Dead Kennedys and Governor Jerry Brown
California Über Alles was an American punk onslaught by The Dead Kennedys on Democrat governor Jerry Brown in 1979
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Record Mirror front covers from the late 70s
Record Mirror had some amazing front covers in the late 70s with pop stars like Siouxsie Sioux and Debbie Harry
Big Country and the guitar bagpipe sound
This was Big Country performing on Channel Four’s Tube programme. Every week, Paula Yates and Jools Holland would ramble pretentiously or incoherently with cues between presenters either deliberately fumbled or they were creating an edgy feel, who knows? Paula Yates no longer with us of course and neither is the front man of the band,…
Subway Sect to Jo Boxers
Some bands have gone through very odd changes. Here were punksters Subway Sect thrashing around pretty tunelessly in 1976. Then three of them came back with a new leader – Dig Wayne from Ohio – to become Jo Boxers. Dig Wayne went on to greater things as you can see here being an actor in…
Oi! skinhead bands do anti-racism
Oi! anti-racism may seem like a contradiction in terms but some Oi! bands wanted to burnish their anti-racism credentials in 1981
Birmingham – punk breaks the heavy metal stranglehold
Heavy Metal reigned supreme in the English city of Birmingham in the 1970s until Punk came along as Tony McMahon discovers
Punk and Ska movies of the 1980s
The start of the 1980s saw some cultish punk and ska movies that captured the rebellious spirit of the time
King’s Road Chelsea in 1981
In the early 1980s, the King’s Road in Chelsea was still a magnet for hipsters and partygoers before it lost its cool