Punk and New Wave thread.

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Seen SLF five times in the early eighties. Good memories. Seen the Skids at the Academy last year with my 36 year old son.

SLF was my first gig, aged 17, July 1980

 

[aka blue jambo]

King Kurt edinburgh

 

[eastmanc]

SLF was my first gig, aged 17, July 1980

Mine too 1981 Apollo. Aged 17.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Sid Vicious's birth certificate
Simon John Ritchie
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I've got a large framed early pic of The Pistols , from 1975, signed by Glen Matlock.. below the pic is a bit of detail about the start of the band starting with the immortal quote
" are you trying to createt trouble sonny ?" said the young police constable in perfect earnest ...

Goes on to describe how the band were .looking for their first gig and kept pestering their supposed manager Malcolm! McLaren to sort something out....Glen Matlock then took it upon himself to book 2 gigs at St Martin's school of art..where he was social secretary for the year 1975....how convenient. The band supported Bazooka Joe,a rockabilly outfit from north london....who had Stuart Goddard in their line up.
Lots of tension between the two bands on the night and it all kicked off !

 

[Stephen230]

Weird when you realise that people in their mid 20s when punk started are now in their 70s.

I overheard three old timers in the boozer the other week talking about music. Was expecting them to be reminiscing about Vera Lynn and shit. But I overheard them talking about The Clash and The Ramones instead.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Weird when you realise that people in their mid 20s when punk started are now in their 70s.

I overheard three old timers in the boozer the other week talking about music. Was expecting them to be reminiscing about Vera Lynn and shit. But I overheard them talking about The Clash and The Ramones instead.

Johnny, Siouxsie and Billy Idol are.all approaching 70!
And then there is Charlie Harper!

 

[Stephen230]

Johnny, Siouxsie and Billy Idol are.all approaching 70!
And then there is Charlie Harper!

Fuck me. That guy looked in his 50s back in the 80s.

Must be either dead or the oldest living human now.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Banned from the .....covid thread/ Roxy.

 

[PinkFinal]

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Enjoyed that. Never heard before.
Thought provoking.
Cheers for posting.