CBGB - The Movie

There is a lot of excitement around for the new CBGB movie release this Autumn. You may have heard of that tiny little venue called CBGB's in New York City which opened in 1973 and gave a home to all of the newest bands around at that time. These bands were either unheard of or making waves in the music scene but ended up shaping a very important time in music. CBGB's became a place for punks, renegades, rockers and metal heads to go and see new bands, get drunk, make a mess, cause havoc, make friends, have fights, pick up girls and other general 'Rock N Roll' fun times.

Hilly Kristal (the founder/owner) outside CBGB Club New York 1973

Inside the one toilet that was shared by so many people who literally left their mark.

Love the No Smoking sign on the wall... Can imagine that stopped people!

Some of the first people to play there and create such havoc, building a name for themselves and the venue were The Ramones, Misfits, Television, Patti Smith Group, Blondie, The Cramps, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, The Voivoids and Talking Heads to name a few. Bands that we love and who inspired the bands we love now because they were the original bad attitude and controversial bands that are so hard to recreate nowadays. 

 BLONDIE

TALKING HEADS 

RAMONES 

The venue became the place to go and we kind of wish we were born earlier and lived in New York to see it all happening. Even to this day there has probably been no cooler place with such an iconic name and reputation for such an amount of time. 

So naturally if this is the kind of stuff that makes you want to drink straight Jack Daniels, rip some clothes off, start a band, then you probably want to keep your eye out for the release date of this movie! Here is a sneaky trailer to get you in the mood.

CBGB THE MOVIE!

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TOUGH GUYS: AW '13 Punk Trend

Skinheads and Punk subcultures are very different and carry quite an angry and hostile history with them but to avoid me rewriting my University dissertation again today we will only be talking about the fashion and style that emerged and has been recreated for years since.

It's an instantly recognisable style which has been moving into the mainstream for years now. The look and culture was at it's strongest during the 1980s but began in the late 60's and went hand in hand with common values of anti-establishments, non conformity, direct action and not selling out, which makes it a funny one to be so on trend! There was a strong unity in style and almost 'gang' mentality but we look up to their DIY and individual ethic which is something we do believe in so we have chosen this style as one of our favourite A/W '13 trends.
Here are some classic punks who we do look up to for what they do, believe in and of course their icon styles!

PATTI SMITH 

JOAN JETT AND BLONDIE

Here are some classic skin head girls who have the iconic denim, Fred Perry polo shirt, Dr Martins, braces and skinhead look which we all know, more recently from the 2006 Shane Meadows movie This is England which caused a stir and brought a huge skinhead revival back to life!

THIS IS ENGLAND

SKINHEAD BOOK - NICK KNIGHT

1982

This is a brilliant book.. even if you don't care much for the history, origin, music, attitude and lifestyle which is all covered in there, you may enjoy the clear, raw, emotional photography!

To bring us more up to date here are some images from the February A/W13 shows which show inspirations and ideas from this time:

GIVENCHY

VERSACE 

SAINT LAURENT

FENDI

HAKAAN

Here are a few of our favourite images that show old and modern images that represent this trend:

Catwalk Images - Style.com

All Images - Google Search