Some More Punk, New Wave & Alt Figures

Dame Vivienne Westwood - 81 - British fashion designer, Punk scenester & partner of Malcom McLaren

Jordan Mooney (real name Pamela Rooke) - 66 - London model for Vivienne Westwood & Malcom McLaren & Punk scenester

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD & JORDAN MOONEY;


KEITH LEVENE ~ 65 ~ British guitarist with the Clash and Public Image Ltd

PIL ~ "PUBLIC IMAGE";


PIL ~ "THE FLOWERS OF ROMANCE":


PIL ~ "DEATH DISCO";


PIL ~ "CAREERING";


Jet Black ~ 82 ~ Drummer with UK Punk band The Stranglers

THE STRANGLERS ~ "WALK ON BY";


THE STRANGLERS ~ "NO MORE HEROS";


THE STRANGLERS ~ "NUCLEAR DEVICE";


THE STRANGLERS ~ "DUCHESS";


THE STRANGLERS ~ "NO MERCY";


Garry Roberts - 72 - Guitarist with 1980's Irish Punk/New Wave band Irish The Boomtown Rats

THE BOOMTOWN RATS ~ "MARY OF THE FOURTH FORM";


THE BOOMTOWN RATS ~ "UP ALL NIGHT";


THE BOOMTOWN RATS ~ "I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS";


D. H. Peligro ~ 63 ~ American drummer (Dead Kennedys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Feederz, Nailbomb, Peligro)

THE DEAD KENNEDYS ~ "CALIFORNIA UBER ALLES";


THE DEAD KENNEDYS ~ "NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF";


THE DEAD KENNEDYS ~ "RAWHIDE";


Dix Denny - 60's - Guitarist with L.A Punk band the Weirdos

THE WEIRDOS ~ "HELIUM BAR";


THE WEIRDOS ~ "A LIFE OF CRIME";


Steve "Cast Iron" Smith ~ 60's ~ Singer with UK Oi Punk Band Red Alert

RED ALERT ~ "IN BRITAIN";


Steve Roberts ~ 60's ~ Drummer for UK Punk band the UK Subs and the Exploited

THE UK SUBS ~ "WARHEAD:


THE UK SUBS ~ "LIMOLIFE";


Anton Fier - 66 - drummer for the Feelies, Pere Ubu, Golden Palominos, Lounge Lizards, Voidoids, Bob Mould, Bill Laswell, John Zorn & Laurie Anderson

THE FEELIES ~ "CRAZY RHYTHMS";


GOLDEN PALOMINOS ~ "BOY";


Terry Hall ~ 63 ~ Singer with UK Ska bands The Specials, Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas

THE SPECIALS ~ "GHOST TOWN";


THE SPECIALS ~ "GANGSTERS";


THE SPECIALS ~ "RAT RACE";


FUN BOY THREE ~ "OUR LIPS ARE SEALED";


THE COLOURFIELD ~ "CASTLES IN THE AIR";



Iain Templeton ~ 60's drummer for UK bands The La's ("There She Goes") and Shack

THE LA'S ~ "THERE SHE GOES";


MARTIN DUFFY ~ 55 ~ Keyboardist with UK bands Felt, Primal Scream, The Charlatans, THe Chavs

FELT ~ "PRIMITVE PAINTERS";


FELT ~ "STAINED GLASS WINDOWS IN THE SKY";


PRIMAL SCREAM ~ "MOVING ON UP"


PRIMAL SCREAM ~ "ROCKS";


THE CHARLATANS ~ "TELLING STORIES";


Hamish Kilgour ~ 65 - Drummer with New Zealand 1980's Garage/Psyche band The Clean

THE CLEAN ~ "BEATNICK";


THE CLEAN ~ "ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN";


THE CLEAN ~ "DUNES";


Bobby Sutliff - 50's - Singer/songwriter/guitarist with Mississipi 1980's Power Pop band the Windbreakers

THE WINDBREAKERS ~ "DON'T TAKE HER OUT OF MY WORLD";


Robert Marlow ~ English Techno Pop singer/synth player w/Film Noir (with Vince Clarke) The Vandals (with Alison Moyet) and solo

ROBERT MARLOW ~ "THE FACE OF DORIAN GREY";


Maxi Jazz - 65 - English musician with Techno Dance band Faithless and songwriter ("Insomnia", "God Is a DJ")

FAITHLESS ~ "GOD IS A DJ";


Christina Moser - 70 - Singer and composer with Swiss New Wave band Krisma

KRISMA ~ "CATHODE MAMMA";


KRISMA ~ "WATER";


Jeremiah Green - 45 - Drummer with American Indie band Modest Mouse

MODEST MOUSE ~ "FLOAT ON";


MODEST MOUSE ~ "DASHBOARD";


Ryan Karazija - 40 - Singer/guitarist/composer with Icelandic Post Rock/Electronic Band Low Roar

LOW ROAR ~ "BYE BYE";


Mimi Parker - 55 - Singer & drummer w/American 2000's Alternative band Low

LOW ~ "CANADA";


LOW ~ "SHAME";


LOW ~ "CALIFORNIA";


Scott Nash - Bassist w/Australian hard rock band Asteroid B-612

ASTEROID B-612 ~ "STRAIGHT BACK TO YOU";


ASTEROID B-612 ~ "I JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT GIRLS";


Jess Barr ~ 46 ~ Guitarist with Texas Southern Rock/Cowpunk band Slobberbone

SLOBBERBONE ~ "GET GONE AGAIN";


SLOBBERBONE ~ "TO LOVE SOMEBODY";


Jeff Cherep - 50's - Singer/guitarist with Pittsburgh Punk band Submachine since the 1990's

SUBMACHINE ~ "RING OF FIRE";


SUBMACHINE ~ "TROCADERO RIOT";


Sarah Danger Underhill ~ 30's ~ Singer with Baltimore Punk band the Mallwalkers

MALLWALKER;


Pat Briggs ~ 50's ~ Singer with LA Glam & Shock Rock bands The Limelight, Impotant Sea Snaks & Psychotica, club owner, later actor in the Rock Musical "Rent"

PSYCHOTICA ~ "ICE PLANET HELL";


PSYCHOTICA ~ "ALL THE BROKEN SOULS";


THE IMPOTANT SEA SNAKES ~ "KANGAROOS UP THE BUTT";

A Few Figures From The New Wave

Steve Strange was the singer for early 1980's New Wave band Visage, and the founder of the brief New Romantic movement, a glammed up response to the dark and angry world of Punk, Posy Punk and Goth. Strange (real name Steve Harrington) was originally one of the group of early fans of the Sex Pistols who followed the band around wearing flashy punk gear including and who later formed bands of their own including Siouxsie Sioux and Steve Severin (of the Banshees), Billy Idol and Tony James (Generation X), Shane McGowan (Pogues), and Sid Vicious who later joined the Pistols. Strange began forming abortive bands of his own using musicians like Chrissy Hynde (later of the Pretenders) Vince Ely (Psychedelic Furs), Mark Ryan (Adam & The Ants) and Topper Headon (The Clash).

VISAGE ~ "THE DAMNED DON'T CRY";


By 1979 Strange was able to put together a group working with Midge Ure scooping a member of Ures old band The Rich Kids Rusty Eagan (later in Ultravox along with Ure) and members of Magazine (then on hiatus); Barry Adamson, John McGeoch and Dave Formula. They recorded the first album "Visage" produced by Martin Rushent in 1979 and scored hits with the classic "Fade To Grey", "Mind Of A Toy" and "Tar". A followup album "The Anvil came in 1981 with hits in "The Damned Don't Cry" and "Night Train".

VISAGE ~ "FADE TO GREY";


With it's first album Visage moved away from it's Punk roots and into a more glam image influenced by the Holy Trinity of Bowie, Roxy Music and T-Rex and Strange as the frontman became the defacto spokesman of the New Romantic movement. The New Romantics response to the dark and angry Punk and Post-Punk was to retreat into dance music with often pretentious but meaningless lyrics and over-the-top flashy clothes and makeup. Later, far more successful New Romantics included Adam & The Ants, Duran Duran, Culture Club, Ultravox and Spandau Ballet.

VISAGE ~ "MIND OF A TOY";


As for Visage, such a flashy collection of veterans led by a prima-donna singer in Strange was bound to be unstable and Strange's increasing drug problems didn't help. By 1981 Ure had left to take over a reformed Ultravox (after John Foxx left), taking Billy Currie. Barry Adamson went off to record with Steve Shelly and Nick Cave and John McGeogh joined Siouxsie & The Banshees. Legal problems further tied up the band until 1984 by which time Visage (never popular with critics anyway) were decidedly old hat. A very slick and fashionable hat mind you but old. An attempt at a solo career fared no better and Strange retreated into drugs for more than a decade returning in 2004 for the 80's revival circuit. He died of a heart attack at age 55.

VISAGE ~ "NIGHT TRAIN";


John Bradbury ~ 62 ~ English drummer w/ 1980's Ska band the Specials and JB's All-Stars

Rico Rodriguez ~ 80 ~ Cuban-born British trombonist w/The Specials and Jools Holland

THE SPECIALS ~ "GHOST TOWN";


THE SPECIALS ~ "TOO MUCH TOO SOON";


THE SPECIALS ~ "A MESSAGE TO YOU RUDY";


Nick Marsh ~ 53 ~ Singer w/British New Wave/Goth band Flesh For Lulu ("I Go Crazy" used in soundtrack for "Some Kind Of Wonderful" and "Postcards From Paradise" later covered by The Replacements and The Goo Goo Dolls). Marsh later formed Gigantic and Urban Voodoo Machine.

FLESH FOR LULU ~ "I GO CRAZY";


FLESH FOR LULU ~ "POSTCARDS FROM PARADISE";


Adam Roth ~ 57 ~ Guitarist for 1980's American Cow Punk band the Del Fuegos

THE DEL FUEGOS ~ "DON'T RUN WILD";


THE DEL FUEGOS ~ "I STILL WANT YOU":


Carlos Gomez - 40's - Singer/guitarist with Los Angeles Rockabilly band Hi-Strung Ramblers

THE HI-STRUNG RAMBLERS ~ "MEAN OLD WOMAN";


THE HI-STRUNG RAMBLERS ~ "DON'T LEAVE ME";


THE HI-STRUNG RAMBLERS ~ "IF SHE EVER GOES AWAY";


Bryn Merrick ~ 56 ~ Welsh bassist w/The Damned (during their Goth phase), Victimized and The Shamones

THE DAMNED ~ "GRIMLY FIENDISH";


Francisco "Paco" Carreno - 49 - Drummer with UK Hardcore band Conflict

CONFLICT ~ "TOUGH SHIT MICKEY";


CONFLICT ~ "THE POSITIVE JUNK" & "LAW & ORDER";


Mick Lynch ~ Irish rock singer with 1980's and 90's Anglo-Irish indie rock band Stump

STUMP ~ "CHAOS";


STUMP ~ "BUFFALO";


Graham Brazier ~ 63 ~ New Zealand musician and songwriter w/ 1970's Power-Pop band Hello Sailor ("Blue Lady")

HELLO SAILOR ~ "BLUE LADY";
HELLO SAILOR ~ "GUTTER BLACK";


Don Joyce ~ 71 ~ Singer with American Avant Garde Noise/Collage band Negativeland. Originally Negativeland didn't have a singer at all and built songs by using sound collages. Joyce was a host radio show Over the Edge on the Berkeley, California, radio station KPFA who joined the band to contribute snidely mocking vocals that often parodied popular songs including U2 on their cover of "I'm Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Another former band member Ian Allen died in January.

NEGATIVELAND ~ "I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR";


NEGATIVELAND ~ "CHRISTIANITY IS STUPID";