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48 years ago
Handsome Dick Manitoba of The Dictators, Mark Perry of the punk fanzine Sniffin Glue and Joan Jett of The Runaways in London, England, November 1977.

Photo by Bob Gruen

#punk #punks #punkrock #thedictators #joanjett #womanofpunk #history #punkrockhistory

45 years ago today
Siouxsie Sioux performs on stage with Siouxsie and the Banshees at the Apollo in Manchester, England on October 14, 1980.

Photo by Kevin Cummins

#punk #punks #punkrock #gothpunkrock #siouxsiesioux #womanofpunk #history #punkrockhistory #otd

33 years ago
Poison Ivy of The Cramps, the queen of psychobilly punk rock, at Tamaris Rock Festival, August 1992.

Photo by Demed

#punk #punks #punkrock #womanofpunk #poisonivy #thecramps #history #punkrockhistory

Happy Birthday to Suzi Gardner, American musician and co-founder of the punk rock / grunge band L7, born on this day in 1960, Altus, Oklahoma, US.

Photo by Gie Knaeps

#punk #punkrock #womanofpunk #punkgirls #suzigardner #l7 #history #punkrockhistory #otd

40 years ago today
Kira Roessler with Black Flag at Turner Hall, Madison, July 27, 1985.

Photo by Murray Kapell

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #womanofpunk #blackflag #kiraroessler #history #punkrockhistory #otd

45 years ago today
The punk legend Viv Albertine of the Slits performs at Alexandra Palace in London on June 15, 1980.

Photo by David Corio

#punk #punks #punkrock #womanofpunk #theslits #vivalbertine #history #punkrockhistory

In memory Poly Styrene 🖤❤️

July 3rd 1957 - April 25, 2011

X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescence (TOTP 23rd November 1978)

#punk #punks #punkrock #womanofpunk #polystyrene #xrayspex #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Remembering Poly Styrene, singer-songwriter and frontwoman of the punk rock band X-Ray Spex.

Poly died of metastatic breast cancer on 25 April 2011, at the age of 53 💔🖤

📸 Julie Davis

#punk #punkrock #polystyrene #xrayspex #womanofpunk #historyofpunk #punkrockhistory #otd

49 years ago
The Runaways' pose for a portrait on the beach in April, 1976 in Los Angeles, California.

Photo rights by Michael Ochs

#punk #punks #punkrock #womanofpunk #therunaways #history #punkrockhistory

Remembering Wendy O. Williams, lead singer of the punk rock band Plasmatics, died on this day in 1998 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 48 in Storrs, Connecticut.

#punkrock #wendyowilliams #womanofpunk #plasmatics #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Happy Birthday to Gina Volpe, founding member of the Lunachicks, born on this day in New York City

Lunachicks - "Jan Brady" Go-kart Records

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Happy Birthday to Gina Volpe (foreground), founding member of the Lunachicks, frontwoman of the New York power trio Bantam, and solo artist, born on this day in New York City

Photo: Maggie St. Thomas

#punk #punks #punkrock #womanofpunk #lunachicks #history #punkrockhistory #otd

47 years ago
The January 1978 Record Mirror bizarrely described punk pioneer Poly Styrene as a “sex symbol”.

Poly, who fought against all oppression and sexism and abhorred any form of conformism, was certainly not and did not want to be a sex symbol

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #punkrockhistoy #polystyrene #womanofpunk

Happy Birthday to Caitlin "Cait" O'Riordan, bass guitar player for the Irish punk/folk band the Pogues and later bass player with Elvis Costello, born on this day in 1965, Lagos, Nigeria

Photo by Bob Gallagher

#punk #punks #punkrock #ThePogues #womanofpunk #punkrockhistory #otd

47 years ago
Handsome Dick Manitoba of The Dictators, Mark Perry of the punk fanzine Sniffin Glue and Joan Jett of The Runaways in London, England, November 1977.

Photo by Bob Gruen

#punk #punks #punkrock #thedictators #joanjett #womanofpunk #history #punkrockhistory

44 years ago today
'New Hope for the Wretched', is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Plasmatics, released on this day in 1980 includes the singles "Butcher Baby" and "Monkey Suit"

#punk #punks #punkrock #plasmatics #womanofpunk #history #punkrockhistory #otd