Sunday, December 11, 2022

Bye Bye Blondie; hello Bad Brains?

After five-plus years on Bleecker at the Bowery, the Blondie mural is no more... a worker painted over the space yesterday (by the newish J Crew). 

Our friend Alex took this photo (be sure to check out his site Flaming Pablum) ...
Shepard Fairy — in connection with The L.I.S.A. Project NYC — created this mural in August 2017, replacing the two-year-old Joey Ramone/CBGB mural.

Word is the space will give way to another CBGB favorite — Bad Brains. 

By the way, CBGB debuted on Dec. 10, 1973, across the way at 315 Bowery.

And now to 1982 with Bad Brains live at CBGB ...

 
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4 comments:

  1. marjorieDecember 11, 2022 at 11:24 AM

    That was a good mural, and I'll miss it! (Somehow I didn't know it was Fairey.) FWIW, it plays a role in Kate Clayborn's novel Love Lettering, which is as much a valentine to NYC signs, ghost signs, and old fonts as it is as romance. Highly recommended to fellow Grieve readers who love our city's history of signage! I do hope to love the Bad Brains mural, too.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 11, 2022 at 11:45 AM

    Loud and fast F**K art lets dance

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  3. AnonymousDecember 12, 2022 at 11:36 AM

    Re 11:45 I remember that use to be painted on the new new art gallery’s

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  4. AnonymousDecember 12, 2022 at 7:27 PM

    There should be space for all the CBGB original bands as murals. This Blondie on was excellent.

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