30 Vivid Photos From London’s Punk Past
Punk London is a year-long festival celebrating 40 years of icons and fans in the capital.
1.
Blondie at the Roundhouse on 5 March, 1977, their first major headlining UK tour.
2.
King's Road, some time in the 1970s.
3.
The Mo-dettes on Denmark Street, 1979.
4 & 5.
Toyah Wilcox in Battersea, 1979.
6.
Punk girls by the Thames, 1980.
7 & 8.
Trafalgar Square, and the Pop Group's Margaret Thatcher T-shirt. 1980.
9.
King's Road, 1980s.
10.
Punk gig, 1981.
11.
JoBoxers in a café, 1980s.
12.
King's Road, 1980s.
13 & 14.
Viv Albertine of the Slits and Dennis Morris of Basement 5. 1980.
15.
The Moondogs on the roof of the Roundhouse, 1980.
16.
Scala Cinema bar, 1980.
17 & 18.
Paul Simonon of the Clash, 1981.
19.
Legendary Soho clubnight promoter Gaz Mayall at a Bodysnatchers gig, 1981.
20 & 21.
Ian Dury (left) and the Pogues' Shane MacGowan, 1982.
22.
King's Road, 1983.
23.
Kings Road, 1983.
24.
King's Road, 1983.
25.
King's Road, 1983.
26 & 27.
1983.
28.
King's Road, 1983.
29.
Matt Belgrano, the punk off the London postcards, with a royal guardsman in 1986.
30.
Trash Night at the Kilburn National, 1989.