All through the 1980s, New York kept punk alive and thriving.
The 1970s is thought of as the golden age of punk, but during the 1980s the scene was still going strong. With Black Flag and the Misfits playing venues like CBGB’s, Max’s Kansas City, and the Mudd Club, downtown NYC was a haven for the people who didn’t connect with post-punk and New Wave.
Here’s a bunch of straight-edge dudes and drunks moshing their way through the decade.
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Joe Strummer of The Clash playing pinball
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Harley Flanagan of the Cro-Mags
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Black Flag at CBGB, 1982
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Nina Hagen at Danceteria, 1982
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Bad Brains, playing "somewhere below 14th & East", c. 1980
by Karen O'Sullivan
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Wendy Williams and Richie Stotts of the Plasmatics perform at the Fun House in October, 1980
By Waring Abbott
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Punks in NYC, 1980s
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A couple enjoys an East Village stoop during the summer of 1985
Via The New York Historical Society
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Black Flag at CBGB, 1982
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Carl Demola at CBGB, 1985
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Agnostic Front at CBGB, 1985
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Djinji Brown, Carl Demola, and Gavin Van Vlack at an Underdog show
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Madonna Powers with her son, Eamonn
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Terry Psycho, outside CBGB by Brooke Smith
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Frenchie, a roadie for the band Agnostic Front
by Brooke Smith
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A young Brooke Smith, sitting on the sidewalk in front of CBGB
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Minor Threat at CBGB, 1982
by Glen E. Friedman
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Minor Threat at CBGB, 1982
by Glen E. Friedman
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Minor Threat at CBGB, 1982
by Glen E. Friedman
