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In time, even though the very origins of the movement rejected conformity, you couldn’t be punk if you didn’t look a certain way. But that’s for later. In the 1970s, punk music was still ...
The 1970s marched to the beat of its own drum. It was a time when disco glitter clashed with punk rebellion, and political ...
Still, I know I bought those 45s at some point and listened to them often. Those were not punk songs. I wasn't a punk fan when I was eleven. But by the time I hit twelve.... different story.
Nothing will ever touch the unique energy of 1970s punk rock music. Bands like Sex Pistols, The Ramones, and New York Dolls dominated the genre and delivered some pretty memorable hits.
This entry languished in obscurity despite a release during the heyday of punk. It was essentially a ‘manufactured’ punk album, and so considered an abomination in punk circles, but as time ...
Foley, a scholar and researcher who’s published books on draft resistance and student activism, is currently working on a broader history of 1970s San Francisco punk. Below, in an interview edited for ...
The mid-to-late 1970s saw bands such as the Sex Pistols, the Damned and the Clash leading the British punk movement, while the Ramones anchored a New York variant centered around the downtown club ...
A German publishing heiress and music promoter, she settled in London in time for the 1970s punk-rock explosion and became the muse to its baddest boy. By Alex Williams Nora Forster, a German-born ...
"Punk OC: From the Streets of Suburbia" is on view through Aug. 10 (the museum is closed each Wednesday, keep in mind). "Most of the 1970s punk scene originated in metropolises suffering from ...