David Johansen of the New York Dolls and Richard Hell of Television backstage at CBGB. From White Trash Uncut by Christopher Makos, © 2014, published by Glitterati Incorporated New York punks in the mid 70's were clearly

From Eater to the Clash, from the lipstick of Siouxsie Sioux to the staff of Sex, photographer Sheila Rock caught the faces of punk just as it all went haywire

"All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude." —Joey Ramone

Photographer Derek Ridgers spent more than ten years documenting the music and people he loved.

"All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude." —Joey Ramone

Tip your hats to the Trad Goths, Punks and New Wavers that made the 80's the most vibrant decade ever!!

See Debbie Harry and Siouxsie Sioux and the beginnings of London's punk scene, in photographer Derek Ridgers' book "Punk London 1977."

Punks & skins against the eviction of a squated building. London, 1979.