{"id":25269,"date":"2016-03-05T08:24:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T08:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/?p=25269"},"modified":"2016-03-05T08:28:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T08:28:31","slug":"daily-mail-when-punks-ruled-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/daily-mail-when-punks-ruled-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Mail: When Punks Ruled The World"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"punklondon16c\"<\/a>Debbie Harry and Toyah Willcox feature in vintage photos<\/strong><\/p>\n

When punks ruled the world: Fascinating 70s photos capture hell-raiser fans at riotous Debbie Harry gigs as they surfed a wave of rebellion<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 Amateur photographer Derek Ridgers used to blag his way into gigs in the 1970s London punk scene<\/p>\n

\u2022 Described himself as a ‘mild mannered, bespectacled office worker in the middle of a punk mosh pit’<\/p>\n

\u2022 Many of his photos have never been seen before, while some have featured in sell-out books<\/p>\n

\u2022 Derek’s book, Punk London, 1977, will be released this May to coincide with movement’s 40th anniversary<\/p>\n

A striking series of black and white photographs has offered a rare insight into London at the height of the 1970s punk movement. From Adam Ant shirtless on stage, to a young Debbie Harry entertaining riotous crowds, the images – most of which have never been seen before – offer a glimpse into an era when rebellion ruled the music scene.<\/p>\n

They were all taken in between 1976 and 1978 by Derek Ridgers, a man who, at the time, claimed he ‘wasn’t really a photographer’ but simply borrowed a friend’s camera and blagged his way into gigs – snapping what would become known as the first wave of punk culture.<\/p>\n

It now forms a collection of more than 130 vintage photographs, which Derek has finally decided to publish this year – in a book entitled Punk London, 1977 – to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the movement in 2016.<\/p>\n

Punk London 1977, by Derek Ridgers, is available from May 1, 2016 from Carpet Bombing Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Continue reading at the Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Debbie Harry and Toyah Willcox feature in vintage photos When punks ruled the world: Fascinating 70s photos capture hell-raiser fans at riotous Debbie Harry gigs as they surfed a wave of rebellion \u2022 Amateur photographer Derek Ridgers used to blag his way into gigs in the 1970s London punk scene \u2022 Described himself as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,27],"tags":[683,1545,1544],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25273,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25269\/revisions\/25273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}