The question most often asked of me is, "What does CBGB stand for?"

I reply, "It stands for the kind of music I intended to have, but not the kind that we became famous for: COUNTRY BLUEGRASS BLUES."

The next question is always, "but what does OMFUG stand for?" and I say "That's more of what we do, It means OTHER MUSIC FOR UPLIFTING GORMANDIZERS."

And what is a gormandizer? It's a voracious eater of, in this case, MUSIC.

--- Hilly Kristal, owner and founder of CBGB