A dark cloud swept across England in the mid-1970s, washing away the buoyant optimism of Swinging London. The bright promise turned bleak, as the recession pushed more and more people into unemployment. Couple this with strikes, power cuts, and IRA bombs, and the only fitting response was to burn the whole thing down. More than music and style, punk was an attitude. It gave no fucks as it seized the moment and made its way out of the art schools and on to the world stage in 1976.
Journalist John Ingham, who was writing for Sounds, conducted the first interview with the Sex Pistols and got hooked on the raw energy, soul, and nerve. He began covering the scene, which accelerated rapidly as punk ignited a movement across the U.K. New bands like the Clash, the Damned, and Subway Sect began to appear – but no one was photographing them until John Ingham picked up a camera. His photographs, which include the very first colour pictures of punk. Check out a few of his shots below!
1. Billy Idol in transition from brown haired Beatle-cut to peroxide Punk Apollo. The Roxy, December 1976.
2. L- Soo Catwoman tries out a dark blue skinhead hairstyle, Louise’s, November 1976, R- Joe Strummer watching the Sex Pistols, Notre Dame de France, 15 November 1976.
3. Sex Pistols Notre Dame show, 15 November 1976.
4. Friends and countrymen at the Sex Pistols, Notre Dame de France, 15 Nov 1976.
5. The wall in John Ingham’s room. February 1977.
6. The women understand. Anna Capaldi goes to see the Clash at the Lacey Lady and makes polite conversation with a new friend. Future Generation X manager Stewart Joseph chaperones.
7. Sex Pistols Notre Dame 15 November 1976.
Source Credit: https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/35880/1/john-ingham-photos-of-the-faces-of-punk-before-they-were-famous
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