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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

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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

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

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

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

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

Punk Rock History (@punkrockhistory.bsky.social)

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> 46 years ago Joe Strummer - The Clash gig at Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, Italy, on June, 1980. #punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #theclash #joestrummer #punkrockhistory

46 years ago
Joe Strummer - The Clash gig at Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, Italy, on June, 1980.

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

Public Image Limited poster pasting brigade, 1980

Darby Crash is on the left with Pat Smear on the far right

Photos Gary Leonard

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #darbycrash #patsmear #publicimageltd #punkrockhistory

Public Image Limited poster pasting brigade, 1980

Darby Crash is on the left with Pat Smear on the far right

Photos Gary Leonard

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #darbycrash #patsmear #publicimageltd #punkrockhistory

Good morning everyone, I wish you a good start to the new week ☕

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

Remembering Thomas “Mensi” Mensforth, frontman of Angelic Upstarts, who succumbed to corona-induced pneumonia on December 10, 2021 at the age of 65.

📸 Alexandra Palace on the last night of the Rock Against Racism Red Rhino Tour in April 1979

#punk #punkrock #punklegends #angelicupstarts #mensi #ripmensi #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Remembering Thomas “Mensi” Mensforth, frontman of Angelic Upstarts, who succumbed to corona-induced pneumonia on December 10, 2021 at the age of 65.

📸 Alexandra Palace on the last night of the Rock Against Racism Red Rhino Tour in April 1979

#punk #punkrock #punklegends #angelicupstarts #mensi #ripmensi #history #punkrockhistory #otd

48 years ago today

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

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

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

Photo by Erica Echenberg

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

37 years ago
Big Black played their final show in Seattle , August 1987.

Big Black - Bad Penny

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

Three years ago today
Remembering Thomas “Mensi” Mensforth, known as the frontman of Angelic Upstarts, who succumbed to corona-induced pneumonia on December 10, 2021 at the age of 65.

#punk #punkrock #punklegends #angelicupstarts #mensi #ripmensi #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Three years ago today
Remembering Thomas “Mensi” Mensforth, known as the frontman of Angelic Upstarts, who succumbed to corona-induced pneumonia on December 10, 2021 at the age of 65.

#punk #punkrock #punklegends #angelicupstarts #mensi #ripmensi #history #punkrockhistory #otd

One year ago today

In memory, Shane Patrick MacGowan, former member of the punk band Nipple Erectors, co-founder and lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, founder of Shane MacGowan and The Popes, died of pneumonia after a long illness.

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #ThePogues #history #otd #ShaneMacGowan #punkrockhistoy

4 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

Photo by Erica Echenberg

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

In memory Walter Lure - the last of the great Heartbreakers, born April 22, 1942, Queens, New York City, passed away after a battle with lung cancer, August 22, 2020

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