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Hippie Flag, 1984

(l-r): Henry Rollins, Greg Ginn, Kira Roessler, and Bill Stevenson

Photo by Naomi Petersen

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44 years ago today

Joy Division filmed "Love Will Tear Us Apart" music video in Manchester, England on this day in 1980.

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71th birthday for this wonderful Lady 💜

Happy Birthday to Kim Althea Gordon, American musician, singer, songwriter, visual artist, and actress, born on this day in 1953, Rochester, New York.

📸 Sebastian Kim

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26 years ago today

End Hits is the fifth studio album by American post-hardcore /hardcore punk band Fugazi, released on this day in 1998 by Dischord Records

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39 years ago - pure 💥 punk rock energy ⚡

Circle Jerks in Austin, Texas, April 1985.

Photo by Edward Colver

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76th birthday and full of energy and power 😍

Happy birthday to Catherine Elizabeth Pierson aka Kate Pierson, American singer, lyricist and one of the singers and founding members of B-52, born on this day in 1948.

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1979 was also a great year for punk rock, post-punk or ska releases.

I put my favorite of the year in the middle.

Which 1979 release stands out for you?

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35 years ago today

Best Wishes is the second album by the New York hardcore punk band Cro-Mags, released on this day in 1989, and the first album on which Harley Flanagan took on both bass and vocal duties

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40 years ago

Lux Interior and Nick Cave - giving their best mischevious looks - backstage at Perkins Palace in Pasedena when Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds opened up for The Cramps on June 22nd, 1984.

📸 by Chris Amouroux

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44 years ago today

Los Angeles is the debut studio album by American Punk rock band X, released on this day in 1980 by Slash Records and produced by ex-Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek

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27 years ago

Rancid bandmates Lars Fredericksen and Tim Armstrong, pose together with Joey Ramone for a portrait in April 1997 at Joey Ramone's apartment in NYC.

Photo by Bob Berg

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43 years ago

The Cramps perform Live at the Roxy in April 1981 in Los Angeles, California.

Photo by Michael Ochs Archives

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Remembering Poly Styrene, British musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. She died of metastatic breast cancer on 25 April 2011, at the age of 53

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The Descendents Collection from 1982 to 2021

Studio albums, live albums and compilations

Do you have a favorite?

For me it's like almost always, the debut album left such a lasting impression on me, it will probably always remain my top favorite

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47 years ago

The Damned outside CBGB's club on the Bowery in New York in April 1977.

L-R Rat Scabies, Dave Vanian, Brian James, Captain Sensible

Photo by Roberta Bayley

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Released 42 years ago

Know Your Rights, a song of The Clash from their album Combat Rock

Here is a special clip of this song

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Happy Birthday Raymond Ian Burns aka Captain Sensible, singer, songwriter, bass player and co-founder of the punk rock band The Damned, born on this day in 1954, London

📸 Erica Echenberg

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