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52 years ago today
New York Dolls is the debut album by the American protopunk / rock band New York Dolls, released on this day in 1973.

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July 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Best holiday cookies ever

#musicsky #glamrock #protopunk #newyorkdolls
December 22, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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In memory of Boruch Alan Bermowitz aka Alan Vega, American vocalist, founder and singer of the electronic protopunk duo Suicide, born on this day in 1938, Brooklyn

📸 Glen E. Friedman

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June 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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53 years ago today
New York Dolls is the debut album by the American protopunk / rock band New York Dolls, released July 27, 1973

#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #newyorkdolls #history #punkrockhistory #otd
July 27, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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Remembering Jerry Nolan drummer for the New York Dolls

May 7, 1946 - January 14, 1992

New York Dolls - Looking for a Kiss

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May 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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In memory of Boruch Alan Bermowitz aka Alan Vega, American vocalist, founder and singer of the electronic protopunk duo Suicide, born on this day in 1938, Brooklyn

📸 Ari Marcopoulos

#punk #punkrock #protopunk #alanvega #suicide #history #punkrockhistory #otd
June 23, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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52 years ago

Iggy Pop with the Stooges, New York City, August 1973.

Photo by Chuck Pulin

#punk #punkrock #protopunk #iggypop #thestooges #history #punkrockhistory
August 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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52 years ago
The New York Dolls performing "Looking For a Kiss" at The Old Grey Whistle Test, November 1973

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November 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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53 years ago

Iggy Pop with the Stooges, New York City, August 1973.

Photo by Chuck Pulin

#punk #punkrock #protopunk #iggypop #thestooges #history #punkrockhistory
August 12, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977).
I'm just a modern guy.
#nowspinning #vinyl #garage #protopunk #iggypop
December 6, 2024 at 2:33 AM
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52 years ago today, the New York Dolls released their self-titled album, featuring the track Looking For A Kiss

New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss / Germany Musikladen

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July 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Released 51 years ago

Raw Power, the third studio album by the Stooges, credited as Iggy and the Stooges

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February 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Happy Birthday David Johansen, frontman of the New York Dolls, who celebrates his 75th birthday today.

New York Dolls - Personality Crisis

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January 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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55 years ago today 😱
Iggy Pop, the original punk rock messiah, with the Stooges at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, June 23, 1970

Photo by Thomas Copi

#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #iggypop #thestooges #history #punkrockhistory #otd
June 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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In memory Lou Reed 🖤

March 2, 1942 - October 27, 2013

Lou Reed - A Walk On The Wild Side (Live at Farm Aid 1985)

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October 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Iggy Pop, 1994 - Alex Vanhee, photographe belge.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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56 years ago

MC5 playing Kick Out The Jams live at Tartar Field on Wayne State University Campus in Detroit on July 19th, 1970

Kick Out The Jams Motherf*ckers

#punk #punkrock #protopunk #oldschoolpunk #mc5 #kickoutthejams #history #punkrockhistory
July 25, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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Happy Birthday to Jonathan Michael Richman, guitarist and founder of the proto-punk band the Modern Lovers, born on this day in 1951, Natick, Massachusetts, US

the MODERN LOVERS "She Cracked" 1972

#protopunk #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #history #punkrockhistory #otd
May 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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55 years ago

MC5 playing Kick Out The Jams live at Tartar Field on Wayne State University Campus in Detroit on July 19th, 1970

TURN YOUR VOLUME UP NOW! Motherf*ckers

#punk #punkrock #protopunk #oldschoolpunk #mc5 #kickoutthejams #history #punkrockhistory
July 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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56 years ago today
Iggy Pop, the original punk rock messiah, with the Stooges at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, June 23, 1970

Photo by Thomas Copi

#punk #punks #punkrock #protopunk #iggypop #thestooges #history #punkrockhistory #otd
June 23, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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kick out the jams motherf⭐ckers

In memory of MC5’s charismatic lead singer Rob Tyner, who passed away 35 years ago today

MC5 – Kick Out The Jams – Live at Tartar Field, 1970

#punkrock #protopunk #waynekramer #MC5 #history #punkrockhistory #otd
September 18, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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In memory of Arthur 'Killer' Kane, bass guitarist of the New York Dolls

February 3, 1949 - July 13, 2004

New York Dolls - Looking for a Kiss

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July 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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50 years ago today

Horses is the debut studio album by American proto-punk / punkrock musician Patti Smith, which was released on this day in 1975.

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November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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54 years ago
A band called 'Death' was punk before punk was punk

Formed in November 1971 by the 3 Hackney brothers, they were influential pioneers of the genre and, along with Pure Hell, the first all-black proto-punk/punk band.

#punkrock #death #protopunk #history #punkrockhistory #knowyourroots
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Released 54 years ago today
High Time, the second studio album by the American rock band MC5, featuring the track Sister Anne

MC5 featuring Lemmy - Sister Anne

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July 6, 2025 at 4:51 AM