Hillel Kristal[1] (September 23, 1931[2] – August 28, 2007) was an American club owner, manager and musician who was the owner of the iconic New York City club CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute.[3] (wikipedia)
There's got to be something he can do to keep us in there. He's got to have some kind of leverage. I think he'll be able to come up with something to keep us all happy.
As far as I know they will have to take us to court to make us leave. We are going to fight it.
My lawyer is going to court, and that's basically where it is now. My take, and I hope the people in power agree, is that we should stay.
My feeling is that they do want me out and they had this planned. We want to stay here.
A lot of mistakes in rent were made on both sides.
We're going to fight. We deserve to be here. If they padlock the club, we're going to cut the locks.
We're going to fight. We deserve to be here, ... If they padlock the club, we're going to cut the locks.
I guess money talks. That's the name of the game. We tried our best.