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Released 48 years ago today
"Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" by the Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love - Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall, June 1978

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #buzzcocks #history #punkrockhistory #otd

48 years ago today
"Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" is a song written by Pete Shelley, performed by his group Buzzcocks and released on this day in 1978.

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #buzzcocks #history #punkrockhistory #otd

48 years ago today
Nancy Spungen, Sid Vicious, Jerry Nolan, Steve Dior, Arthur Kane and Mick Jones pose backstage at Max's Kansas City, New York, September 7, 1978.

Photo by Eileen Polk

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory

Released 49 years ago today
Your Generation, the debut single by Generation X

GENERATION X - YOUR GENERATION (Top Of The Pops - Original Broadcast 15th September 1977)

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #oldschoolpunk #GenerationX #punkrockhistoy #otd

52 years ago
Patti Smith/Television - early punk poster advertising a series of shows at Max’s Kansas City, August / September 1974

Patti Smith performed as a skeletal trio with Lenny Kaye on guitar and Richard Sohl on piano, while Television featured its earliest configuration with Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell, Richard Lloyd, and Billy Ficca.

#punk #punkrock #punklegends #pattismith #television #history #punkrockhistory

49 years ago

Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and Steve Severin, Tiverton, Devon, Britain - 25 August, 1977

#punk #punks #punkrock #gothpunkrock #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory #otd

47 years ago today

The Ramones' movie Rock & Roll High School opens in theaters

Ramones - Rock N' Roll High School - HD Remastered

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #oldschoolpunk #ramones #rocknrollhighschool #history #punkrockhistory #otd

49 years ago

Dee Ramone, Joan Jett and David Johansen, August 1977.

Photo by Roberta Bayley for Punk Magazine.

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #oldschoolpunk #history #punkrockhistory

6 years ago today
Remembering Walter Lure - the last of the great Heartbreakers, who passed away on August 22, 2020 after a battle with lung cancer

Photos by Stefan Sonic

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #walterlure #history #punkrockhistory #otd

20 years ago
The Cramps – It Thing Hard-On (Live in Norway August 11, 2006 – TV broadcast)

3 months before their last show at the Marquee Theater in Tempe, Arizona.

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #thecramps #RipLuxInterior #punkrockhistoy

Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers performing at the Village Gate in New York City on August 19, 1977.

Photo by Ebet Robert

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #johnnythunders #theheartbreakers #history #punkrockhistory

50 years ago
Siouxsie Sioux & Steve Severin, John Ingham (standing) and Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols as captured by Ray Stevenson in August 1976, after the “Screen on the Green” punk concert in Islington

#punk #punkrock #punklegends #50years #history #punkrockhistory #otd

48 years ago today
Sid Vicious performs with the White Kids at Electric Ballroom, London, UK, 15th August 1978.

From left to right – Nancy Spungen, Rat Scabies, Glen Matlock, Steve New, Sid Vicious.

Photo by © Mike Lawn

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #viciouswhitekids #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Happy Birthday today Feargal Sharkey (*1958) and Michael Bradley (*1959), founding members of the punk rock band The Undertones.

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #feargalsharky #michaelbradley #theundertones #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Released 49 years ago today
Gary Gilmore's Eyes, a single by the British punk rock band The Adverts

The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes Live @ Top Of The Pops 1977

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #theadverts #punkrockhistory

50 years ago

Gaye Advert and TV Smith at the 100 Club, 1976

Photo by Barry Plummer

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #gayeadvert #tvsmith #punklegends #theadverts #punkrockhistory

51 years ago

The first photograph of the Sex Pistols (Johnny Rotten, Glen Matlock, Steve Jones, and Paul Cook) in the backyard of a pub where they rehearsed in Chiswick, London, in August/September 1975.

Photo by John Gray

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #punkrockhistory

49 years ago today

The Clash, Topper Headon, Paul Simonon, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer. 2nd Rock Festival "Punk". Mont de Marsan, Landes, France. August 5-6, 1977.

Photo by Jean Gaumy

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #theclash #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Happy 71th birthday Rat Scabies

Still touring with The Damned and still a fantastic drummer

The Damned - New Rose - Live 50th Anniversary Show Wembley Arena London 11th April 2026

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #ratscabies #thedamned #ratscabies #50years #punkrockhistory

48 years ago

The Clash - Safe European Home

London Music Machine - July 26, 1978

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #oldschoolpunk #theclash #history #punkrockhistory

50 years ago

6 singles released in 1976.

Each record, in its own way, served as a starting point for the punk movement.

Do you have—or did you have—any of these on your shelf?

#50years #punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #punkrockhistoy

49 years ago
David Johansen, Lenny Kaye, Dee Dee Ramone, and Andy Paley at CBGB, July 1977.

Photo by Bob Gruen

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory

49 years ago

The Ramones released their new single "Swallow My Pride" in July 1977, featuring "Pinhead" as the B-side, both from their second album, "Leave Home."

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #ramones #swallowmybride #history #punkrockhistory

45 years ago today

The Clash arrived at JFK Airport, New York City, July 26, 1981.

This marked the beginning of their 15-night residency at Bond's International Casino.

Photo by Allan Tannenbaum

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory #otd

50 years ago

Patti Smith, Lou Reed, John Cale and David Byrne at the Ocean Club in NYC, July 1976.

Photo by Bob Gruen

#50years #punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory

Ian Dury, Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie at The Limelight, London, '80s.

Photo by David Koppel

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #iandury #siouxsiesioux #Budgie #history #punkrockhistory

51 years ago today
Dee Dee Ramone, Tommy Ramone, Johnny Ramone and Joey Ramone outside CBGB, NYC July 18, 1975.

Photo by Bob Gruen

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #ramones #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory #otd

I wonder what she was thinking at that moment?

49 years ago
The Sex Pistols in Halmstad, Sweden, on July 15, 1977.

Photos by Lars Åström

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #history #punkrockhistory

49 years ago

The Saints - This Perfect Day [totp 14th July 1977]

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #thesaints #punkrockhistory

50 years ago today
Patti Smith on stage at The Schaefer Music Festival in Central Park, NYC. July 9, 1976.

Photo by Bob Gruen

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #punklegends #pattismith #50years #punkhistory #otd