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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

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

42 years ago

The Minutemen, Eugene, Oregon, "The Campaign Trail '84" tour.

Photo by Hank Trotter on July 3, 1984

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #punklegends #minutemen #dboon #history #punkrockhistory

Punk Rock History (@punkrockhistory.bsky.social)

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> 50 years ago today July 4, 1976, the Ramones performed at the Roundhouse in London, a show that became one of the most important moments in the history of punk #punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #ramones #roundhouse #history #punkrockhistory #otd

43 years ago today
The Jam played their last-ever gig as a band when they appeared in Brighton, England, December 11, 1982.

Frontman Paul Weller went on to form The Style Council and later had a successful solo career.

#punk #punkrock #punklegends #thejam #modrevival #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Punk Legends at Cyprus Avenue

I shared a couple of photos of The Undertones last year but since they’re coming back to Cork next year and tickets just became available I decided to go look through the shots from that night again. They are fantastic, and I’m looking forward to seeing them again when they visit Cork.

The atmosphere in Cyprus Avenue is electric, and the lighting is so atmospheric and dazzling. Great venue for a gig.

The Undertones formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1974 and became one of the most important bands to emerge from the late 1970s punk movement. Their debut single “Teenage Kicks” (1978) was famously championed by legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who called it his favourite song of all time and requested it be played at his funeral (it was). What makes The Undertones particularly notable is that they emerged from Derry during the height of the Troubles, yet their music deliberately avoided political themes, instead focusing on universal teenage experiences like romance, frustration, and growing up. This made them hugely influential in showing that Northern Irish bands didn’t have to be defined by the conflict. The band’s current lineup still features four of the five original members, though original lead singer Feargal Sharkey left in 1983. They reformed in 1999 with new vocalist Paul McLoone and have been touring consistently since, proving that great punk rock ages remarkably well!

#concertPhotography #Cork #CorkMusicVenue #CyprusAvenue #December2024 #Ireland #IrishMusic #IrishPunk #liveMusicCork #livePerformance #musicPhotography #NorthernIrishBand #Photography #punkLegends #punkRock #rockConcert #stageLighting #TheUndertones