18 Items Tagged

Punk

Prague, Czechia

Punk Monument

This pink tractor statue pays tribute to a legendary underground punk band.

London, England

The Dublin Castle

Once a 19th-century refuge for immigrants, this pub has hosted performances by Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.

Metal guitarist and paper effigy artisan Koh Eng Keat sits on his motorcycle in front of a seven-foot-tall paper mansion. Keat runs 358 Custom Effigies Workshop with his father Koh Ah Bah where building elaborate papier-mâché effigies like this are just part of a normal workday.

Meet the Punk Rocker Building Life-Sized Paper Effigies for Malaysia’s Ghosts

The doom metal guitarist builds papier-mâché BMWs, iPhones, and mansions—then it all goes up in smoke.

Marco Ferrarese February 24, 2023

Site Of Strawberry Studios, Stockport

Stockport, England

Strawberry Studios

Paul McCartney, Joy Division, and many others created era-defining music at this former recording studio.

Guitars and vintage punk posters

Vancouver, Washington

Briz Loan & Guitar

Along with used instruments, this pawn shop has pieces of music history on display.

For more than a decade, opera singer Daria Spada (center) and punk guitarist Maksim Cristan (far left) have performed free weekly concerts on their apartment balcony in Turin, Italy.

How an Apartment Balcony Became One of Italy's Best-Known Stages

Nothing—not city fines, a pandemic, or home renovations—can stop the music.

Simone Lai January 20, 2022

Cactus Club

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Cactus Club

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

Manchester, England

Sifters Record Shop

This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.

The exterior of Quimby's

Chicago, Illinois

Quimby's Bookstore

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A visitor admires the mural on the ramp where punk was born.

Queens, New York

'The Ramp'

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

Bratmobile performing in London, 1994.

New York, New York

Riot Grrrl Collection at NYU

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

The hole.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cain’s Ballroom

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandic Punk Museum

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

One of the original bathroom doors. Exene from X took the other one, I heard.

Los Angeles, California

The Masque

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

Tish and Snooky at the original Manic Panic.

Manic Panic Isn't Just a Hair Dye Brand: It Was the First Punk Store in America

Tish and Snooky Bellomo have always been cool.

Sarah Laskow November 4, 2016

If You Want to Live in a Copenhagen Commune, Get Ready for Red Tape

It's surprisingly tricky to nab a spot in the world’s largest autonomous commune, Freetown Christiania.

Angela Wang September 14, 2016

Iconic Punk Rocker Defaces the British Library's Punk Rock Exhibit

Punk feminist Viv Albertine took on the exhibit's erasure of female musicians in the most metal way possible.

Jessie Guy-Ryan July 17, 2016

Berlin, Germany

Ramones Museum

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.