Remembering Stiv Bators, who died 35 years ago today

Lords Of The New Church - Dance With Me

Released 44 years ago

'Six Pack' by American hardcore punk band Black Flag

Black Flag - "Six Pack" live in Berlin, Germany (February 18, 1983)

35 years ago today

Remembering Stiv Bators, lead singer of The Dead Boys, The Lords of the New Church and The Wanderers, who died on this day in 1990 as a result of a car accident in Paris

Edward Colver

Happy Birthday to Rebecca Louise Bond aka Beki Bondage, English singer, songwriter and frontwoman of the punk band Vice Squad, born on this day in 1963 in Bristol

44 years ago
The Minor Threat EP is the first release by the hardcore punk band Minor Threat and was released in June 1981 with a red cover

Later releases were added in order with green, yellow, and blue covers.

45 years ago
"Pay to Cum!" is the debut single by Washington DC based hardcore punk band Bad Brains, released June 1980 with "Stay Close to Me" as B-side

47 years ago
"Bullet" is the second single released by the horror punk band the Misfits.

The four tracks comprising the EP, "Bullet", "We Are 138", "Attitude", and" Hollywood Babylon" was released June 1978

Blondie at New York City, 1977

L-R: Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri, Nigel Harrison, Frank Infante, Clem Burke

Roberta Bayley

Rest in Power Clem

48 years ago today
The BBC announced a ban on the new Sex Pistols single 'God Save The Queen' saying it's, "in gross bad taste".

70 years young
Happy Birthday Topper Headon, drummer for punk rock band The Clash, born on this day in 1955, Bromley, Kent, England

The Clash "Clampdown" April 25, 1980

1982

A year that produced a host of unforgettable punk rock releases.

Here's a selection. Do you have one or more favorites?

Patricia Anne Rainone, better known by her stage name Patricia Morrison, bass guitarist for the Bags, the Gun Club, Fur Bible, The Sisters of Mercy, and the Damned.

Ebet Roberts - The Gun Club, Peppermint Club, NYC, 1982

A fascist at a punk rock bowling concert in Vegas 2025

He found it out

42 years ago today
The Clash – US Festival – San Bernardino, California – May 28, 1983.

Mick Jones’ final performance with The Clash.

Steve Rapport

Happy Birthday to Siouxsie Sioux, born on this day in 1957, London, England

Siouxsie And The Banshees (with Robert Smith) - Spellbound (Live at Royal Albert Hall 1983)

37 years ago
Chi Pig with SNFU at the Speedway Cafe, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 1988.

What an extraordinary artist and person he was

Photo by Trent Nelson

48 years ago today
Devo performs at Max's Kansas City in New York on May 25, 1977.

Photo by Ebet Roberts

35 years ago today, girl power at the Bowery

L7 and Lunachicks at CBGB, May 25, 1990.

Photos by Chris Boarts Larson.

47 years ago
Dead Boys with Divine and friends onstage at CBGB in New York City, May 1978.

Photo by Bob Gruen

38 years ago
Dr Know and Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains at Lancaster Gate Hotel, London, May 1987.

Photo by David Corio