Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

470 followers 180 following 54 posts

Cheap 'n' Nasty🧷🎸🥁🎤🎷Mixed-gender, Dutch, from Leiden. Covergirl EP bit.ly/2F6nylr Played with Crass, Vice Squad, Ruts DC, Mo-dettes, Zounds. Some call us post-punk; we: punk. Hiatus 1982: dire venue situation. Plan to play again if COVID permits

Posts Replies Media Videos

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

#Sounds interview of Cheap 'n' Nasty London 1981 @soundsclips.bsky.social @mccookerybook.bsky.social @punkademic.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @feministmusiclib.bsky.social @schnitzel63.bsky.social @udkp.bsky.social @drkpopupconvos.bsky.social @punkrockempath.bsky.social

Sounds interview with Cheap 'n' Nasty, London 1981

November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

Cheap 'n' Nasty play in #Leiden squat 1980 @mccookerybook.bsky.social @scotspostpunk.bsky.social @punkademic.bsky.social @feministmusiclib.bsky.social @udkp.bsky.social @schnitzel63.bsky.social @punktuationmag.bsky.social @shutupmusic.bsky.social @punkrockempath.bsky.social @bulldog75.bsky.social

Cheap 'n' Nasty playing in Levendaal squat Leiden, April 1980. Left to right: Rob, herman, Wim (standing in for Maarten), Terry

October 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

Terry bass/vocals Cheap 'n' Nasty left on photo for #Stranglers Strange Little Girl video bit.ly/45OPJPo @mccookerybook.bsky.social @feministmusiclib.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @schnitzel63.bsky.social @fatoldanarchist.bsky.social @udkp.bsky.social @punkademic.bsky.social

Left: Terry, bass/vocals Cheap 'n' Nasty in 1982, during recording of Stranglers' Strange Little Girl video in London. To her right, Melissa Martin and Kat, both Rest In Punk.

September 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

1st #Dutch all-♀️♀️#punk band PVC bit.ly/3JwEItp founded by Terry, later of Hideous and Cheap 'n' Nasty @feministmusiclib.bsky.social @punkademic.bsky.social @drkpopupconvos.bsky.social @mccookerybook.bsky.social @schnitzel63.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @punkrockscience.bsky.social

Maarten, drums and Terry, bass/vocals of Cheap 'n' Nasty in Voorschoten, March 1980, opening for Crass and Poison Girls

August 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

#PussyRiot #TheHague #Putin #punk bit.ly/4nzBNzr @drkpopupconvos.bsky.social @egel.bsky.social @udkp.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @fatoldanarchist.bsky.social @schnitzel63.bsky.social @mccookerybook.bsky.social @punkfanzine74.bsky.social @punkademic.bsky.social @scotspostpunk.bsky.social

July 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

Zounds touring with Cheap 'n' Nasty in 1980 bit.ly/4dVsrd7 not to USA in 2025 @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @fatoldanarchist.bsky.social @punkademic.bsky.social @drkpopupconvos.bsky.social @bulldog75.bsky.social @udkp.bsky.social @uksubs-official.bsky.social @schnitzel63.bsky.social

June 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

#Belgian 1976 #punk band The Kids banned from the USA after the @uksubs-official.bsky.social @egel.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @mccookerybook.bsky.social @schnitzel63.bsky.social @punkademic.bsky.social @bulldog75.bsky.social @udkp.bsky.social @punkrockhistory.bsky.social

Official statement by Belgian punk band The Kids

June 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

#MAGA #SteveBannon calls #Musk '#punk' in pre-1977 insult sense after @uksubs-official.bsky.social USA ban bit.ly/43PUIgq #Trump #Epstein @mccookerybook.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @fatoldanarchist.bsky.social @udkp.bsky.social @punkademic.bsky.social @punkrockers-radio.bsky.social

June 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

Clitteband #riotgrrrl gig report #Leiden 30/5 bit.ly/3ZI3hIY @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @schnitzel63.bsky.social @mccookerybook.bsky.social @fatoldanarchist.bsky.social @punkrockclub.bsky.social @punkrockanthro.bsky.social @punkfanzine74.bsky.social @feministmusiclib.bsky.social @udkp.bsky.social

June 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

1981 #photo by Annelies: Herman+Terry of Cheap 'n' Nasty in Vinyl zine #Siouxsie T-shirt+ #Penetration poster @youaintnopunk.bsky.social @riotgrlerin.bsky.social @schnitzel63.bsky.social @feministmusiclib.bsky.social @vintageobscura.net @hardcorepunkvinyl.bsky.social @barstoolrevolution.bsky.social

1981 photo by Annelies of Herman+Terry of Cheap 'n' Nasty for Vinyl zine with Siouxsie T-shirt+Penetration and Ivy Green posters

June 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

World #Punk Atlas, European venues bit.ly/3HiItS4 @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @fatoldanarchist.bsky.social @schnitzel63.bsky.social @punkrockclub.bsky.social @punkrockblaze.bsky.social @punkrockanthro.bsky.social @punkfanzine74.bsky.social @punkademic.bsky.social @udkp.bsky.social

May 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM

Cheap 'n' Nasty 1st wave punk band, founded 1979

@cheappunk.bsky.social

Thank you! I was not involved in making the movie, but I am trying to get it to the Netherlands. Sara Schär, interviewed for the film, in 1980 was in Swiss band TNT with whom we played in Berlin. In 2023 I organised concerts for her new band then ONETWOTHREE in the Netherlands.