Patti Smith and John Belushi backstage at Saturday Night Live, 1976. Photo by Allan Tannenbaum

The Stranglers - Something Better Change/Straighten Out Promo Advert - Record Mirror 22nd July, 1977. c/o Auralsculptors #TheStranglers PunkAndNewWave

Lou Reed, Modena, Italy, 2004 by Guido Harari

Joe Strummer in photos by Lisa Haun in New York in 1981, when the Clash played a series of gigs at Bonds International Casino. c/o TheUnderestimator #JoeStrummer #TheClash PunkAndNewWave

Velvets at Paraphernalia 1966, check out those cheekbones.

📸 Nat Finkelstein

The Clash in London, 1979. Photo by Bob Gruen.

New Order’s swimming pool photo shoot for a Sounds cover feature by Kevin Cummins at the Holiday Inn pool in Washington DC, on July 9, 1983, during the band’s US tour. c/o TheUnderestimator #NewOrder PunkAndNewWave

A cinematic shot of Joe Strummer (photographer unknown) on the set of Alex Cox’s 1987 film ‘Straight To Hell’ film in Almeria, Spain. c/o TheUnderestimator #JoeStrummer PunkAndNewWave

'Full English’, Rock Steady Eddie's, Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell (2006) by Ed Gray
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Joe Strummer hanging with Matt Dillon at the Tin Pan Alley bar in NYC, as captured by Bob Gruen ca. 1987. c/o TheUnderestimator #JoeStrummer PunkAndNewWave

Siouxsie, by Jay Blakesberg.

'The White Lion, Covent Garden' by Rob Pointon
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Lou Reed, Hershey's
(from Screen Test, directed by Andy Warhol, 1966)

#LouReed #AndyWarhol

RIP Steve Harley😢... Make Me Smile( Come Up And See Me), a truly classic pop song. Enduring.

Lou Reed in New York City, 1982. Photo by Waring Abbott.

Released on this day in 1980 'Rude Boy' the story of Ray Gange, a young Clash fan who leaves his dead-end job in a sleazy Soho sex shop to become a roadie for the band.

The Velvet Underground's debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico was released on March 12, 1967 #CD #vinyl amazon.com/gp/product/B00…

Farewell to Karl Wallinger, the mastermind of the neo-psychedelic outfit World Party and a pivotal member of the Waterboys in the mid-80s. According to his publicist, he died March 10 at the age of 66.

82 years old today: John Cale #VelvetUnderground
Pics:
Steve Schapiro
Fred W. McDarrah
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Young Marble Giants - John Peel Session, 18th August, 1980. Via Aural Sculptors bit.ly/3VzHdfG #YoungMarbleGiants PunkAndNewWave