#early punk scene

[theunderestimator-2]

Siouxsie dancing during a gig with The Banshees at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, in 1980, as captured by Mike “Dawkeye” Dawkins.

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[spilladabalia]

Early X Ray Spex with Lora Logic on sax, live 1977, photographer unlisted.

Edit post: photo by & © Ian Dickson.

[margaretcruzemark]

Siouxsie Sioux trying to manage love and affection

[dirtlvr]

older brother core

𖤐ﾟ.*･｡

[blognkodeeter]

hayley williams is the coolest person in the world

[vixen-07]

[ourphantomsforeverr]

“Unauthorized duplication will result in gerard coming to your house and sucking your blood”

i love my bullets cd more than anything

[lina-princessxx]

[warhysteria]

Dino Sommese from Dystopia

[youknowhowido]

life, love, god, and guilt slowdance on the inside... - taking back sunday // until it kills - midtown // asleep in the chapel - thursday // the sharp hint of new tears - dashboard confessional

[theunderestimator-2]

The Raincoats as photographed by Janette Beckman for Rough Trade records while rehearsing in London for their 1979 debut album. As the photographer recalls: "...I went to shoot them at their rehearsal space, but if you look at that picture, you can see that it's a toilet. They were literally in the bathroom practicing. It's just so punk and the place is kind of a wreck."

Ana da Silva and Gina Birch formed the group in 1977 after seeing the Slits perform. As Birch stated in an interview, "It was as if suddenly I was given permission. It never occurred to me that I could be in a band. Girls didn’t do that. But when I saw The Slits doing it, I thought, ‘This is me. This is mine.’ Palmolive, the Slits' ex-drummer at the time, actually joined them in '78, performing with the line-up that played live and recorded the debut album.

A weird fact for this all-girl band that was influential for so many female artists, is that it actually took a guy to help younger generations re-appreciate them and that's why the Raincoats somehow always seem to be mentioned along with Curt Cobain, since his enthusiasm for their music brought them back from obscurity in the '90s after citing them as one of his favourite bands and writing the liner notes for the reissues of their albums.

If you ask me, I think ol' Johnny Rotten was spot on when he said that: "The Raincoats offered a completely different way of doing things, as did X-Ray Spex and all the books about punk have failed to realise that these women were involved for no other reason than that they were good and original".

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[spilladabalia]

Poly Styrene. Photo by & © Pennie Smith.

[le-fandom-prince]

what if...bring back this era

just a suggestion

[scemoliveson]

January 1, 2005 My Room Posted by Carol Anne Gauthier on Flickr

[miss-major]

Blingee Gifs 🩷🖤

[creepydollyyy]

𝑱𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒏 𝑽𝒂𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒛 - 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 "𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒁𝒊𝒎" 👽 🖤💚🖤