#jenny lens

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Joan Jett and Lita Ford, The Runaways, 1977.

Photo by Jenny Lens

[bitter69uk]

“He was Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious rolled into one, a befuddled punk prophet with a brilliant mind. Darby Crash presided over the birth of the LA punk scene in 1977 and signaled its demise with his own self-inflicted death three years later. His was a vision of chaos that would never come to pass but left in its wake a legacy of destruction and one fiery punk classic, the Germs' 1979 Joan Jett-produced album, G.I.” 

/ From “Darby Crash: Saint Anger” by Chris Campion, Dazed Digital, October 2014 /

Born on this day 65 years ago: feral frontman of first-generation Los Angeles punk band the Germs, Darby Crash (aka Bobby Pyn, real name: Jan Paul Beahm, 26 September 1958 - 7 December 1980). We don’t talk nearly enough about quite how gorgeous Crash was. “Sex Boy” indeed! (The doomed US punk equivalent of Sid Vicious, Crash died of a heroin overdose aged 22). Swallow a fistful of ‘ludes, smear yourself in peanut butter and blast “Forming”, “Lexicon Devil” or “Media Blitz” LOUD today in his memory!

[traderrock]

Darby Crash in London, 1980.

Photo: Jenny Lens.

[manitat]

Ramones at the Whisky A Go Go... Feb 16, 1977... Photo by Jenny Lens...

[spilladabalia]

Marliz, "How To Look Punk", part 1. Handbook, © Marliz 1977. On the cover and modelling: Helen Killer, Belinda Carlisle and Pleasant Puss. All photos © Jenny Lens.

[m00ndingochan]

Dee Dee Ramone by Jenny Lens

[m-00-ndingochan]

Joey Ramone in Chinatown Los Angeles 1977 by Jenny Lens

[xabiramone]

Happy Tuesday with the Ramones, punks!!

Good moin !

The Whisky a go go

Los Angeles

February 1977

photo/Jenny Lens

[agnesandhilda]

see this is what I'm talking about when I say that the standard superhero/sidekick dynamic is a child abuse nightmare waiting to happen. an extremely small, insular society full of people who exist outside traditional systems of accountability not that those always help and in fact act as a sort of pseudopolice in themselves, and who are the only ones able to check each other's behavior. an extremely wealthy man kidnaps a child and his friends (also super-empowered pseudocops) are internally torn up over how to investigate him, or whether to investigate him at all. superheroes (ostensibly) exist to handle crimes the police can't, but who polices the superheroes? because they're certainly not doing it

[unprofessionaldoodler]

did the twitter color wheel meme

[m00ndingochan]

The Screamers

August 1977: Tomata Du Plenty, Tommy Gear and Pleasant Gehman.

Photo: Jenny Lens

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Here comes the bride.

Debbie Harry by Jenny Lens.

[galixielix]

[absolute-lithops-effecting]

BRO Y'ALL GOTTA LISTEN TO AMBIVALENT LANDSCAPE Z BY THE EXTRA LENS I'M GOING INSANE THIS FUCKING SONGG I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S RELATED TO THE JENNY STORY LIKEE THE WATER TOWER?? "I'LL NEVER SEE AGAIN, SO UNTIL THEN"?? "THREW YOUR CAR KEYS AWAY, LEFT A BUNCH OF DUMMY FOOTPRINTS ON THE CLAY"?? HE TRIED TO FOLLOWED THEIR DIRECTION?? HELP ME??

[ventismacchiato]

*slips you a 20 to write me in as naris s/o* wink wink nudge nudge

what do you expect me to do if ur on anon…

“nari is dating anonymous!” u sound so goofy

[spilladabalia]

Marliz, "How To Look Punk", part 2. Handbook, © Marliz 1977. On the cover and modelling: Helen Killer, Belinda Carlisle and Pleasant Puss. All photos © Jenny Lens.