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19-year-old Siouxsie Sioux during her very first performance at the 100 Club in London, 1976

Photo by Barry Plummer

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March 22, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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22 years ago today one of the greatest died

In memory of Joe Strummer 🖤

... gone but not forgotten...

📸 Keith Bernstein

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December 22, 2024 at 5:13 AM
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Remembering the great Joe Strummer 🖤❤️

August 21, 1952 - December 22, 2002

The Clash - Janie Jones - 1977

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December 22, 2024 at 5:27 AM
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Poison Ivy of The Cramps, performing on stage at Town and Country Club, Kentish Town, London, UK, 29/10/1991.

Photo by Ian Dickson

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July 31, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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In memory of Pete Shelley

April 17, 1955 – December 6, 2018

Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? (Official Video)

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December 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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In memory of Shane MacGowan, who would have celebrated his 68th birthday today

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December 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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RIP🖤♥️
#joestrummer #theclash #punklegend
December 22, 2024 at 5:45 AM
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46 years ago
Iggy Pop performing at Bookies Club 870 in Detroit, Michigan, September 1980.

Photo by Sue Rynski

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September 19, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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In memory of John Simon Ritchie, aka Sid Vicious, who would have turned 69 today.

Photo by Jack Curtis

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May 10, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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In memory Dee Dee Ramone 🖤

September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002

Ramones - Rockaway Beach - CBGB 10/6/77

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June 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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23 years ago today, one of the greatest died

In memory of Joe Strummer 🖤

... gone but not forgotten...

📸 Anthony Saint James

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December 22, 2025 at 4:34 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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In memory Dee Dee Ramone 🖤

September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002

Ramones - I Don't Want You (1978) | Live Musikladen

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June 5, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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45 years ago
Iggy Pop performing at Bookies Club 870 in Detroit, Michigan, September 1980.

Photo by Sue Rynski

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September 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Remembering the great Joe Strummer 🖤❤️

August 21, 1952 - December 22, 2002

The Clash - Janie Jones (live at the Belle Vue, Manchester, UK 15. November 1977)

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August 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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In memory of D.H. Peligro, who would have turned 66 today

July 9, 1959 – October 28, 2022

Drummer in Heaven 🥁 💔

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July 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Happy Birthday Mike Ness, band leader of Social Distortion, born April 3, 1962 in Lynn, Massachusetts

Social Distortion - Ring of Fire (Live DVD

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April 3, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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Released 46 years ago today

Horror Business, the third single by the American punk band Misfits.

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June 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Released 48 years ago today

Lust for Life, the second album by Iggi Pop featuring the selftiteld titeltrack.

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life - Live at the Manchester Apollo, 1977

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August 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Here’s Joey Shithead and I at Vertagogo in Hamilton Ontario September 18th 2024. #DOA #Punk #PunkRock #CanadianPunk #Canada #CanCon #JoeyShithead #PunkLegend #PunkRock #Hardcore81 #Vertagogo #Hamilton #Ontario
January 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Happy Birthday to Richard Lloyd, American guitarist and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the rock band Television, born on this day in 1951, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Photo by Ebet Roberts

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October 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Remembering the great Joe Strummer

August 21, 1952 - December 22, 2002

The Clash - Janie Jones (live at the Belle Vue, Manchester, UK 15. November 1977)

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December 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Pre-punk musician Joe Strummer, then known as Woody, lived in Newport for six months in 1974, working as a gravedigger and frequenting the Murenger Pub.

Photo: Richard Frame

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March 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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"There's always room for Jello"

Jello Biafra ran a satirical campaign for Mayor of San Francisco in 1979 at just 21 years old.

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August 25, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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In memory Johnny Thunders 💔
July 15, 1952 - April 23, 1991

Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers 'All By Myself' live 1984 (Walter Lure 💔 vocals)

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July 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM