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Recorded 51 years ago
...For the Whole World to See – an album by the proto-punk/punk rock band Death, which featured the song "Keep On Knocking"

Death – Keep On Knocking (Live at Amoeba)

#punk #punkrock #death #knowyourroots #protopunk #history #punkrockhistory

'Before there was punk, there was a band called Death'

51 years ago
Recorded in May 1975 and released in February 2009, ...For the Whole World to See, an Album by proto punk / punk rock band Death.

#punk #punkrock #death #knowyourroots #protopunk #history #punkrockhistory

50 years ago
Kate Simon and Chrissie Hynde in Smoking Boy Sex Pistols T-shirts that their friend Malcolm McLaren brought to his studio in Fulham in March 1976

Photo by Joe Stevens

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #chrissiehynde #knowyourroots #history #punkrockhistory

We remember Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist of the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, who passed away two years ago today.

MC5 - Ramblin' Rose - Live Tartar Field, Detroit 1970

#Protopunk #KnowYourRoots #WayneKramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #History #PunkRockHistory #otd

2 years ago today 😢

Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist for the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 75.

Photo by Doug Fulton

#protopunk #knowyourroots #waynekramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #history #punkrockhistory #otd

“They didn’t convert by choice.
They survived by force.”
#HiddenHistory #AztecHistory #Colonization #IndigenousTruth #LatinoHistory #CulturalErasure #HistoryUnfiltered #KnowYourRoots #DecolonizeHistory 🔥🖤

Throwback to Bawls - so many flavors! 💃

Spotted in Austin, TX. #thinkgeek #knowyourroots

A year ago today 😢

Wayne Kramer, the guitarist best known for his work in the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 75.

Photo by Leni Sinclair

#protopunk #knowyourroots #waynekramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #history #punkrockhistory #otd

#knowyourroots
53 years ago today
High Time is the second studio album by the American rock band MC5, released July 6, 1971 by Atlantic Records.

#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #mc5 #history #punkrockhistory #otd #hightime

Sad, sad news 😢

Wayne Kramer, the guitarist best-known for his work in the massively influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, died from pancreatic cancer today. Kramer was 75.

#knowyourroots #waynekramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #history #punkrockhistory

54 years ago
Back in the USA is the debut studio album (and second album overall, following 1969's live album Kick Out the Jams) by the American rock band MC5, released January 1970 #knowyourroots

#BackInTheUSA #punkrock #protopunk #MC5 #history #punkrockhistory

47 years ago today
"New Rose", is the first single by British punk rock group the Damned and the first single by a British punk group, released on this day in 1976 on Stiff Records #knowyourroots

#punk #punks #punkrock #newrose #thedamned #history #punkrockhistory #otd

There we go. While descendants of slaves here in America, my ancient grandmother descended from the #Igbo people in Africa #Ibo #Nigeria #Ancestry #AfricanAncestry #geneology #FamilyTree #KnowYourRoots #BlackMastodon #blacktwitter #blackfedi #BlackFediverse

46 years ago #knowyourroots
Pure Hell during a ‘77 photo shoot around Wall Street, New York City, after they had met with manager/producer Curtis Knight.

#punk #punks #punkrock #purehell #hardcorepunk #history #punkrockhistory

#knowyourroots
45 years ago
Jonathan Richman onstage at Eric's in Liverpool on June 1978. Richman formed the Modern Lovers, a proto punk garage rock band from Boston, Massachusetts

📸 Kevin Cummins

#punkrock #protopunk #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #history #punkrockhistory

45 years ago

Know Your Roots 🔥
Pure Hell at Eksit, Rotterdam, Netherlands, February 1978.

#punk #punks #punkrock #knowyourroots #hardcorepunk #purehell #history #punkrockhistory

#knowyourroots

“First we take Manhattan”
Pure Hell during a ‘77 photo shoot around Wall St., NYC, after they had met with manager/producer Curtis Knight

#punk #punks #punkrock #purehell #history #punkrockhistory

16 years ago today - and 28 years late

“Noise Addiction” is the only original studio album by the American punk rock band Pure Hell, recorded in 1978 and released on this day in 2006

#punk #punks #punkrock #purehell #knowyourroots #history #punkrockhistory #otd