CBGB
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CBGB was a legendary New York City music club that became a seminal birthplace of punk and new wave, launching bands like the Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| CBGB canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5144631 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: CBGB Context triple: [Talking Heads, performedAt, CBGB]
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A.
Whisky a Go Go
Whisky a Go Go is a legendary West Hollywood nightclub on the Sunset Strip, famed as a launching pad for major rock acts and a central hub of 1960s and 1970s Los Angeles music culture.
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B.
New York no wave
New York no wave was an experimental late-1970s New York City music and art movement known for its abrasive, anti-commercial sound and avant-garde, punk-influenced aesthetics.
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C.
Bowery
Bowery is a historic street and neighborhood in Lower Manhattan known for its evolution from a 19th-century entertainment and skid row district to a gentrified area with galleries, restaurants, and cultural institutions.
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D.
Tunnel (New York City nightclub)
Tunnel was a famed New York City nightclub owned by nightlife impresario Peter Gatien, known for its cavernous, multi-room layout and role in the city’s vibrant club scene of the late 1980s and 1990s.
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E.
Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios is a legendary New York City recording studio founded by Jimi Hendrix, renowned for hosting sessions by many influential jazz, rock, and pop artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CBGB Target entity description: CBGB was a legendary New York City music club that became a seminal birthplace of punk and new wave, launching bands like the Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads.
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A.
Whisky a Go Go
Whisky a Go Go is a legendary West Hollywood nightclub on the Sunset Strip, famed as a launching pad for major rock acts and a central hub of 1960s and 1970s Los Angeles music culture.
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B.
New York no wave
New York no wave was an experimental late-1970s New York City music and art movement known for its abrasive, anti-commercial sound and avant-garde, punk-influenced aesthetics.
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C.
Bowery
Bowery is a historic street and neighborhood in Lower Manhattan known for its evolution from a 19th-century entertainment and skid row district to a gentrified area with galleries, restaurants, and cultural institutions.
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D.
Tunnel (New York City nightclub)
Tunnel was a famed New York City nightclub owned by nightlife impresario Peter Gatien, known for its cavernous, multi-room layout and role in the city’s vibrant club scene of the late 1980s and 1990s.
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E.
Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios is a legendary New York City recording studio founded by Jimi Hendrix, renowned for hosting sessions by many influential jazz, rock, and pop artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural landmark
ⓘ
music club ⓘ |
| bestKnownForGenre |
new wave
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punk rock ⓘ |
| bookingPolicy |
no cover bands
ⓘ
original music only ⓘ |
| citySceneRole |
birthplace of New York punk rock
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seminal venue for American new wave ⓘ |
| closedOn | 2006 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalStatus | icon of underground music ⓘ |
| eraOfGreatestInfluence |
late-1970s
ⓘ
mid-1970s ⓘ |
| finalPerformer | Patti Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalShowDate | October 15, 2006 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Hilly Kristal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | CBGB & OMFUG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
graffiti-covered walls
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infamously dirty bathrooms ⓘ small stage at back of club ⓘ sound system for live bands ⓘ |
| influenced |
global punk rock scene
ⓘ
independent music venues ⓘ |
| interiorPreservedAt | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaseDisputeWith | Bowery Residents Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| neighborhood | East Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAssociatedAct |
Blondie
NERFINISHED
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Dead Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ Patti Smith Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramones NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Hell & the Voidoids NERFINISHED ⓘ Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ Television NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cramps NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dictators NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedOn | 1973 ⓘ |
| operatedAs | all-ages venue at times ⓘ |
| originalMusicPolicy |
bluegrass
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blues ⓘ country music ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure | rent dispute ⓘ |
| standsFor | Country, BlueGrass, Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 315 Bowery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentary films
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feature film "CBGB" (2013) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CBGB Description of subject: CBGB was a legendary New York City music club that became a seminal birthplace of punk and new wave, launching bands like the Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.