV dot com and -- -- the fall line up let's also have free public show as you mentioned there's some free we have.

On July 7 during the day we have a huge.

Multi stage out for free concert at Times Square.

Really excited about and we also have a free show during the day at summer -- at Central Park.

Eight you -- -- to check out the free entertainment.

Now not we also are focusing on movies this year.

The house well at the inaugural year altogether but we're focusing on movies as well but their music inspired and yes I yes they have -- music.

Background we have.

Mike Peters from the alarm his movie vinyl and we have the rise and fall the class which is really excited about that premiere.

Bob forests.

Bob in the monster his story about.

His his recovery of when he was in felonious monster he was kind of -- mass and then he he got sober and he's coaching.

A lot of rock stars back to back to health so it's it's.

Yeah really great thing.

He get a little bit of music history courtesy of the Red Hot Chili Peppers now line we have a clip pretty -- let's check it out Red Hot Chili Peppers.

It was one of the most magical times ever this movement through life and music can attitude.

It was electric.

-- that pulling all our lives and there's.

From high school to now where.

Brian -- You found -- basically what every.

It's funny how -- this kind of find your people.

When you're that young of that quarter and you have that few resources there you go wherever the wind takes.

Okay so that was Bob in the months star and you also mentioned vinyl which is expected to move the F tax -- dory it's about.

A group of older punk rockers who have a great song an -- hit but they realize that.

They're not really appealing to today's markets -- -- get a lip sync fans -- -- becomes a huge hit it sound it's it's a fun story.

I'll take that we haven't sort clip from that trailer checked out -- -- Brian yeah -- -- console would break -- yeah.

-- -- Sox lost my.

Nose does.

Put -- a single.

And I set a world weapons of buttons -- back up so fast they have good.

They haven't been in the fact that an avenue hit single.

And well.

Also have to get your website could be a little bit more of what that is a ballot they can also just -- -- go to the best of all.

I also want to mention you have Q -- if you have press conferences and your keynote speaker Chris nova Celek.

We're very excited to have him it's fantastic out of their find out what is that discussion then.

Centered around when he -- -- votes so it's it's about.

The younger.

Structure.

Outside politics to get involved and he's he's very very true then.

And will be I'm sure it'll be some old rock stories -- -- -- and -- through his.

His his messages.

Now so they have.

Of course and now let's talk about the film what do you know about the movie coming out.

Well I.

The weekend of our festival -- they started filming so I know that -- cheetah chrome was playing he's original dead boy he's flying down after his show.

To do a cameo on the film so.

I'm looking forward serious.

I saw a few tweeted pictures.

Alan -- -- -- crystals -- It would scandalous that -- -- yeah yeah yeah and room and we'll look out for that I think it's 2013 separate -- -- -- obviously have some time for that but in the meantime you.

We can it check out the CD TV fast of all and is the website one more time tickets and passes are on sale -- -- now that -- you know parents of that and we also go to any venue or any movie theater and and get a ticket.

And I -- after celebrate.

July 4 because -- -- celebrate some punk rock music greatly thank you so much thank you talking that you don't.

Load More