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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

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

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

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

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

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

Punk Rock History (@punkrockhistory.bsky.social)

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> 45 years ago today Famous flip shot of skater Chuck Burke taken during Stiff Little Fingers / Adolescents / D.O.A. show at Perkins Palace in Pasadena, California, July 4, 1981. Photo by Edward Colver #punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #skatepunk #history #otd #punkrockhistory

45 years ago today
Famous flip shot of skater Chuck Burke taken during Stiff Little Fingers / Adolescents / D.O.A. show at Perkins Palace in Pasadena, California, July 4, 1981.

Photo by Edward Colver

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

Johnny Thunder's All-Stars at the Speakeasy, London, with Steve Jones and Paul Cook, February 1978

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #oldschoolpunk #johnnythunders #paulcook #stevejones #punkrockhistory