3 DRUNK PUNKS
These two images were of me in my biker chick mode, taken by my dad in my parent’s home when I was 12 or 13 in 1972. I was heavily into Bowie, and had been hanging out in Soho since aged 11. I was tall and got into pubs already. My hair was still kinda Bowie in Ziggy mode and my clothes we a mix of glam rocker meets biker chick. I used to hang out in The Intrepid Fox on Wardour Street, which was a biker bar in early 1970’s before going punky later on. I was going to gigs at The Marquee from 72 onwards too, where I first saw David Bowie.
Here we are, three drunk punks. This is me in Carnaby Street, with my two punk pals, the guitarist of The Casualties from NYC, who I helped get gigs in the UK,(I'm leaning on Jake) and Medhi, a Belgium punk. I have been a punk since 1975. I'm known as The Punk Queen of Soho, I'm still a punk till the day I die. I wrote the ‘Punk and Disorderly’ column for Sounds mag from ‘78 until it went bust in 1987. We used to hang out in The Intrepid Fox pub and The Ship on Wardour Street.
Images and text courtesy of Bev Elliot