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In memory Ari Up, founding member and singer of The Slits, who died on this day in 2010 at the age of 48 💔
THE SLITS - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" @ Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, 12/10/09
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #theslits #ariup #punkrockhistory
In memory of Ariane Daniela Forster aka Ari Up, founding member and singer of The Slits, who died much too young on October 20, 2010 at the age of 48 in Los Angeles while fighting breast cancer.
Photo by Yulian Yewdall
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #ariup #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Remembering Christa Päffgen aka Nico, born on this day in 1938, Cologne, Germany.
Photo by Lisa Law
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #nico #thevelvetunderground #history #rockhistory #otd
20 years ago today
Singer Patti Smith, with Flea on bass, performs on stage during CBGB's final farewell show on October 15, 2006 in New York City
Photo by Sara Cardace
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #flea #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory #otd
50 years ago
Patti Smith cuddling her Fender Duo-Sonic guitar, while napping backstage in October 1976.
Photo by Lynn Goldsmith
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #pattismith #fender #history #punkrockhistory #50years
48 years ago today
Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads performs at The Agora Ballroom on October 7, 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Photo by © Tom Hill.
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #tinaweymouth #talkingheads #newwave #history #punkrockhistory
50 years ago
Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and The Banshees at Searchy's Penthouse Club party in London, England, October 1976
Photo by Bob Gruen
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #siouxsiesioux #gothpunkrock #punkrockhistoy
36 years ago today
Bikini Kill was formed in Olympia, Washington, October 4, 1990, by (L-R) Tobi Vail (drums), Billy Karren (guitar), Kathleen Hanna (vocals) and Kathi Wilcox (bass)
Photo by Erin Smith
#punk #punks #punkrock #bikinikill #womenofpunk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Remembering Kim Shattuck, lead singer, guitarist and primary songwriter of the American punk rock band The Muffs, member of The Pandoras and short-term bassist for the Pixies, died far too early 7 years ago today at the age of 56
📸 Sofia Coppola
46 years ago
The Go Go’s at the Tail of the Pup, Los Angeles, October 1980.
Jane Wiedlin, Margot Olavarria, Gina Schock, Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey.
Photo by Janette Beckman
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #womenofrock #gogos #history #punkrockhistory
49 years ago today
"Oh Bondage Up Yours!" is the debut single by English punk rock band X-Ray Spex, released on this day in 1977.
#punk #punks #womenofpunk #xrayspex #polystyrene #history #punkrockhistory #otd
47 years ago
Nina Hagen performs on stage De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 1979.
Photos by Rob Verhorst
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #ninahagen #history #punkrockhistory
45 years ago today
Poison Ivy of The Cramps ❤️
Clare Grogan of Altered Images ❤️
Day one of the 'Daze of Future Past' Festival, Queen's Hall, Leeds, UK, September 26, 1981.
Photos by David Corio
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #poisonivy #claregrogan #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Happy Birthday to Joan Marie Larkin aka Joan Jett, punk rock inspired founding member of The Runaways and frontwoman of their band Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, born on this day in 1958 of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Photo by Janet Macoska
#womenofpunk #joanjett #history #therunaways #punkrockhistory #otd
68 years young 💥❤️ and still on stage
Happy Birthday to Lita Rossana Ford, English-born American rock guitarist, actress, vocalist, songwriter and lead guitarist for the Runaways, born on this day in 1958, London
📸 Jenn Lombari (at the Greenwich Odeum on 04/09/2026)
#punkrock #womenofpunk #litaford #therunaways #history #punkrockhistory #otd
34 years ago today
Binge & Purge is the second studio album by the American punk band Lunachicks, released on this day in 1992 includes the single "Apathetic EP"
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #lunachicks #bingeandpurge #history #punkrockhistory #otd
50 years ago today 🍒
"Cherry Bomb" is a punk-influenced hard rock single by the all-female band the Runaways from their self-titled debut album, released on this day in 1976 🍒
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #therunaways #cherrybomb #history #punkrockhistory #otd #50years
40 years ago
Lunachicks - forming in September 1986 when Theo Kogan, Gina Volpe, and Syndney "Squid" Silver met at La Guardia school of Music/Art and Performing Arts in NYC
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #lunachicks #riotgrrrl #history #punkrockhistory
75 years young ❤️😍
Happy Birthday to Christine Ellen Hynde, American singer-songwriter and musician, born on this day in 1951, Akron, Ohio, US
📸 Graham Tarrant
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #chrissiehynde #history #punkrockhistory #otd
47 years ago today
'Cut' is the debut album by English punk band The Slits. It was originally released on this day in 1979
Album cover shot by Penny Smith
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #cut #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd
44 years ago today
Bekki Bondage with Vice Squad at Club C.O.D. in Chicago on September 3, 1982.
The line-up was Vice Squad, Social Distortion and Youth Brigade.
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bekibondage #history #punkrockhistory #otd
44 years ago
Beki Bondage of Vice Squad 🎤
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, August 1982
Photo by Alison Braun
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bekibondage #vicesquat #history
Happy 70th birthday to the wonderful Gaye Advert 😍
The Adverts - Great british mistake live 1977
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #gayeadvert #punkrockhistory #otd
Happy 70th Birthday Gaye Black aka Gaye Advert ❤️, bassist with The Adverts in the late 1970s and one of the first female rock stars of the punk rock movement, born August 25, 1956.
📸 by Dick Polak
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #gayeadvert #theadverts #history #punkrockhistory
Young Exene, before California and X
Cervenka moved to California in 1976 and met musician John Doe at a poetry workshop at the Beyond Baroque Center. Together with Billy Zoom and D. J. Bonebrake, they founded the band X in 1977.
35 years ago
Kim Gordon performs with Sonic Youth at Sir Henry’s, Cork, Ireland on August 20, 1991.
Special Guests - > Nirvana
Photo by © Rory Wales
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #kimgordon #history #punkrockhistoy
Released 48 years ago today
"Hong Kong Garden" by English goth punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden - Revolver (ATV 1978)
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #siouxsieandthebanshees #hongkonggarden #punkrockhistory
48 years ago today
"Hong Kong Garden" is a song by English band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released as the band's debut single, August 18, 1978
#punk #punks #punkrock #gothpunkrock #womenofpunk #siouxsieandthebanshees #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Happy birthday Dottie Danger aka Belinda Carlisle, briefly rehearsal drummer with Germs, later singer with Go Go's, born on this day in 1958 in Los Angeles
Photo by Theresa Kereakis
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #belindacarlisle #thegerms #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Urgh! A Music War is a 1982 cult concert film featuring a raw, energetic 1980 live performance of "We Got the Beat" by The Go-Go's at the famous Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles.
#punk #poppunk #womenofpunk #thegogos #whiskyagogo #punkrockhistory