#IdolSunday
#BillyIdol - Rebel Yell #masterpiece
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Last night, a little dancer a-came dancin' to my door
Last night, a little angel came pumpin' on my floor
She said, "A-come, baby, you got a license for love
And if it expires, pray help from above"
Because...

Released 41 years ago: *Frankenchrist*, the Dead Kennedys' third album, featuring the song "Stars and Stripes of Corruption, a timeless and, today more than ever, powerful indictment of the political establishment.

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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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Resharing a post from a few months ago because...City Gardens, the historic punk rock club in Trenton, New Jersey, is no more. The wrecking ball to effect this week, taking with it down a big part of @punkrockhistory.bsky.social .

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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

#punk #punks #punkrock #huskerdu #hüskerdü #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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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Bad Manners 3rd album Gosh It’s... was released 45 years ago today by Magnet Records on 9th October 1981. It spent 12 weeks on the UK charts peaking at number 18. Gosh It’s... spawned 2 Top 10 hits in the shape of Can Can & Walking In The Sunshine
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#ska #badmanners #2Tone

#Nico - These Days #masterpiece #JacksonBrowne
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I've been out walking
I don't do too much talking these days
These days
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
& all the times I had
The chance to
I stopped my rambling
I don't do too much gambling

Released 37 years ago
13 Songs, a compilation album by Fugazi, released on October 1989, featuring the song Bad Mouth

Fugazi at Sacred Heart Church Hall in Washington, D.C. on February 15, 1991

#punk #hardcore #hardcorepunk #posthardcore #fugazi #badmouth #punkrockhistoy

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."

#cbgb #badbrains #history #punkrockhistory

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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