Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Documentary
Music

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

90 minutes
04/24/2009
8.0

Overview

An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in music have performed here.

Cast

Dicky Barrett
Dicky BarrettSelf
Michael Bloomberg
Michael BloombergSelf
Clem Burke
Clem BurkeSelf
David Byrne
David ByrneSelf
Cheetah Chrome
Cheetah ChromeSelf
Jayne County
Jayne CountySelf
Jonathan Demme
Jonathan DemmeSelf
Fab 5 Freddy
Fab 5 FreddySelf
Flavor Flav
Flavor FlavSelf
Debbie Harry
Debbie HarrySelf
Richard Hell
Richard HellSelf
Ice-T
Ice-TSelf
Jim Jarmusch
Jim JarmuschSelf
Hilly Kristal
Hilly KristalSelf
Kurt Loder
Kurt LoderSelf
Thurston Moore
Thurston MooreSelf
Joey Ramone
Joey RamoneSelf
Marky Ramone
Marky RamoneSelf
Tommy Ramone
Tommy RamoneSelf
Henry Rollins
Henry RollinsSelf
Patti Smith
Patti SmithSelf
Chris Stein
Chris SteinSelf
Sting
StingSelf
Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van ZandtSelf
Pete Yorn
Pete YornSelf

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