Additional stories have surfaced regarding the situation surrounding the legendary club, CBGB's.

Since our original story, New York-based confectioner Chocolate Bar has launched a line of CBGB-themed chocolate products, including a CBGBs Punk Rock Box (a 16-piece truffle collection) and CBGB Retro Bars. The food will debut in May. Chocolate Bar is also planning a launch party at the famed club, located at 315 Bowery in New York's East Village, in May.

In addition, club owner Hilly Kristal has launched the Save CBGB campaign and says that:

The current money situation and legal status of the club, despite what Muzzy Rosenblatt says, is not in negotiation. It is in the courts to be decided by a judge. I am not going to cast aspersions on the representatives of the BRC, as they have on me. I only wish the problem be solved so we can both "do our thing" If you want us here, the BRC has to be persuaded that a gradual increase in rent is feasible.

Rosenblatt's Bowery Residents Committee holds a 45-year lease on the building, where the agency houses 250 homeless people above the club. CBGB's is their lone commercial tenant; their rent feud dates back five years, when the committee went to court to collect more than $300,000 in back rent from the club

Finally, a recent CNN story indicates that several wealthy benefactors have also stepped up with offers to rescue the club, including Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. "It's an icon of the New York music scene," the dot-com billionaire said by e-mail, confirming his interest.

The landmark New York City club played host to Ramones, Patti Smith, Blondie, Television and literally hundreds of other artists.