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50 Years Of American ‘PUNK’ Magazine

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19 October 2026


PUNK – First issue, January 1976 – Lou Reed cartoon by John Holmstrom

This year marks the 50th anniversary of punk music, which had a similar
ear-shattering and culture changing impact as rock ‘n’ roll ignited in the 50s.

Countless new DIY punk-zines popped up to follow the new startling scene from
the first row. One of them was an American one, simply named PUNK. Its first edition
came out in January 1976, yep 50 years ago with a cartoon of old punk Lou Reed on
the cover.

This past weekend an 50-year-anniversay exhibition of the magazine curated by
its cartoonist/co-founder John Holmstrom and Ki Smith openend in Hudson, NY.

1976, that’s a damn half century.

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RONNIE WOOD Exhibits New JIMI HENDRIX Paintings

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15 October 2026

Now 79 year old RONNIE WOOD isn’t only guitarist for 51 years with
The Rolling Stones, after also playing with 60s idols Small Faces and
the Rod Stewart fronted Faces, but he is also a respected painter.

Hist latest work, paintings of his hero and friend Jimi Hendrix
is now exposed at Handel Hendrix House Museum in London.

Wood: “I was there in The Speakeasy Club, in London’s Soho when he played, and
he sat in my booth, and that’s when I first got to know him properly. Straightaway,
he opened up to me for some strange reason.”

Voodoo chile Jimi Hendrix.

Image Of The Day – THE BETHS In CHINA

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New Zealand‘s popular indie guitar-pop band THE BETHS released their
lauded 4th LP Straight Line Was A Lie last year in August, and they are
still flying around the world to promote it.

Soon they land in China for the first time for 2 gigs.

I have no clue what all those little images on the announcement
poster below stand for, but it’s a cool poster anyways.

Last year, on American TV Show Jimmy Kimmel Live .

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Image Of The Day – British Pop-Punk Metal Wackos UNPEOPLE

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UNPEOPLE are a London-based 4-piece outfit who run
a lot of amok with their pop-punk metal since 2023.

I never heard them before, then I saw their comic faces on the cover
of the new KerrangI edition, and they just make me laugh and remember
that rock needs comical people like them too. Hence image of the day.

And funny videos too.

Interview with Kerrang right here.

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