Category: Punk Rock

  • Michael Grecco, US punk and post punk photographer – interview

    Michael Grecco, US punk and post punk photographer – interview

    Michael Grecco, US punk and post punk photographer – interview Photographer and filmmaker Michael Grecco was in London recently, exhibiting at Photo London in support of his book Punk Post Punk New Wave published last | Louder Than War via Louder Than War: https://louderthanwar.com/michael-grecco-us-punk-and-post-punk-photographer-interview/ Photographer and filmmaker Michael Grecco was in London recently, exhibiting at…

  • Photos showing a different side to skinhead culture today

    Photos showing a different side to skinhead culture today

    Photos showing a different side to skinhead culture today Photographer Owen Harvey discusses his project spotlighting young anti-fascist skinheads, who are countering the dominant narrative around a widely misunderstood subculture. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photos-showing-a-different-side-to-skinhead-culture-today/ Photographer Owen Harvey discusses his project spotlighting young anti-fascist skinheads, who are countering the dominant narrative around a widely misunderstood subculture.

  • The LA punks throwing ‘Covid-safe’ backyard shows

    The LA punks throwing ‘Covid-safe’ backyard shows

    The LA punks throwing ‘Covid-safe’ backyard shows Last summer saw a string of raucous outdoor gigs in Los Angeles. Many attendees wore masks and at some of the shows, there were temperature checks before entry – critics say they’re being reckless, but they claim they’re just keeping their scene alive. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/the-la-punks-throwing-covid-safe-backyard-shows/ “It…

  • Austin’s Rule-Breaking ’80s Punk Scene On Full Display In ‘Texas Is The Reason’ | Texas Standard

    Austin’s Rule-Breaking ’80s Punk Scene On Full Display In ‘Texas Is The Reason’ | Texas Standard

    Austin’s Rule-Breaking ’80s Punk Scene On Full Display In ‘Texas Is The Reason’ Photojournalist Pat Blashill’s new book features previously unpublished photos of bands that challenged racism and conservatism. via Texas Standard: https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/austins-rule-breaking-80s-punk-scene-on-full-display-in-texas-is-the-reason/ Photojournalist Pat Blashill’s new book features previously unpublished photos of bands that challenged racism and conservatism.

  • Chris Killip: The Station and a Note of Gratitude – AMERICAN SUBURB X

    Chris Killip: The Station and a Note of Gratitude – AMERICAN SUBURB X

    Chris Killip: The Station and a Note of Gratitude “Killip was a human first and an observer or lucid chronicler second” Chris Killip is known for his immeasurable and singular vision of Britain during the 70’s 80’s and 90’s. To place emphasis on his work in a genre-fied manner would belittle his an via AMERICAN…

  • Chris Killip on his timeless portrait of working class punk culture

    Chris Killip on his timeless portrait of working class punk culture

    Chris Killip on his timeless portrait of working class punk culture For decades, Chris Killip forgot about his photographs of an old Gateshead punk club. But today, they’ve taken on brand new meaning. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/chris-killip-the-station-interview-punks-gateshead-1985/ For three decades, the seminal photographer’s shots of an old anarcho-punk club sat gathering dust in a box.…

  • A life in colour: Capturing the punks of 1980s Britain

    A life in colour: Capturing the punks of 1980s Britain

    A life in colour: Capturing the punks of 1980s Britain Street photographer Shirley Baker would travel to London’s Camden Market every weekend, mesmerised by the area’s rebellious youth movement. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/a-life-in-colour-capturing-the-punks-of-1980s-britain/ Street photographer Shirley Baker would travel to London’s Camden Market every weekend, mesmerised by the area’s rebellious youth movement.

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Rock Against Racism: Photographs From a Unique Moment in 1970s Britian

    Juxtapoz Magazine – Rock Against Racism: Photographs From a Unique Moment in 1970s Britian Between 1976 and 1981, the movement Rock Against Racism (RAR) confronted racist ideology in the streets, parks and town halls of Britain. RAR was form… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/rock-against-racism-photographs-from-a-unique-moment-in-1970s-britian/ RAR did not have an official photographer but Syd Shelton has produced the largest…

  • An exclusive chat with photographer Chris Killip and his son – who uncovered a lost archive of an 80s punk venue

    An exclusive chat with photographer Chris Killip and his son – who uncovered a lost archive of an 80s punk venue

    An exclusive chat with photographer Chris Killip and his son – who uncovered a lost archive of an 80s punk venue In 2016, Matthew Killip discovered a box of contact sheets at his father’s studio documenting 80s punk venue, The Station. Here, the father and son chat about this serendipitous recovery. Link: https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/chris-killip-the-station-photography-150420?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29 In 2016,…

  • Roberta Bayley, the queen of punk, on New York’s raw years

    Roberta Bayley, the queen of punk, on New York’s raw years

    Roberta Bayley, the queen of punk, on New York’s raw years After living in London in the early ’70s, California native Roberta Bayley arrived in New York in 1974 because it was the only return ticket she could afford back to the States.  Serendipity served Bayley well. She soon met a young musician by the…

  • Hard Art DC 1979

    Link: HARD ART DC 1979 is a forthcoming book and traveling exhibition of photographs by Lucian Perkins with writing by Alec MacKaye and a contribution by Henry Rollins.

  • Ruby Ray :Punk Passage

    Link: Punk Passage: A Tragicomic Romp Thru the Hardcore Axis of the SF/LA Punk Scene 1977–1981 is Ruby Ray’s first book, as DIY as anything she has ever done. Produced exclusively as a photographic ebook, Ray has amassed the best of her archive into an explosive volume of style, angst, and art set adrift the…

  • western front by stanley greene

    Link: But in San Francisco, it was particular. It was called “Art and Music” The Mutants, The Dills, Flipper, Crime, SVT, The Yanks, Tuxedo Moon, The Tubes, Los Lobos, The Avengers, Dead Kennedys and Romeo Void, U2. Many of them were students at the San Francisco Art Institute. Members of The Mutants and Romeo Void…

  • Alice Wheeler’s Outcasts & Innocents: Three decades of music and culture in the Pacific Northwest (PHOTOS).

    The Pacific Northwest in the ’90s Was More Than Just Nirvana When Alice Wheeler first came onto the Seattle scene in the early 1980s, most male photographers told her that her style of photography, especially the… via Slate Magazine: https://slate.com/culture/2015/11/alice-wheelers-outcasts-innocents-three-decades-of-music-and-culture-in-the-pacific-northwest-photos.html When Alice Wheeler first came onto the Seattle scene in the early 1980s, most male…

  • Punk Ass Motherf**kers — Cuepoint — Medium

    Punk Ass Motherf**kers — Cuepoint — Medium

    Punk Ass Motherf**kers Iconic images of Black Flag, Minor Threat, Bad Brains and more punk rock legends, untangled by photographer Glen E. Friedman via Medium: https://medium.com/cuepoint/punk-ass-motherf-kers-d702ffecc284 Iconic images of Black Flag, Minor Threat, Bad Brains and more punk rock legends, untangled by photographer Glen E. Friedman

  • riot fest — LOCK + LAND

    Link: Riot Fest hit Denver this weekend with a lineup of 80 bands over three days of craziness. LOCK + LAND was there to document the debauchery. Clad in leather studded jackets, Misfit t-shirts, and mohawks for days, the crowd looked ready to riot, but really for as big as this event was, it was…

  • ‘The Very Top Guy in the Stasi was Personally Involved in Figuring Out How to Destroy Punk.’

    ‘The Very Top Guy in the Stasi was Personally Involved in Figuring Out How to Destroy Punk.’ – Longreads Author Tim Mohr talks about East Germany’s dissident punk rock scene, and its role in bringing down the Berlin Wall in 1989 — the story behind his remarkable new book, ‘Burning Down The Haus.’ via Longreads:…

  • Florida’s hardcore punk scene, captured in its wild glory

    Florida’s hardcore punk scene, captured in its wild glory

    Florida’s hardcore punk scene, captured in its wild glory For the past three years, photographer Stefano Lemon has been documenting South Florida’s hardcore scene – a wild underdog movement that refuses to die. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/florida-untitled-stefano-lemon-hardcore-punk/ For the past three years, photographer Stefano Lemon has been documenting South Florida’s hardcore scene – an underdog…

  • Field Notes: Godlis – 10 Frames Per Second

    [contentcards url=”http://10fps.net/field-notes-godlis/”] Field Notes: Godlis – 10 Frames Per Second This week we talk to the iconic photographer and chronicler of New York’s punk scene for over 40 years. We caught up with him before his opening in The Bowery.

  • Inside Chris Stein’s Punk Photo Diary – Feature Shoot

    Inside Chris Stein’s Punk Photo Diary – Feature Shoot

    Inside Chris Stein’s Punk Photo Diary – Feature Shoot Snuky Tate, Fab 5 Freddy, and kid punk band the Brattles, 1981. The Brattles opened for the Clash at their New York City show at Bonds on Times Square. Brooklyn’s… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/12/inside-chris-steins-punk-photo-diary/ His new book, Point of View: Me, New York City, and the…