“How can I say I regret heroin? It would be like saying, ‘Wouldn’t you rather be somebody else?’ It’s a meaningless thing to say.”
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PRE-PUNK: RICHARD HELL AND PATTI OLDENBURG
"I’m a big mess, I’m confused, insecure, all that said I’m also egotistical. Part of the impulse to make works does come from that desire to have some meaningful result from your existence."
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"Last week [Billboard] reported that Laurent’s creative director Hedi Slimane made Marilyn Manson the face of the brand, making it cool for boys everywhere to rock thick eyeliner and dark lipstick..."
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"Of course, Ecclesiastes is everlastingly right. Nothing was new. Boris Karloff wore four-inch platform boots in Frankenstein in 1931. Multi-zippered Schott black-leather motorcycle jackets and tight blue jeans were de rigueur street-punk fashion within a year of the release of The Wild One in 1953. Mohawk haircuts also date from the 1950s."
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Philanthropunks embody, quite literally, the most positive aspects of Punk ethos: a do it yourself mindset (DIY); a fierce disregard of accepted tradition; collaboration; tireless observation of a grim world that yet vibrant with potential.
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Punk has become a hackneyed reference – as cliched in fashion as, say, Belle de Jour or doomed 70s heiress Talitha Getty. But despite that ubiquitousness, it has never quite lost its rebel yell. In fact, its power has possibly increased as youth culture has become more and more homogenised and glossy.
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"According to the Mail on Sunday, Wintour described the statue as a 'needless distraction' and his since scrapped plans for the interactive artwork."
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
Thursday, November 21 | 6:00 pm
Great Hall (new location!)
Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center
Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil
Authors Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil present their book, Please Kill Me, the first oral history of punk, in which Iggy Pop, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Malcolm McLaren, and scores of other punk figures scrutinize, eulogize, and idealize the most nihilist of all pop movements. A book signing will follow the presentation.
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Taken in the streets, clubs, basements and bars of London between 1978 and 1987, photographer Derek Ridgers’s newest book is a stunning glimpse into the stylish British youth movements from this time.People dressing up and going out have always been central to Derek’s work from the first days of punk through to the fetish and fringe … Continue reading LONDON YOUTH PHOTOS BY DEREK RIDGERS 1978-87
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BY ALEX MOORE VIA DEATH AND TAXES A punk band from Finland is looking to make this year’s Eurovision Song Contest a little more interesting. PKN (Pertti Kurikan Nimipaivat) is a four-piece punk band whose members all have Down Syndrome—some are also autistic. They’ve been playing together for the last six years and were the … Continue reading PUNK BAND WITH DOWN SYNDROME RAISES AWARENESS FOR EUROVISION!
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By Johnny Puke, as told to Legs McNeil
Art by Brian Walsby
I never paid much attention to GG Allin when he was alive because I thought he was a talentless bottom feeder who’d do anything to get attention. Consequently, I never bothered with his music, and stayed away from reading about him. I mean, compared to my pals in the Ramones, what could Allin possibly have to offer? GG seemed like a spectacular mess who was just taking up space until he killed himself. I didn’t really need any more garbage heaps in my life. But after he died, my best friend Tom Hearn told me he’d hung out with GG a few times in New Haven, Connecticut, and that he was a nice guy.
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BY JOHN LELAND VIA NY TIMESPhotographs Credit William Coupon William Coupon photographed Ronald Reagan and he photographed Lydia Lunch, both in the same way: against a backdrop of hand-painted Belgian linen, side-lit by a single fixture. For three and a half decades, he has varied little from this method, whether working in the Oval Office … Continue reading PUNK PORTRAITS OF NEW YORK! (NY TIMES)
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BY SEAN VIA CVLT NATION Being a punk in SoCal during the early 80’s was not an easy thing to do or be, but compared to other parts of the world, we had it pretty good! I’m just saying – yeah, some of us came from fucked up hoods with mad gangs, but places like Yugoslavia … Continue reading PORTRAITS OF…YUGOSLAVIAN 80’S PUNK CULTURE! (CVLT NATION)
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TONY RETTMAN VIA VILLAGE VOICE The Stimulators Anyone with a half way decent record collection and half working brain knows New York City is the birthplace of punk. And I’m not trying to start beef here; I’m just trying to lay down some truth. This week our sister paper the L.A. Weekly ran a wrongheaded … Continue reading WHY NEW YORK IS MORE PUNK THAN LOS ANGELES! (VILLAGE VOICE)
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People said, “You must be so brave, looking like that out in the street.” I’d often wear a mohair jumper with suspenders and stockings and see-through knickers. It was nothing to do with bravery. Quite the opposite. It was about feeling comfortable and at one with yourself. I always liked dressing my own way.
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Borrowing from the grunge, garage rock, and, yes, even pop genres, punk rock is pushing its own boundaries to create some seriously good tunes. From girl-power groups like Bleached, Potty Mouth, and Girlpool to the politically motivated Downtown Boys and G.L.O.S.S., check out the most exciting punk bands of the moment in the gallery below.
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Disappointed and saddened by what awaits him, graduating senior Fred Dunbar is coming to terms with the fact that he will never fulfill his dream of dropping out of college to pursue a music career.
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Atomage specialised in gasmask fantasies, PVC and rubber fetishism, heralding in a new form of freedom for sexual expression where amateurs and models are given equal rights across the pages of Atomage.
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BACK IN THE PUNK DAYS, WHEN CBGB WAS THE PLACE TO BE!
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Working with Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McClaren, performing with the Sex Pistols and acting for Derek Jarman – Jordan Mooney reflects on a life of iconoclasm
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