50 years ago today 🔥⚡

Bassist Paul Simonon auditioned for The London SS, the band that would later become The Clash, January 15, 1976

What followed is history

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Old punk rock photos in color

48 years ago
Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon in London, January 1978

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Happy Birthday to Paul Gustave Simonon, co-founder of the punk rock band The Clash, bassman, punk icon and ballad of 'The Guns of Brixton', born on this day in 1955, Brixton

Photo by Pete Still

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Rooney Mara and Paul Simonon Are “Friends and Muses” for Givenchy

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📸Pennie Smith
Le 20 septembre 1979, au Palladium en bordure de l’East Village à New York, la photographe Pennie Smith, qui suit les Clash en tournée, immortalise Paul Simonon éclatant sa basse contre la scène.
Cette photo devenue culte sera choisie pour la pochette de l'album “London Calling”, le troisième album de The Clash, sorti le 14 décembre 1979 au Royaume-Uni.

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> 46 years ago today Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979. She made one of the most famous images in (punk) rock history. #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #PaulSimonon #penniesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd

“They all got wet when he smashed that thing … “

September 20, 1979 ~ Paul Simonon, frustrated because the crowd at The Palladium in New York City isn't standing, smashes his instrument on stage. The shot is snapped by Pennie Smith, who thinks it is too blurry, but the album's art director loves it and gives it the cover. The visual becomes one of the iconic moments and photos of rock. #TheClash #londoncalling #paulsimonon #penniesmith #70smusic #music #70srock #rock…

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46 years ago today
Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979.

She made one of the most famous images in (punk) rock history.

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46 years ago today
Paul Simonon backstage at the Tribal Stomp concert, Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA, September 9, 1979.

Photo by Roger Ressmeyer

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