Hilly Kristal, CBGB, and the music scene within the club between 1974 to 1976 will all become the focus of a new biopic. That means you'll be able to journey back to the glory days when the Ramones, Talking Heads, and Patti Smith were all taking the stage at the famous venue. According to Billboard, the birth of punk rock in New York City will be chronicled by producers Brad Rosenberger, Randall Miller, Jody Savin and Kristal's daughter Lisa Kristal Burgman; the film is tentatively titled CBGB.
Savin, who is directing, says, "It was an old-fashioned salon in an awful part of New York where people could fail while they worked to find their voice. [Kristal] provided a voice to the disenfranchised. It's a heroic and flawed story."
While the team has already started interviewing artists who were a part of the scene, filming likely won't start until later this year. Until then, enjoy some vintage "Psycho Killer":
