New york punk 1970s

David Johansen, New York Dolls, 1971

Punk rock music and fashion blew out of New York City, exploded in London, and caught like wildfire in San Francisco, Los Angeles and the world over. It developed concurrently everywhere, and every region had it's own identity. But it was in San Francisco and L.A. where the most radical behavior in stateside punk rock style and attitude was exhibited. It was anti-hippie, anti-disco, anti-parent and anti-"nice". And it was shockingly new. These photos are ground zero of punk rock…

London 1970's

EILEEN POLK, HONI O'ROURKE & ANYA PHILLIPS! - 1975 all with FAST badges..

New York Dolls infront of Gem Spa in NY, 1973.

The Ramones Lower East Side, N.Y.C. 1977 Photographer: Chalkie Davies

Exene

The legendary New York club has been to referred to as the "dank incubator" of some of the most influential bands of all time.

Piss-stained streets, CBGB’s matinees, junkies, Reagonomics and no hope were the kind of things that NYC punks had on their plates during the 80′s. I have a

Photographer Allan Tannenbaum captured fashions of the era.

Tish and Snooky Bellomo have always been cool.

Swathed in rubber and glowering from spiked heels, she was a fearsome figurehead for a generation of disaffected English teenagers.

Lou Reed strikes a pose in the New York of the early 1980s: think of it as the Velvet Underground icon's walk on the mild side

New York Dolls

Soul Train. ::

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Punk Culture UK 1970s-80s Photographs by Wayne Large Wayne Large started his photographic journey in the 1970s, covering events as a regimental

(^o^) HR of Bad Brains at The Ritz NYC – September 20, 1989. Pic by BJ Papas