Posted in music | music history on March 23, 2005

The fight for CBGB continues. Tiny Mix Tapes reported today...

"The birthplace of the Ramones, Blondie, Television, and Sick of It All has, perhaps surprisingly, fans and friends in high places. In addition to a number of as-yet unnamed bands that have expressed interest in a benefit, some wealthy benefactors, including billionaire Mark Cuban, who owns the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, have offered to help the club."

The rest of the story at Tiny Mix Tapes.

Read a letter from the owner of CBGB

Buy CBGB stuff

Tickets are on sale for Blues Explosion, Adema, and TSOL at CBGB.

Check out CBGB's Ramones Shrine

Newsday talks about the new Ramones documentary DVD

Johnny Ramone's movie poster collection was put on the auction block.

The New York Press says let CBGB close.

Previously

Johnny Ramone

Luna, Fez, Tonic, AND CBGB

Pics of Magneta Lane @ CBGB downstairs

Punk Rock Action Figures

Comments (13)

Hilly owes the rent
if anyone saw the Ramones Doc-u, End of The Century then they heard Johnny correctly talk about Hilly and his crazy wife ect fighting over money and Hilly trying to rip them off that they had to watch the door
and its all true., theres plenty more that alot of new people who go there dont know about
wonder why you really dont see alot of the old people storming the gates? And publicly speaking out outraged?
if confromted we have to say something about the time we had ect but its not Hilly were defending. We made that place what it was. Hilly didnt even want to build the first stage, a band built it the first band Eric Emerson and the Magic Tramps built it, they always played with the NY DOLLS. It was Eric in fact that got Hilly to get bands to pay there and it was Chris Stien that came up wih the idea that the bands get the door because Hilly did not want to pay any bands. He really didnt understand or know what was going on He thought the Ramones were terrible and that the SHIRTS were the best band..Who are the Shirts? exactly.........
All Hilly did was walk around with his coffee mug of brandy counting heads like dollar bills lineing up at the bar. Or argue with Maryilan
Hilly should of bought the building when he could really cheap, His price quotes are off in the 70s he could of got it incredibly cheap. TOmmy Dean bought Maxs the whole building very cheap considering what its worth now and even then in a better area on Park ave south. SO theres no doubt how cheap the building cbgbs was in was
Bad bussiness bad choices and greed and selfishness..thats hillys downfall
and he expects everyone to bail him out. Ask Hilly what the "Hilly tax" means?
Hilly fucked up.
If Johnny and the other Ramones were alive they'd be laughing and going HA! and no Johnny wouldnt be supporting it and playing any benifits. No way. He didnt even like hanging out there.

Posted by DIOS | May 10, 2005 5:29 PM

Thank you for mentioning that we-"Eric Emerson & the Magic Tramps" were the band that built the first stage at "CBGB's" -then called "Hilly's On The Bowery".We needed a place to play after being in the "Mercer Arts Center" when it collapsed during rehearsal.I was with Eric the afternoon we decided to stop & ask Hilly if we could play there.He said-"This is a Hell's Angel bar,no-one wants to hear R&R here".Eric was friends with the Angels & they lived around the corner,we just left there.Granted the area was funky,but the Angels were cool.So we said -"If we build a stage, can we play here?" He said "you build a stage & you can play".
We hit the street & found plywood & carpet-
set it up in the back & booked the gig,
I have a "Grand Opening" flyer to show on our website scheduled to launch next week.Actually we opened the show,being the first band to play as well.Many bands claim to be first,so thank you for noting that Eric & the Tramps got it going...
A compilation CD is on CD Baby now of the Tramps & the site will be up soon -check it out...
www.magictramps.com....

Sesu Coleman
Drummer=Magic Tramps

Posted by Sesu Tramp | June 24, 2005 2:28 AM

Ha ha! Sussudio I found you online! Your site is still not up but we both love the CD and the accessories are fab.

Thank you!

You know...You really should take us up on our offer to visit us here in Austin dude. The Austin City Limits Festival is just around the corner.

Later and yes, I'm trying to keep that halo ;)

Sean

Posted by Sean | July 6, 2005 6:21 PM

but the fact is Eric punched out Sesu and cut a chunk of his hair out
no one remebers sesu
and he I cant really remeber him playing cbgbs i know this one drummer Robie Beigle played then Eric got another drummer
then he died
and Sesu was a hair dresser and had left NYC
his site is full of lies and stolen photos without
permission and he dosnt even have erics photo or a bio in the cd and erics family is very angry at him as all erics old friends Sesu did int wrote those songs and in fact I worte one with eric
Im going to be offereing the cd free to anyone who wants it just with a self assdressed stamped envolpe and 2 bucks for the coast of cds ect
thats it
I think its disgusting how hes ripping off Eric
and alot of other people
and talkingalot of crap and despreately trying to hook up to anyone to get to the dolls and blondie who wantNOTHING to do with him and Slyvain dosnt remeber him at al lhe really dosnt and Daqvid forget it he said who the hell is that
fact is Sesue was in NY a short while and alot of his stuff he talks is B Shit
and Ive been giving the cd out to many of erics old friends like David Johansen some worhol people Lou reed was espiaslly happy when I gave it to hi mas they were very good fiends I had to photograph Lou at a poetry reading last week
I only copied the stuff erics on which is only 6 0r 7
Sesu is a flake and a bloodsucker and I heard alot obout his relationship with his ex wife and family from someone who knows him and knew Eric
its really sad to cash in on someone whos dead and lie to people and decive them I tried to help sesue he had me runningaround bugging people to get to David and Slyvain becasue Iam friends with some of the NY DOLLS and they put up with it but they dont remeber him and I spent a day with all the dolls a few months back and asked Sylvain my self who said whos that he remebered lenny the violinst but its larry I told hi mand he laughedand he remebered black walter walter greenberg tghe bass player becasue walters had been around along time before Sesu in NYC
and after all this and Knowing I wrote trippingwith eric in Chris Steins apt he wont address it or acknowledge it
even though I wrote on serveral websites about eric yearsago and mentioned that fact before Sesue saw something I worte and leechedonto me
what a user and a fool guitinga job he had for years and losinghis pension thinkingthis cd which is so poorly poroduced would make him rich
ANd as stupid as he is I had a close friend of Chris stein willing to computerize and fix the old tapes he does it al lthe time for chris and chris then remixes or whatever he does i nhis home studuio and he went back and forth Sesue with thi guy emails and phone calls andthen after god knows how long goes to someone else and he was goingto do it free then chris might of gotten involved I saw Chris this week and mentioned Sesu when Debbiecame with the cd I had given her copies of a few days before in case i didnt see Chris in case they didnt play the dbgb rally Debbie really didnt want to do it that much she was sorta maybe yes naw im tired But they id play and were Fantastic and Debbie bought along the cd for chris and i wont say what he said but he made a sorta I gues you could say forget him face waved him off so sesue no chris dosnt apporve or want to be involed and he didnt appreciate your remark Sesu which was about chris he ought to rmember were he came from all because Chris dosnt want to respond to him or his emails throughthe website he dosnt want anythingto do with it because he dosnt and to insult chris offends me Chris is the last person Id call a snob..and hes not a mooucher like Sesu thats for f-ing shure
so any one want a free cd contact me

Posted by DIOS | September 16, 2005 4:53 PM

Ps theres no way Sesu was hanging out with sandy anderic the leader ofthe angels
please
Barbara winters proralby bought eric the wood and tools need for the stage if thats a true story to begin with since erics dead who knows
i now doubt almost everything Sesue ever said
but i do know eric punched him out and threw his ass out and the rest of the band stayed with eric

Posted by DIOS | September 16, 2005 4:57 PM

Don't know who this DIOS cat is, but he sure need to get his facts right before he spouts his fractured English for all to see. This cat doesn't convince me at all. I don't believe a great deal of what he says. Sad, man.

Posted by Ex-CBGB Vet | September 22, 2005 2:18 AM

Muscle
Weight
FAT LOSS
Body Fat
fatness
Diet
muscle man
corpulence

Posted by muscle man | February 14, 2006 1:02 AM

hi sesu , hope you r well! TALKED TO YOU ON THE PHONE OVER JOANNE RUSSOS!

Posted by roe | June 23, 2006 4:00 PM

hi sesu , hope you r well! TALKED TO YOU ON THE PHONE OVER JOANNE RUSSOS!

Posted by roe | June 23, 2006 4:01 PM

i am eric emersons daughter i was born in n.y. 7/69 i live in ca. now i would like to get a c.d.from who evers got them i have also meet my 2 bros. i would like any other stories his friends could share. tanks for keeping him alive .

Posted by monique .c.e.w | February 22, 2007 6:12 AM

i am eric emersons daughter i was born in n.y. 7/69 i live in ca. now i would like to get a c.d.from who evers got them i have also meet my 2 bros. i would like any other stories his friends could share. tanks for keeping him alive .

Posted by monique .c.e.w | February 22, 2007 6:12 AM

i am eric emersons daughter i was born in n.y. 7/69 i live in ca. now i would like to get a c.d.from who evers got them i have also meet my 2 bros. i would like any other stories his friends could share. tanks for keeping him alive .

Posted by monique .c.e.w | February 22, 2007 6:13 AM

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