50 years ago

Patti Smith cuddling her Fender Duo-Sonic guitar, while napping backstage in October 1976.

Photo by Lynn Goldsmith

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41 years ago today
Concerts and their atmosphere that are simply unforgettable.

Bad Brains, Wabash Hall, October 11, 1985, San Diego, California

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Notes
the album Frankenchrist was censored by the PMRC because of an accompanying poster: a painting by H.R. Giger with self-fertilizing penises. Frank Zappa supported Dead Kennedys in their legal battle against this censorship

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41 years ago
Frankenchrist is the third album by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys, released October 1985 includes the powerful political statement 'Stars and Stripes of Corruption'

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Basketball Diaries’ author Jim Caroll’s Catholic Boy LP is a little-known classic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=di4d...
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Basketball Diaries’ author Jim Caroll’s Catholic Boy LP is a little-known classic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=di4d...
#punk #punkrock #punkrockhistory #IndieMusic #MyDailyEarworm #goth #5oYearsOfPunk #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #NowPlaying #BestSongHeardToday #ClassicRock #alt #Rock #AlternativeRock

Basketball Diaries’ author Jim Caroll’s Catholic Boy LP is a little-known classic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=di4d...
#punk #punkrock #punkrockhistory #IndieMusic #MyDailyEarworm #goth #5oYearsOfPunk #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #NowPlaying #BestSongHeardToday #ClassicRock #alt #Rock #AlternativeRock

39 years ago today
Husker Du (Greg Norton, Grant Hart and Bob Mould) at the Vic Theater in Chicago Illinois, October 10, 1987.

Photo by Paul Natkin

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Joe Strummer on the streets of New York City

The photo is by his longtime friend and photographer Josh Cheuse.

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45 years ago today, an incredible show in San Francisco

Dead Kennedys, The Feederz and Black Flag, Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, October 10, 1981.

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20 years ago today
The Bad Brains performed at the legendary CBGB club in New York City on October 9, 2006, to protest the club's impending closure

That evening, the band performed several songs, including "I Against I," "The Regulator," and "Pay to Cum."

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46 years ago -  The Damned, October 1980

Left to right: drummer Rat Scabies, singer Dave Vanian, guitarist Captain Sensible and bassist Paul Gray.

Photo by Michael Putland

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37 years ago
13 Songs is a compilation album by the hardcore punk band Fugazi, released on October 1989 by Dischord Records, and consists of all the songs from the band's first two EPs, Fugazi and Margin Walker.

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Released 48 years ago
Moving Targets is the debut studio album by English punk band Penetration, featuring the track Lovers of Outrage

PENETRATION - Lovers of Outrage "Live Reading 25th August 1978"

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20 years ago today

The last hardcore matinee at CBGB, October 8, 2006 😖

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In memory of John William Cummings, alias Johnny Ramone, American songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of the Ramones, born in Forest Hills, who would have turned 78 today.

📸 by Gus Stewart

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48 years ago
Moving Targets is the debut studio album by English punk band Penetration, released in October 1978 and was one of the British punk scene's most important album releases.

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #movingtarget #penetration #history #punkrockhistory

Terrific track from Patti’s brilliant 2nd LP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToRH...
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Terrific track from Patti’s brilliant 2nd LP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToRH...
#punk #punkrock #punkrockhistory #IndieMusic #Bandcamp #MyDailyEarworm #goth #5oYearsOfPunk #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #NowPlaying #BestSongHeardToday #ClassicRock #alt #Rock #VinylCommunity #PattiSmith #AlternativeRock

Terrific track from Patti’s brilliant 2nd LP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToRH...
#punk #punkrock #punkrockhistory #IndieMusic #Bandcamp #MyDailyEarworm #goth #5oYearsOfPunk #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #NowPlaying #BestSongHeardToday #ClassicRock #alt #Rock #VinylCommunity #PattiSmith #AlternativeRock