Roman Kozak (1948-1988) was born in a camp for displaced persons in Germany. He served as night news editor for The Daily American newspaper in Rome and then moved to New York, where he became an editor at Billboard magazine (1973-1983). He later wrote for The Music Paper and was an associate editor of Old Manhattan News and publisher of Rock Photo magazine. In 1987, he co-wrote a screenplay entitled The Bomb. This is his only book.

Ebet Roberts moved from her native Memphis to New York City to paint but switched to photography in 1977 when she began began documenting the evolving CBGB scene. Since then, she has consistently documented musicians, capturing the essence of the artists she photographs while accumulating a vast archive and respect from her peers.

Her photographs are reproduced in innumerable publications including Rolling Stone, MOJO, Spin, GQ, Playboy, The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, People, USA Today and the Village Voice. They are also featured prominently in Blank Generation Revisited, This Ain't No Disco: The Story of CBGB, Frozen Fire: The Story of the Cars, CBGB'S: 30 Years of Photographs and The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock.

Her photographs have been widely exhibited and are in the permanent collection of the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, Seattle's Experience Music Project, the Grammy Museum and the Hard Rock Cafe.

Chris Frantz is a drummer, composer, record producer, author and broadcaster. As a founding member of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, he performed many times at CBGB. He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His memoir, Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina, was published in 2020.