They said it couldn't be done and we hope and prayed they were right but no, it is more than a rumor, it is a movie and how will we feel about part of our life on the big screen waits to be seen but if they play it straight they are fucked and if they play it for laughs they are fucked. Plus? How do you put it together? Where is the arc of the story? Maybe the Johnny Blitz Benefit (was anybody else there? John Belushi on drums with the Dead Boys!).
I spent from 1978 – 1980 at CBGB's, just about every single night. I went to every night of the Richard Hell residency.
So I look forward to it with some trepidation.
However, you have to admit to tag is funny: "50,000 Bands. One disgusting toilet."
And the picture looks a little better than a Halloween party. That's Rupert Grint as Cheetah Chrome, right? But who is Stiv?
Anyway, I am sure we will all be there and shelling out sheckels to relive our long gone youth and shaking our heads at how much they got wrong. Me? I remember the bar and I remember the pinball machine where I spent my life playing flippers through some of the greatest bands to ever grace the stage and a whole lot of the worst. The real question is, what will Jahn Xavier make of it?