Hilly Kristal
Biography
Hillel Kristal (September 23, 1931 – August 28, 2007) was an American club owner, manager and musician who was the owner of the New York City club CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
131 releases · 17 albums · active 1976–2025
- Other credits · 78
- Performance · 44
- Production · 19
Studios: CBGB · Electric Lady Studios · Criteria Recording Studios · Mediasound
Frequent collaborators
- Dead Boys
- Wire
- Various
- Fossil (4)
- The Shirts
- Ed Gein's Car
- Amjam
- Talking Heads





