Club 88, Decline of Western Civil 1, Misc, Photos + History, Punk Fashions and Parties, S-X Photos + History, X |
Memories creating my iconic X photos during performance during Decline of Western Civilization filming, Club 88, West LA, March 1980.
Bands, Bomp Records Store, Damned, Darby Crash, Germs, Iggy, Jeffrey Lee Pierce - Gun Club, Lorna Doom, Misc, Parties, Punk Fashions and Parties, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Screamers, Starwood, Venues, Videos, Whisky |
April 1977 was THE month LA punks came out in force, indicating something was happening which would change world music and culture. Along with New York and England, LA was happening! We gathered for the Cheap Trick opening for Runaways, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (April 1), opening of Bomp Records Store (April 9), Television (April 14), Blondie opening for Iggy, with the Sales Brothers and David Bowie (April 15), Bomp again with the … Read...
Misc, Political, Punk History and Interviews from Jenny Lens |
People love to say I photographed punk of the 1980s. I always correct them. I photographed FIRST gen punk in the 1970s! They are DIFFERENT eras. I could write a book about how and why 1970s punk is VERY different than 1980s. If nothing else, we had more mass media coverage in the 1980s. MTV. Music videos. Much more, but that’s enough. Art develops differently when hidden from sight vs under the public’s constant scrutiny. … Read...
Jenny Lens Bio + History, Misc |
Punk Stories and Photos, April 9, 2014. Written for a local rag who misquoted me. Here’s what I really wrote: Jenny Lens, MFA was born in West LA and raised in the Valley. I went to the Teenage Fair at the Hollywood Palladium in the 60s, and the Renaissance Faires, 1960s-70s, but otherwise didn’t get out much. Then, like now, I don’t like to drive. I surprised my high school classmates because … Read...
