Punk Rock History
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Pictures, facts, memories and emotions from an irrepressible, sweeping, wild, exciting time of the 70s and 80s.
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Happy Birthday East Bay Ray, guitarist and founding member of the Dead Kennedys, born on this day in 1958, Oakland, California
Dead Kennedys - "California Über Alles" - Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, 1979
#punk #punks #punkrock #eastbayray #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Dead Kennedys - "California Über Alles" - Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, 1979
#punk #punks #punkrock #eastbayray #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Happy Birthday East Bay Ray, guitarist and founding member of the Dead Kennedys, born on this day in 1958, Oakland, California
Dead Kennedys - "California Über Alles" - Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, 1979
#punk #punks #punkrock #eastbayray #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Dead Kennedys - "California Über Alles" - Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, 1979
#punk #punks #punkrock #eastbayray #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory #otd
41 years ago today
November 17, 1984: While the Ramones, Black Flag and Minutemen put on a sensational concert at the Palladium, the LAPD prepares to welcome the punks.
Photo by Gary Leonard.
#punk #punks #hardcorepunk #punklegends #LA #punkrock #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 17, 1984: While the Ramones, Black Flag and Minutemen put on a sensational concert at the Palladium, the LAPD prepares to welcome the punks.
Photo by Gary Leonard.
#punk #punks #hardcorepunk #punklegends #LA #punkrock #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
41 years ago today
November 17, 1984: While the Ramones, Black Flag and Minutemen put on a sensational concert at the Palladium, the LAPD prepares to welcome the punks.
Photo by Gary Leonard.
#punk #punks #hardcorepunk #punklegends #LA #punkrock #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 17, 1984: While the Ramones, Black Flag and Minutemen put on a sensational concert at the Palladium, the LAPD prepares to welcome the punks.
Photo by Gary Leonard.
#punk #punks #hardcorepunk #punklegends #LA #punkrock #history #punkrockhistory #otd
35 years ago
Women of punk rock, so much energy in one place. 💯
L7 and Lunachicks, CBGB New York City, November 1990.
Photo by Andrea Kusten
#punk #punks #punkrock #L7 #lunachicks #cbgb #historyofpunk #punkrockhistory
Women of punk rock, so much energy in one place. 💯
L7 and Lunachicks, CBGB New York City, November 1990.
Photo by Andrea Kusten
#punk #punks #punkrock #L7 #lunachicks #cbgb #historyofpunk #punkrockhistory
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
35 years ago
Women of punk rock, so much energy in one place. 💯
L7 and Lunachicks, CBGB New York City, November 1990.
Photo by Andrea Kusten
#punk #punks #punkrock #L7 #lunachicks #cbgb #historyofpunk #punkrockhistory
Women of punk rock, so much energy in one place. 💯
L7 and Lunachicks, CBGB New York City, November 1990.
Photo by Andrea Kusten
#punk #punks #punkrock #L7 #lunachicks #cbgb #historyofpunk #punkrockhistory
Happy Birthday Raymond John Pepperell aka East Bay Ray, guitarist and founding member of the hardcore punk rock band Dead Kennedys, born on this day in 1958, Oakland, California
📸 John Cuniberti
#punk #punks #punkrock #eastbayray #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory #otd
📸 John Cuniberti
#punk #punks #punkrock #eastbayray #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Happy Birthday Raymond John Pepperell aka East Bay Ray, guitarist and founding member of the hardcore punk rock band Dead Kennedys, born on this day in 1958, Oakland, California
📸 John Cuniberti
#punk #punks #punkrock #eastbayray #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory #otd
📸 John Cuniberti
#punk #punks #punkrock #eastbayray #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory #otd
46 years ago today
The Jam released their fourth studio album, Setting Sons, November 16, 1979.
It features the single "The Eton Rifles"
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #thejam #modrevival #settingsons #punkrockhistory #otd
The Jam released their fourth studio album, Setting Sons, November 16, 1979.
It features the single "The Eton Rifles"
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #thejam #modrevival #settingsons #punkrockhistory #otd
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
46 years ago today
The Jam released their fourth studio album, Setting Sons, November 16, 1979.
It features the single "The Eton Rifles"
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #thejam #modrevival #settingsons #punkrockhistory #otd
The Jam released their fourth studio album, Setting Sons, November 16, 1979.
It features the single "The Eton Rifles"
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #thejam #modrevival #settingsons #punkrockhistory #otd
34 years ago today
Bikini Kill – Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox – performed at St. Stephen’s in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1991.
Photos: Brad Sigal
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Bikini Kill – Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox – performed at St. Stephen’s in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1991.
Photos: Brad Sigal
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
34 years ago today
Bikini Kill – Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox – performed at St. Stephen’s in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1991.
Photos: Brad Sigal
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Bikini Kill – Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox – performed at St. Stephen’s in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1991.
Photos: Brad Sigal
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #history #punkrockhistory #otd
44 years ago today
Damaged is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released on this day in 1981 and became one of the most influential punk rock records of all time,
Cover Art by Edward Colver
#punk #punks #punkrock #damaged #blackflag #punkrockhistory #otd
Damaged is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released on this day in 1981 and became one of the most influential punk rock records of all time,
Cover Art by Edward Colver
#punk #punks #punkrock #damaged #blackflag #punkrockhistory #otd
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
44 years ago today
Damaged is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released on this day in 1981 and became one of the most influential punk rock records of all time,
Cover Art by Edward Colver
#punk #punks #punkrock #damaged #blackflag #punkrockhistory #otd
Damaged is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released on this day in 1981 and became one of the most influential punk rock records of all time,
Cover Art by Edward Colver
#punk #punks #punkrock #damaged #blackflag #punkrockhistory #otd
39 years ago today
Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on November 15, 1986
With this album, the Beastie Boys (to my dismay) completed their transition from hardcore to hip hop.
You gotta fight for your right (to party)
#punkrockhistory
Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on November 15, 1986
With this album, the Beastie Boys (to my dismay) completed their transition from hardcore to hip hop.
You gotta fight for your right (to party)
#punkrockhistory
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
39 years ago today
Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on November 15, 1986
With this album, the Beastie Boys (to my dismay) completed their transition from hardcore to hip hop.
You gotta fight for your right (to party)
#punkrockhistory
Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on November 15, 1986
With this album, the Beastie Boys (to my dismay) completed their transition from hardcore to hip hop.
You gotta fight for your right (to party)
#punkrockhistory
Released 49 years ago
Crime "Hot Wire My Heart" b/w "Baby You're So Repulsive"
In November of 1976, this debut single by the San Francisco band was the first punk rock single to emerge from the U.S. West Coast
#punk #punks #punkrock #crime #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory
Crime "Hot Wire My Heart" b/w "Baby You're So Repulsive"
In November of 1976, this debut single by the San Francisco band was the first punk rock single to emerge from the U.S. West Coast
#punk #punks #punkrock #crime #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Released 49 years ago
Crime "Hot Wire My Heart" b/w "Baby You're So Repulsive"
In November of 1976, this debut single by the San Francisco band was the first punk rock single to emerge from the U.S. West Coast
#punk #punks #punkrock #crime #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory
Crime "Hot Wire My Heart" b/w "Baby You're So Repulsive"
In November of 1976, this debut single by the San Francisco band was the first punk rock single to emerge from the U.S. West Coast
#punk #punks #punkrock #crime #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory
49 years ago today
Viv Albertine, Steve Severin, Kenny Morris, Sarah Hall and Siouxsie Sioux before and during the Sex Pistols concert, Notre Dame de France, November 15, 1976
Photos by John Ingham
#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Viv Albertine, Steve Severin, Kenny Morris, Sarah Hall and Siouxsie Sioux before and during the Sex Pistols concert, Notre Dame de France, November 15, 1976
Photos by John Ingham
#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
49 years ago today
Viv Albertine, Steve Severin, Kenny Morris, Sarah Hall and Siouxsie Sioux before and during the Sex Pistols concert, Notre Dame de France, November 15, 1976
Photos by John Ingham
#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Viv Albertine, Steve Severin, Kenny Morris, Sarah Hall and Siouxsie Sioux before and during the Sex Pistols concert, Notre Dame de France, November 15, 1976
Photos by John Ingham
#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #history #punkrockhistory #otd
42 years ago
City Baby's Revenge is the second studio album by the British street punk band Charged G.B.H, released November 1983 by Clay Records
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #streetpunk #chargedgbh #history #punkrockhistory
City Baby's Revenge is the second studio album by the British street punk band Charged G.B.H, released November 1983 by Clay Records
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #streetpunk #chargedgbh #history #punkrockhistory
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
42 years ago
City Baby's Revenge is the second studio album by the British street punk band Charged G.B.H, released November 1983 by Clay Records
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #streetpunk #chargedgbh #history #punkrockhistory
City Baby's Revenge is the second studio album by the British street punk band Charged G.B.H, released November 1983 by Clay Records
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #streetpunk #chargedgbh #history #punkrockhistory
45 years ago today
Guitarist Viv Altertine, vocalist Ari Up, drummer Budgie and bassist Tessa Pollitt of The Slits perform on stage at The Channel in Boston, Massachusetts, November 14, 1980
📸 Michael Grecco
#punkrock #womenofpunk #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Guitarist Viv Altertine, vocalist Ari Up, drummer Budgie and bassist Tessa Pollitt of The Slits perform on stage at The Channel in Boston, Massachusetts, November 14, 1980
📸 Michael Grecco
#punkrock #womenofpunk #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
45 years ago today
Guitarist Viv Altertine, vocalist Ari Up, drummer Budgie and bassist Tessa Pollitt of The Slits perform on stage at The Channel in Boston, Massachusetts, November 14, 1980
📸 Michael Grecco
#punkrock #womenofpunk #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Guitarist Viv Altertine, vocalist Ari Up, drummer Budgie and bassist Tessa Pollitt of The Slits perform on stage at The Channel in Boston, Massachusetts, November 14, 1980
📸 Michael Grecco
#punkrock #womenofpunk #theslits #history #punkrockhistory #otd
51 years ago
Patti Smith and Iggy Pop and James Williamson of The Stooges in November 1974 backstage at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California.
Credit: Michael Ochs Archives
#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #iggypop #pattismith #history #punkrockhistory
Patti Smith and Iggy Pop and James Williamson of The Stooges in November 1974 backstage at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California.
Credit: Michael Ochs Archives
#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #iggypop #pattismith #history #punkrockhistory
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
51 years ago
Patti Smith and Iggy Pop and James Williamson of The Stooges in November 1974 backstage at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California.
Credit: Michael Ochs Archives
#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #iggypop #pattismith #history #punkrockhistory
Patti Smith and Iggy Pop and James Williamson of The Stooges in November 1974 backstage at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California.
Credit: Michael Ochs Archives
#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #iggypop #pattismith #history #punkrockhistory
52 years ago
The New York Dolls performing "Looking For a Kiss" at The Old Grey Whistle Test, November 1973
#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #newyorkdolls #history #punkrockhistory
The New York Dolls performing "Looking For a Kiss" at The Old Grey Whistle Test, November 1973
#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #newyorkdolls #history #punkrockhistory
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
52 years ago
The New York Dolls performing "Looking For a Kiss" at The Old Grey Whistle Test, November 1973
#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #newyorkdolls #history #punkrockhistory
The New York Dolls performing "Looking For a Kiss" at The Old Grey Whistle Test, November 1973
#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #newyorkdolls #history #punkrockhistory
Released 33 years ago
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
Live at Pinkpop 1993
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
Live at Pinkpop 1993
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Released 33 years ago
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
Live at Pinkpop 1993
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
Live at Pinkpop 1993
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
47 years ago today
The Scream is the debut studio album by British goth punk rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on this day in 1978
The album marks a big and important milestone for the post punk /goth punkrock genre
#punkrock #gothpunkrock #thescream #history #otd
The Scream is the debut studio album by British goth punk rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on this day in 1978
The album marks a big and important milestone for the post punk /goth punkrock genre
#punkrock #gothpunkrock #thescream #history #otd
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
47 years ago today
The Scream is the debut studio album by British goth punk rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on this day in 1978
The album marks a big and important milestone for the post punk /goth punkrock genre
#punkrock #gothpunkrock #thescream #history #otd
The Scream is the debut studio album by British goth punk rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on this day in 1978
The album marks a big and important milestone for the post punk /goth punkrock genre
#punkrock #gothpunkrock #thescream #history #otd
45 years ago today
Wendy O Williams / Plasmatics performing on stage in Boston, Massachusetts, November 13, 1980
Photos by Michael Grecco
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #wendyowilliams #plasmatics #history #punkrockhistory
Wendy O Williams / Plasmatics performing on stage in Boston, Massachusetts, November 13, 1980
Photos by Michael Grecco
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #wendyowilliams #plasmatics #history #punkrockhistory
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
45 years ago today
Wendy O Williams / Plasmatics performing on stage in Boston, Massachusetts, November 13, 1980
Photos by Michael Grecco
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #wendyowilliams #plasmatics #history #punkrockhistory
Wendy O Williams / Plasmatics performing on stage in Boston, Massachusetts, November 13, 1980
Photos by Michael Grecco
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #wendyowilliams #plasmatics #history #punkrockhistory
33 years ago
Crosses all music genres and was released in November 1992
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
Crosses all music genres and was released in November 1992
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 AM
33 years ago
Crosses all music genres and was released in November 1992
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
Crosses all music genres and was released in November 1992
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
Released 43 years ago
Back from Samoa, the debut full-length album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans, featuring the track ⬇️
Angry Samoans - "Time Has Come Today"
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #angrysamoans #backfromsamoa #history #punkrockhistory
Back from Samoa, the debut full-length album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans, featuring the track ⬇️
Angry Samoans - "Time Has Come Today"
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #angrysamoans #backfromsamoa #history #punkrockhistory
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Released 43 years ago
Back from Samoa, the debut full-length album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans, featuring the track ⬇️
Angry Samoans - "Time Has Come Today"
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #angrysamoans #backfromsamoa #history #punkrockhistory
Back from Samoa, the debut full-length album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans, featuring the track ⬇️
Angry Samoans - "Time Has Come Today"
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #angrysamoans #backfromsamoa #history #punkrockhistory
Happy birthday to Kathleen Hanna, American singer, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, lead singer of the feminist punk band Bikini Kill, frontwoman of Le Tigre in the late 1990s, born this day 1968 in Portland
📸 Allison Michael Orenstein
#womenofpunk #kathleenhanna #riotgrrrl #otd
📸 Allison Michael Orenstein
#womenofpunk #kathleenhanna #riotgrrrl #otd
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Happy birthday to Kathleen Hanna, American singer, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, lead singer of the feminist punk band Bikini Kill, frontwoman of Le Tigre in the late 1990s, born this day 1968 in Portland
📸 Allison Michael Orenstein
#womenofpunk #kathleenhanna #riotgrrrl #otd
📸 Allison Michael Orenstein
#womenofpunk #kathleenhanna #riotgrrrl #otd
43 years ago
Back from Samoa is the debut full-length album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans, released in November 1982
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #angrysamoans #backfromsamoa #history #punkrockhistory
Back from Samoa is the debut full-length album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans, released in November 1982
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #angrysamoans #backfromsamoa #history #punkrockhistory
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
43 years ago
Back from Samoa is the debut full-length album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans, released in November 1982
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #angrysamoans #backfromsamoa #history #punkrockhistory
Back from Samoa is the debut full-length album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans, released in November 1982
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #angrysamoans #backfromsamoa #history #punkrockhistory
Released 48 years ago today in the USA
"Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols," with the bonus track "Submission," which is also an outstanding song in my opinion.
Sex Pistols - Submission
#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #punkrockhistory #otd
"Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols," with the bonus track "Submission," which is also an outstanding song in my opinion.
Sex Pistols - Submission
#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #punkrockhistory #otd
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Released 48 years ago today in the USA
"Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols," with the bonus track "Submission," which is also an outstanding song in my opinion.
Sex Pistols - Submission
#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #punkrockhistory #otd
"Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols," with the bonus track "Submission," which is also an outstanding song in my opinion.
Sex Pistols - Submission
#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #punkrockhistory #otd
Remembering Julian Keith Levene, English musician who was a founding member of both the Clash and Public Image Ltd (PiL).
Levene died from complications of liver cancer at his home in Norfolk on 11 Nov. 2022, aged 65
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #keithlevene #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Levene died from complications of liver cancer at his home in Norfolk on 11 Nov. 2022, aged 65
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #keithlevene #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Remembering Julian Keith Levene, English musician who was a founding member of both the Clash and Public Image Ltd (PiL).
Levene died from complications of liver cancer at his home in Norfolk on 11 Nov. 2022, aged 65
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #keithlevene #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Levene died from complications of liver cancer at his home in Norfolk on 11 Nov. 2022, aged 65
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #keithlevene #history #punkrockhistory #otd