No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones in 1977
Posted by Chicago Boyz Archive on August 31st, 2003 (All posts by Chicago Boyz Archive)
Punk’s not dead. Or maybe it is. Anyway, for those of you who were or still are devotees of first-wave British punk rock, this is a really great site. I’ve only looked at maybe 15% of it, and it is loaded with good facts and pictures. The “punk store” has some absolutely jaw-dropping material, live shows by the Jam, live Buzzcocks, rarities by Patti Smith. It looks I’ll be spitting out a hefty British Pound denominated international money order pretty soon. And one neat thing — the front page has a picture of Jeff Connally, better known as Monoman, of DMZ and the Lyres. An odd selection for a mostly Brit-punk site, but what the Hell, its a cool photo.
Another cool site is this collection of “New Wave Photos by Philippe Carly”. Philippe shot photos of a phenomenal number of bands, in the 1977-78 period, basically all the punk acts of that era who came through Belgium — the big names like the Clash, Jam, Ramones, Devo (in the yellow jumpsuits) as well as half-forgotten names from the dim past like SpizzEnergi, the Au Pairs, the Mo-Dettes (I had all their singles — where are they now?). A labor of love. Check it out.