47 years ago
Buzzcocks at Band On The Wall, Manchester May 1977.
Band members were bassist Garth Smith, drummer John Maher, singer and guitarist Pete Shelley and guitarist Steve Diggle.
#knowyourroots
Nick Lowe, Martin Rev (Suicide), Elvis Costello, Oedipus, (started the first punk rock radio show in America), Alan Vega (Suicide), ca 1979
39 years ago today
Portrait of the music group Lords of the New Church at the Metro, Chicago, Illinois, May 22, 1985. Pictured are, from left, Dave Tregunna, Stiv Bators, Nicky Turner, and Brian James
I mentioned Bingo Boys' 2023 record 'Freak Out & Leave' in February, how I was upset I somehow missed it last year. They're from Indianapolis, Indiana and make some incredible catchy, melodic psych-ish garage/punk.
I've been going through their back catalog today and they don't even have bad songs. 🤯
Bingo Boys put out a couple singles this/last year which are unfortunately only on Spotify, but Bandcamp has several of theirs too- ALL good: https://bingoboys.bandcamp.com
an american documentary filmed through 1979 and 1980. The movie is about the Los Angeles punk rock scene and was directed by Penelope Spheeris. In 1981, the LAPD Chief of Police Daryl Gates wrote a letter demanding the film not be shown again in the city.
Listening to Jason Loewenstein's 2017 solo record Spooky Action again today as I often do, yknow, just because it's one of the greatest damn albums ever recorded
48 years ago today
A few months after the release of her debut album Horses, Patti Smith made her UK debut on May 16, 1976 on two nights at the Roundhouse in Camden, supported by The Stranglers
42 years ago today
Combat Rock, the fifth studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash, released on this day in 1982, featuring "Know Your Rights" and "Rock the Casbah"
Happy Birthday to Brett Gurewitz aka Mr. Brett, American guitarist for the punk rock band Bad Religion and founder and owner of the independent label Epitaph Records, born on this day in 1962, Los Angeles