Notices by Punkrock History (historyofpunkrock@sfba.social)

47 years ago today
"Smash It Up" is a song by English punk rock band the Damned, released as a single on this day in 1979 with "Bulgar" as B-side

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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

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Released 49 years ago today - July 1, 1977
"Pretty Vacant" the third single by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (Notre Dame Hall 1976)

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51 years ago today
Talking Heads supporting The Ramones make their stage debut at CBGB, New York City, June 20, 1975

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45 years ago today
Juju is the fourth studio album by the English gothic punk rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on this date in 1981 and includes the singles "Spellbound" and "Arabian Knights".

#punks #punkrock #siouxsieandthebanshees #gothpunkrock #juju #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Happy Birthday to Susan Janet Ballion aka Siouxsie Sioux, born on this day in 1957, London, England

Photo by Steve Severin

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Released 49 years ago today
"God Save the Queen" the second single by the Sex Pistols

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Happy 76th Birthday to Mark Allen Mothersbaugh, co-founder, lead vocalist and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, born May 18, 1950, Akron, Ohio

Photo by Michael Ochs Archive

#punk #punkrock #newwave #markmothersbaugh #devo #punkrockhistory

46 years ago today
Joy Division filmed "Love Will Tear Us Apart" music video in Manchester, England, April 28, 1980.

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart, 1995 Remastered Version (Official Video)

#punk #punkrock #postpunk #joydivision #history #postpunkhistory #otd

Happy Birthday to Ian MacKaye, American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and frontman of  Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Teen Idles and Embrace, born on this day in 1962, Washington DC

#punkrock #IanMacKaye #hardcorepunk #history #punkrockhistory #otd

49 years ago today
Released on this day in 1977, the eponymous debut studio album by English punk rock band The Clash.

It is widely celebrated as one of the greatest punk albums of all time

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71 years young ❤️
Happy birthday to Catharina "Nina" Hagen, German singer, songwriter, and member of the punk and new wave movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s, born on this day in 1955, East-Berlin

#punk #womenofpunk #ninahagen #history #punkrockhistory #otd

46 years ago today
The Clash at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

Here's a concert recording, 5 days later, from the Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey

The Clash – Complete Control – March 8, 1980 – Capitol Theater (official)

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Happy Birthday to Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman, lead vocalist of the post-punk group Killing Joke, born on this day in 1960, Cheltenham, UK.

Killing Joke - Love Like Blood (1985 Munich Alabamahalle)

#punkrock #postpunk #jazcoleman #killingjoke #history #otd

47 years ago today
The Descendents' first live appearance, San Pedro, CA, February 17, 1979, opening for Alley Cats, The Plugz & Black Flag.

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I'll start

Black Flag - Rise Above

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30 years ago

"Girls Invented Punk Rock, Not England"

This fantastic and most famous photo of Kim Gordon was taken by Steven Sweet in February 1996.

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17 years ago today - gone but never forgotten 🖤

In memory of punk rock legend Erick Lee Purkhiser aka Lux Interior, singer and founding member of The Cramps, who died on this day in 2009 at the age of 62

📸 Michael Grecco

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2 years ago today 😢

Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist for the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 75.

Photo by Doug Fulton

#protopunk #knowyourroots #waynekramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Good morning, punk rockers!

Have a chill Friday and always remember #staypunk