Notices by Punkrock History (historyofpunkrock@sfba.social)

Happy Birthday to Eric Boucher aka Jello Biafra, former, lead singer and songwriter for the Dead Kennedys, founder of his own music label Alternative Tentacles, born on this day in 1958, Boulder, Colorado

📸 Karl Walter

#punkrock #jellobiafra #deadkennedys #punkrockhistory #otd

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

Photo by Jill Furmanovsky

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #siouxsiesioux #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Released 43 years ago today
'The Record', the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Fear, featuring this track I Love Livin' In The City

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #fear #therecord #history #punkrockhistory #otd

49 years ago today
David Bowie and Iggy Pop at Copenhagen train station, April 29, 1976.

Photo by Philippe Halsman

#punk #punks #punkrock #iggypop #DavidBowie #legends #history #punkrockhistory #otd

78 years young 🔥🍾💥

Happy Birthday to James Newell Osterberg aka Iggy Pop, designated the "Godfather of Punk, born on this day in 1947, Muskegon, Michigan

Photo by Rob Baker Ashton

#punk #punks #punkrock #iggypop #history #punkrockhistory #otd

66th birthday today

Happy Birthday Robert Smith, lead guitarist of Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1982 to 1984 and continuous member of post-punk band The Cure since 1978, born on this day in 1959 in Black Pool, UK

📸 Tom Sheehan

#robertsmith #postpunk #history #otd

42 years ago today
The Clash's Joe Strummer ran the London Marathon, finishing in 4 hours 13 minutes

He claims his workout included 10 pints of beer the night before. 🍺🤷♀️

Photos by Steve Rapport

#punk #punks #punkrock #runningpunk #theclash #joestrummer #otd #punkrockhistory

40 years ago today
Back to the Known is the second EP by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on this day in 1985, and it's a return to their punk roots.

#punk #punks #punkrock #badrelegion #backtotheknown #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Over 30..🧓🏻🧑🦼😆

#punk #punks #punkrock #staypunk #punkeveryday #punk4life #history #punkrockhistory

Nazi punks fuck off

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, 2025

Fight racism, fascism and anti-Semitism every day, always, without compromise

#fucknazis #fightracism #nazipunksfuckoff #deadkennedys #punkrockhistory

47 years ago
Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads with her famous funky Gibson Recorder Bass, live in Dallas, TX about March of 1978

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #basswoman #tinaweymouth #talkingheads #newwave #history #punkrockhistory

43 years ago today

Siouxsie and The Banshees - in session for Kid Jensen - March 15, 1982

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #gothpunkrock #siouxsiesioux #history #punkrockhistory #otd

46 years ago today
Joy Division at Bowdon Vale Youth Club, March 14, 1979.

Photo by Martin O'Neill at Studio Five Four.

#punk #punkrock #postpunk #postpunkmusic #joydivision #history #punkrockhistory #otd

In memory of Frank Navetta, who founded The Descendents in 1979 with Tony Lombardo and Bill Stevenson, born on this day in 1963, Manhattan Beach, California

Photo by Kevin Salk

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #franknavetta #thedescendents #history #punkrockhistory #otd

47 years ago today
Ari Up of The Slits whacks a skinhead disrupting their gig at the Thames Polytechnic in Calderwood Street, Woolwich.

Taken on March 4, 1978 when The Slits played the venue alongside Penetration and Buzzcocks

📸 Ray Stevenson

#ariup #punk #theslits #fucknazis #fightnazis #otd

48 years ago today
The Ramones at the Whisky a Go Go debut, February 16, 1977.

"When we got back to Los Angeles in early 1977, we walked onto the stage of the Whisky (a Go Go) to the sound of screaming girls." - JR

Photo by Jenny Lens

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #ramones #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Happy Birthday to Henry Lawrence Garfield aka Henry Rollins, American singer of State of Alert, Black Flag and the Rollins Band, born on this day in 1961, Washington DC

Photo by Dan Corrigan

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #henryrollins #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Remembering Tom Verlaine, frontman of the influential New York punk rock band Television, died in Manhattan 2 years ago today at the age of 73 after a short illness.

📸 Richard E. Aaron

#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #television #tomverlaine #history #punkrockhistory #otd

The female voices of punk rock 🎤

For me, there is no genre of music that comes close to having such a range of personalities and voices

The greatest respect for these ladies ❤️

...and sorry for anyone I forgot

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #history #punkrockhistory

Debbie Harry, Patti Smith, Wendy O Williams, Nina Hagen,

Exene Cervenka, Ari Up, Chrissy Hynde, Kathleen Hannah

Kim Gordon, Brody Dalle, Siouxsie Sioux, Penelope Houston

Alice Bag, Cherie Curie, Kim Shattuck , Dee Plakas

Theo Kogan, Kat Bjelkand, Poly Styrene, Pauline Murray