Siouxie & the Banshees - June 2, 1986

This one got by me from last week! Siouxie and the Banshees were terrific - all the punk girls I know adored her as well as Nina Hagen. Stylistically they both inspired a lot of the fashion among the young women in the scene. I also liked the proto-Goth Love & Rockets even though neither of these acts are punk - early alternative I guess you'd call them. Love & Rockets were named after a popular comic book - not the other way around as I had imagined. The comic was another pioneer in "alternative" entertainment.

Siouxsie - methinks Nikki Sixx may have been a fan.

The lovely Nina Hagen

Dead Kennedys - February 21, 1986

I don't know who the other "bans" were for this one. This handout flyer also came in orange as well as a larger alternate version which included the addition of Mojo Nixon for the telephone poles seen below.

Pretty sure the first punk record I ever heard (and then bought) was DK's Plastic Surgery Disasters. These guys and Jello were among the best and brightest defenders of free expression. I still listen to that one from time to time.