Episode 383: CBGB Conspiracy.

About this episode

Tom and Neil chat with Gabriel Rotello about his novel set in the punk scene of 1970s New York.

Tom and Neil have a nice chat with Gabriel Rotello, author of the fictional crime novel The CBGB Conspiracy. Rotello moved to NYC in 1974, and was there for the birth of punk at the famed Bowery dive. His vivid memories and descriptions make you feel like you were there rubbing elbows with the misfits, punks and junkies that inhabited rock bottom New York in 1977. With songs from Television, The Shirts, Jayne County, Sick Fucks, Patti Smith and Richard Hell and the Voidoids.

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom, Neil

Guest: Gabriel Rotello

Topics covered

• punk music
• CBGB
• New York City
• crime novel
• 1970s culture
• interviews

Keywords

• CBGB
• punk
• Gabriel Rotello
• The CBGB Conspiracy
• 1970s
• New York
• music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Television, The Shirts, Sick Fucks, Richard Hell and the Voidoids

Books & works: The CBGB Conspiracy

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