You don’t really see punks in Islington any more. Those you do see on the street usually live with their mums and dye their hair black so they look the guy from Fall Out Boy. This is what it used to be like.
Video: 1983 Islington Squatter Punk Documentary
“C’mon Maria, we know you want to drink us. We hear you thinking about it. C’mon baby. Don’t fight it. Just one more. You can do it. Opeeeeen yourrr eeeeyees...”
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Reader Comments
June 27th, 2006
10:21 pm
getting desperate for content much?
June 27th, 2006
10:38 pm
So…you’re saying it was so *better* when the punkers were charging two pounds for some Japanese tourists to take pictures with them like they were fucking Elvis impersonators? I’d rather go hang out with the Fall Out Boy mallpunks.
June 27th, 2006
10:57 pm
if youre going to talk about punk’s glory days dont show these fucking morons.
June 27th, 2006
11:08 pm
watching that made me want to burn all my old punk records.
June 27th, 2006
11:19 pm
They just moved to echo Park & started paying rent. Crust ain’t dead the British just don’t do it anymore.
June 27th, 2006
11:38 pm
this is fucking funny. Where does it say that this is *better*?
June 27th, 2006
11:43 pm
squatters’ rights?
I’ll give you a right, I’ll give you a left and I’ll give you a kick to the fucking head.
June 28th, 2006
5:21 pm
cringe cringe cringe
July 2nd, 2006
11:29 pm
i did actuly see a punk the other day at highbury and islington tube station, he had a dog without a leash that responded to his every demand including biting the chairs on the trains. that same day, same station i got busted for having a bag of skunk on me. JOKES