CBGB enters Andy Warhol’s diary as a venue he proposed for Ultra Violet’s planned act, a recommendation that links the club to the punk-inflected performance she was developing. The entry documents the suggestion, not whether she took it or appeared there.

A Proposed Venue

On Palm Sunday, March 19, 1978, Warhol reported that Ultra Violet was preparing to perform at the Riverboat. After describing her act as a version of Christian punk, he advised her to start at CBGB instead. His remark makes the club a possible setting for her performance, but the diary does not say that she followed his advice.

The Recommendation’s Context

Warhol’s suggestion came during a lunch conversation about Ultra Violet’s evolving stage persona. She had credited his earlier advice to develop a new look with inspiring her own direction, and her planned act included singing the Lord’s Prayer with a profane substitution. Warhol found that choice disgusting, yet still pointed her toward CBGB as a starting place. The contrast captures the limited but distinct role the club plays in this entry: it is offered as a venue for an unconventional act, not as the site of a recorded appearance.