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A Young Person's Guide to Punk & New Wave

  • Posted on Tuesday, 10 January 2012
  • Debbie Harry
  • Blondie
  • In Concert
  • Punk
  • New Wave
  • 1979
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  • Debbie Harry
  • Blondie
  • In Concert
  • Punk
  • New Wave
  • 1979
  • Posted on Tuesday, 10 January 2012
  • Chrissie Hynde
  • Debbie Harry
  • Viv Albertine
  • Siouxsie Sioux
  • Poly Styrene
  • Pauline London
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  • Chrissie Hynde
  • Debbie Harry
  • Viv Albertine
  • Siouxsie Sioux
  • Poly Styrene
  • Pauline London
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  • Japan
  • Video
  • 80s
  • Eighties
  • New Wave
  • Cover Version
  • Motown
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  • Japan
  • Video
  • 80s
  • Eighties
  • New Wave
  • Cover Version
  • Motown
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  • Bauhaus
  • New Wave
  • Publicity Shot
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  • Bauhaus
  • New Wave
  • Publicity Shot
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  • Joy Division
  • Back Stage
  • New Wave
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  • Joy Division
  • Back Stage
  • New Wave
  • Posted on Monday, 9 January 2012
  • 80s
  • Eighties
  • New Wave
  • Sampled
  • Siouxsie & The Banshees
  • Video
  • The Weeknd
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This one is both for the New Wave fans and The Weeknd fans!

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  • 80s
  • Eighties
  • New Wave
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  • Siouxsie & The Banshees
  • Video
  • The Weeknd
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  • The Specials
  • Ska
  • 2 Tone
  • New Wave
  • Video
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  • The Specials
  • Ska
  • 2 Tone
  • New Wave
  • Video
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  • Echo & The Bunnymen
  • New Wave
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  • Echo & The Bunnymen
  • New Wave
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  • Joe Strummer
  • The Clash
  • Portrait
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  • Joe Strummer
  • The Clash
  • Portrait
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  • Johnny Ramone
  • Ramones
  • Guitar Pick
  • Memorabilia
  • Punk
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I picked this up off the stage when The Ramones played the El Mocambo. High-res

I picked this up off the stage when The Ramones played the El Mocambo.

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  • Johnny Ramone
  • Ramones
  • Guitar Pick
  • Memorabilia
  • Punk
  • Posted on Sunday, 8 January 2012
  • Buzzcocks
  • 7 inch
  • Sleeve
  • Punk
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  • Buzzcocks
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  • Sleeve
  • Punk
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  • Buttons
  • Punk
  • New Wave
  • Fashion
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I didn’t save a lot from my punk rock days (first wave) but I did manage to keep these buttons. High-res

I didn’t save a lot from my punk rock days (first wave) but I did manage to keep these buttons.

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  • Posted on Sunday, 8 January 2012
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  • Buttons
  • Punk
  • New Wave
  • Fashion
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  • Sid Vicious
  • Nancy Spungen
  • Punk
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  • Sid Vicious
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  • Punk
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  • Sigue Sigue Sputnik
  • New Wave
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  • New Wave
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  • Fashion
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This is me around 1982. Terribly new wave. I loved that hat. High-res

This is me around 1982. Terribly new wave. I loved that hat.

  • Posted on Sunday, 8 January 2012
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The explosion of energy and creativity that was the punk/new wave movement between 1977 and 1987 fundamentally changed my life. The DIY ("Do It Yourself") attitude, the openness to new ideas and invention, and the wonderful otherness of sub-cultures have been cornerstones of my approach to life ever since. I'm very thankful to all the artists who supercharged my teen years even if they were only making records so they could get laid.

I was a punk at a distance, living in Waterloo Canada, and viewing the punk explosion through the words and pictures in the New Music Express, Sounds and The Face magazines. Through the lens of music videos on shows like The New Music, and through obscure imported vinyl purchases at Records on Wheels and Record World in Kitchener and The Record Peddler in Toronto. We were lucky enough to have bands play Toronto and sometimes Waterloo.

My goal here is to share a very personal version of punk and new wave. These are the bands, the images, the videos, the sounds, the moments that represent this time in my life. I hope that sharing my youth with today's youth will have some value. If not, screw you, I'm doing what I want and I don't care.

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