Well, it looks like CBGB'S will probably close, despite the 11th hour negotiating help of Steven Van Zant. That is sad. BUT HEARTEN FRIENDS! All this high profile publicity means that it will likely open up somewhere else in New York. So that means that it will be exactly the same, and that the spirit of Punk Rock will continue on unabated, and I will be young forever, right?
No. Not to diminish it's value as a landmark, but most people, including myself, didn't even know it was still open in the first place, and our interest in its continued existence was really based more on principal than any thing else. If it moves it will just be some other shitty rock club. They won, the landlord always does, and anyway CBGB'S hasn't launched any careers lately so it really doesn't matter. Now maybe if Bono had gotten involved…