Happy Birthday today Feargal Sharkey (*1958) and Michael Bradley (*1959), founding members of The Undertones.
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
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The Damned outside CBGB's club on the Bowery in New York in April 1977.
L-R Rat Scabies, Dave Vanian, Brian James, Captain Sensible
Photo by Roberta Bayley
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Ian Mackaye still has the skateboard from the famous Minor Threat photo shoot -1983.
Photo by Tony Hawk
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Operation Ivy - Unity
924 Gilman, Berkeley, California
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What an exciting show must have been
Fugazi at Gilman, Berkeley, California, May 20, 1988.
Fantastic support by Operation Ivy
Photo by Murray Bowles
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Released 46 years ago
Gary Gilmore's Eyes by The Adverts
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45 years ago
Stiv Bators and Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys at the New Yorker Theatre, Toronto, August 1978
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46 years ago today
On this day in 1977, the single "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" by the punk rock band The Adverts was released.
The song revolves around the eyes of executed double murderer Gary Gilmore.
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Happy Birthday to James Drescher aka Jimmy G or Jimmy Gestapo, lead singer for New York based hardcore punk band Murphy's Law, born on this day in 1965.
Photo by BJ Papas
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Lead singer Jello Biafra of American punk rock band Dead Kennedys performing on stage at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts on May 2, 1981
Photo by Michael Grecco
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Released 31 years ago today
Fontanelle, the second studio album by Babes in Toyland, featuring this track 'Bruise Violet'
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41 years ago
Henry Rollins and HR, backstage at the Whisky a Go Go after a Bad Brains show, West Hollywood, August 1982
Photo by Glen E. Friedman
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31 years ago today
Fontanelle is the second studio album and the first record on a major label (Reprise Records) by the American punk rock band Babes in Toyland, released on this day in 1992.
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Released 42 years ago
Dance With Me, the first full length album by T.S.O.L featuring the title track 'Dance With Me'
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42 years ago
Lucky Lehrer with Circle Jerks supported by Wasted Youth at the Whisky A-Go-Go, August 1981.
Credits: Pic 1 by Alison Braun, Pic 2 by Edward Colver
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31 years ago
Poison Ivy, the queen of psychobilly punk rock with The Cramps at Tamaris Rock Festival, August 1992.
Photo by Demed
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42 years ago
Dance with Me is the first full-length album by the American punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), released in August 1981.
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Sad News
Jamie Reid, the man behind Sex Pistols‘ iconic artwork and a legend of the punk scene, has died aged 76.
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Released 43 years ago
Bankrobber - The Clash
My daddy was a bank robber
But he never hurt nobody
He just loved to live that way
And he loved to steal your money
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39 years ago
Henry Rollins and Nick Cave, Santa Monica, CA, August 1984.
Photo by Naomi Petersen
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