#uk punk

[newplaces2drown]

Poly Styrene performing with X Ray Spex

Photo by Kevin Cummins

[marian-1122]

The Clash in a New York taxicab , 1982 . 

©️ Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

[guerrilla-operator]

THE DAMNED. STRAWBERRIES TOUR, 1982.

[diordisordered]

[disintegreate]

low quality punks

[theclasharchives]

original postcard "end of the trail" photographed by adrian atwater on the cover of give em enough rope by the clash

[spilladabalia]

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

Edit post: photo by & © Ian Dickson.

[possible-streetwear]

Gaye Advert -  The Adverts

[lieber-honig]

Joy Division and Bauhaus blingees from a post-punk LiveJournal community (2007)

[pixiedeadbeat]

The Adverts, 1978

[weneverlearn]

R.I.P. Rick Buckler, drummer for The Jam

Very sad news from the UK.

I've never been one for the concept of "tight" playing when it comes to rock'n'roll, especially punk. But Rick Buckler had the proverbial mosquito's ass ability while hitting deceptively hard and never over-rolling away the song. It's that suave savagery that the best Mod drummers pull off (and there are only a few of those).

A friend gave me a mixtape in high school that had "Going Underground" on it, which led me to soon find The Jam's sophomore album, This Is the Modern World -- I think the first or second punk LP I ever bought.

I knew that "underground" in London parlance was a reference to their tube system, but of course more than that. For me, this song jolted through my head right as I was becoming aware that the underground was where I was headed.

The Jam, 1977 (Rick Buckler, left)

These days, with America turning into a conman's dumpster, his digital cronies controlling mass media and spreading his garbage, it's best to head back to the underground again... though I never left...

Thanks Rick.

[eroticlamb]

punk in camden market, london

[marian-1122]

The Clash performing live at the Vorst Nationaal , Forest , Brussels-Capital Region , Belgium , 1979 .

©️ Gie Knaeps/Getty Images

[guerrilla-operator]

GANG OF FOUR

[boxforblackpaul]

Poly Styrene

[disintegreate]

Counter Culture