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"''The Talking Heads showed up and played at CB's and brought a lot of media attention with them. Then shortly after that I think it was Television's manager, [[Terry Ork]], who helped initiate this monthlong unsigned -bands summer festival, and the floodgates opened. The scene began getting full on media attention.''"<ref>Stein, Chris. ''Under a Rock''. St. Martin’s Press, 11 June 2024, p. 112.</ref> | "''The Talking Heads showed up and played at CB's and brought a lot of media attention with them. Then shortly after that I think it was Television's manager, [[Terry Ork]], who helped initiate this monthlong unsigned -bands summer festival, and the floodgates opened. The scene began getting full on media attention.''"<ref>Stein, Chris. ''Under a Rock''. St. Martin’s Press, 11 June 2024, p. 112.</ref> | ||
== Talking Heads' Performances == | |||
Talking Heads first began performing at CBGB's in 1975. The members initially looked a bit out of place next to many of the scene's punk regulars. Description from audience members describe the group as "looking like art-school nerds" with "unsmiling blank stares."<ref>Moore, Thurston. ''Sonic Life''. Doubleday, 24 Oct. 2023, p. 39.</ref> | |||
== Connections == | == Connections == | ||
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* Talking Heads paid tribute to the venue in the lyrics to their 1979 song [[Life During Wartime]]. | * Talking Heads paid tribute to the venue in the lyrics to their 1979 song [[Life During Wartime]]. | ||
* Founder [[Hilly Kristal]] was thanked at their 2002 [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] induction ceremony. | * Founder [[Hilly Kristal]] was thanked at their 2002 [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] induction ceremony. | ||
== References == | |||
[[Category:Venues]] | [[Category:Venues]] | ||