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44 years ago today

Iggy Pop and Joey Ramone backstage at a Blondie show at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey on August 14, 1982.

Photo by © Ebet Roberts

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48 years ago today

Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious pose in their apartment in Pindock Mews, London, on August 14, 1978.

It was likely a party to celebrate their impending departure from England.

Photo by Watal Asanuma

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44 years ago today

Coup d'Etat is the third studio album by American punk rock band the Plasmatics, released on this day in 1982.

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Happy Birthday today Feargal Sharkey (*1958) and Michael Bradley (*1959), founding members of The Undertones.

The Undertones 'My Perfect Cousin' live 1980

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50 years ago

The Runaways confer on stage, August 1976

Joan Jett, Jackie Fox, Cherie Currie and Lita Ford. Unfortunately not shown Sandy West on drums

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Happy Birthday today Feargal Sharkey (*1958) and Michael Bradley (*1959), founding members of the punk rock band The Undertones.

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25 years ago today

Guy Picciotto from Fugazi jumping on stage at Fort Reno, Washington DC, August 13, 2001

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Released 49 years ago today

Gary Gilmore's Eyes, a single by the British punk rock band The Adverts

The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes Live @ Top Of The Pops 1977

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34 years ago

Fontanelle is the second studio album and the first record on a major label (Reprise Records) by the American punk rock band Babes in Toyland, released August 11, 1992.

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53 years ago

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

Photo by Chuck Pulin

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49 years ago today

On this day in 1977, the single "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" by the punk rock band The Adverts was released.

The song revolves around the eyes of executed double murderer Gary Gilmore.

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44 years ago

Henry Rollins and HR, backstage at the Whisky a Go Go after a Bad Brains show, West Hollywood, August 1982

Photo by Glen E. Friedman

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50 years ago

Gaye Advert and TV Smith at the 100 Club, 1976

Photo by Barry Plummer

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Bikini Kill • Kathi Wilcox and Kathleen Hanna, live at Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA in August 1992

Photography by Darren Plank

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44 years ago

Henry Rollins of Black Flag backstage at 688 Club, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1982.

Photos by Bryan Pritchard

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49 years ago

ZigZag magazine, August 1977

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45 years ago

Dance with Me is the first full-length album by the American punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), released in August 1981.