Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll

Ian Dury is probably the unlikeliest rock star the UK ever had. After he had Polio at the age of seven he was seriously disabled, had a rough childhood but found art and had some success in music later. Ian Dury and the Blockheads quickly gained a reputation as one of the top live acts of new wave music.
Punks respected him and there was some influence. Dury was pretty upset Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols copied his style to perform on stage. Because of Dury's disabilities he had to hold on to the microphone stand and did the now iconic movements. It was like Johnny Rotten was mocking him.

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49 years ago today
Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten at Portobello Hotel, London on June 9, 1977.

Photo by Elisa Leonelli

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49 years ago today
Johnny Rotten and Johnny Ramone backstage at the Roundhouse in London before a Ramones show (with Talking Heads and The Saints as support acts) on June 6, 1977.

Photo by Jill Furmanovsky

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Released today 49 years ago:

🇬🇧 Sex Pistols "God Save the Queen" – 1977

A confrontational punk anthem that became a cultural flashpoint in Britain during the late 70s. With a deliberately abrasive attitude, the track channels frustration, alienation, and anti-establishment anger into a direct, explosive statement in one of punk’s defining moments...

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“I wonder what became of you, your JohnnyRotten skin, no Emerald City eyes.You'd have been a beauty if you let inferiority steam your glasses with its candor, sans laughter.”
― Kristen Henderson

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