Cbgb movie joey ramone biography

CBGB tells the story of how the ever-determined Hilly Kristal (Alan Rickman) borrowed money to buy a watering hole in what was then New York’s skid row.

By giving a stage to live musicians, the bands that came were primitive and unrehearsed, but sparked a DIY punk movement with their raw sound and changed the world of music forever.

At the film’s press day, actor Joel David Moore, who plays The Ramones frontman Joey Ramone, spoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about how he came to embody the enigmatic singer, his approach to finding the human being behind the rock star, what it was like to see himself in the full costume, his most memorable day on set, the first concert he went to that left a lasting impression on him, and his latest directorial project, the dark comedy Killing Winston Jones.

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