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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 ...
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.
Speed, aggression, pace, sweat. These are words that leap to mind when people think of punk rock music—especially that of the 1970s. It was music that had a message and one that it just had to ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...