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This Ain't No Disco: The Story of CBGB the beatles from its origins on theOriginally published in 1988 and out of print for decades, This Ain't No Disco tells the real story of CBGB, the birthplace and incubator of American punk and new wave music. The Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads and many other rock greats all got their starts there. Written by a club regular well before the legend overtook the reality (while CBGB was still open and most of its principals alive), this is an honest, opinionated, outrageous,