Bootlegger + Blender: Mods, Rockers, Punks on show

If you get along to the Bootlegger Bar you can also check out the amazing photos of Janette Beckman who documented the Mod, Rockers, Teds, and Punk scenes in London from the 70s to early 80s. The Face and Melody Maker published her images as she photographed many of the emerging bands of the day such as mod icons The Specials, punks like the Sex Pistols and Siouxsie Sioux, and many of the post-punk new-wave stars.

Mod girl, Streatham London 1976

Mods on scooter, Streatham London 1976

Mods, The Islington Twins, London 1970

Paul Simonon, The Clash 1981

Paul Weller and Pete Townsend, Marquee Club 1980

Punk girls, Hyde Park London 1979

Sex Pistols, Hyde Park London 1979

Siouxsie Sioux, The Roundhouse London 1977

Teds, London 1979

The Rockats, Smutty Smiff, London 1981.

All images: Janette Beckman.

 

If you like what you see you might want to get yourself a copy of Janette Beckman's book Made in the UK: the music of attitude, 1977-1982 (PowerHouse Books, 2005) or even better purchase a print from Blender Gallery (Sydney).