#purehell

[punkrockhistory]

46 years ago

Pure Hell, photographed in front of Buckingham Palace, London. November 1978.

📸 Bob Gruen

Notes

Pure Hell and Death were the first all-black proto-punk/punk rock band before the Bad Brains.

[stellabyystarlight]

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[stimtickle]

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[chadclinephotography]

Brian Hope driving the iconic "Pure Hell" fuel altered at the 26th Anniversary California Hot Rod Reunion held at Famoso. * * * * #nhra #nhradragracing #nostalgiadragracing #nostalgiadrags #fuelaltered #chadclinephotography #nitro #chrr2017 #californiahotrodreunion #dragracing #fuelalteredsforever #autoclubfamosoraceway #dragracing #nitromethane #hotrodreunion #hemi #purehell #purehellracing #fuelalteredfriday #Motorsportsphotography #Bakersfield #aafa (at Auto Club Famoso Raceway) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGZSh6Ln6pR/?igshid=mmac6z01girl

[alexadd77]

Pure Hell ‎- These Boots Are Made For Walking 7" 1978 Golden Sphinx Records. U.K This is the Rare 1978 First press released in U.K. Great "Nancy Sinatra" cover on A side. From Philadelphia Pure Hell was the first all-Black punk band. #purehell #punk #punkrock #afropunk #blackpower #vinyljunkie #vinyllovers #vinyl #artwork #recordcover #7" #45rpm #recordcollection #record #blackrock #music #rock #afrorock #thisbootsaremadeforwalking #nancysinatra https://www.instagram.com/p/Btg4aNvgQe8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17gwv2vnb1wq9

[bobbybones23]

Some punk historians may argue that Death from Detroit formed in 1971 predates Pure Hell from Philadelphia established in 1974 by a couple of years with the title of the first black punk band, but Death was originally a funk band who later transformed into proto-punk. Albeit for the sake of argument I think it is fair to cite and consider Pure Hell as one of the first black punk bands since both bands pioneered acts ahead of the curve. Pure Hell members lived with The New York Dolls after getting kicked out of the Chelsea Hotel and knew and played with Sid Vicious but they’ve been largely written out of the cultural history. Cited as an early influence on Bad Brains, they are an overlooked band who deserves way more recognition as legends. Often compared to The Sex Pistols And Dead Boys living and performing in NYC around the same time Patti Smith and Television were doing their two month residencies at CBGB. They integrated into the predominantly white early punk rock subculture and being a black punk band, their contribution is all the more significant. “We were the first black punk band in the world” says Lenny “Steel” Boles. “We were the ones who paid the dues for it, we broke the doors down. We were genuinely the first. And we still get no credit for it.” As outcasts being friends of Johnny Thunders they got gigs at places like Max’s Kansas City and were featured in Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine with the article “Marking their ‘place’ in a scene of cultural influencers”. Having had some success with their European tour, they however had little commercial success and released only one single covering Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walking” and an LP “Noise Addiction” released 28 years later due to confiscated masters by the manager Curtis Knight. They simply did not want to sell out and be molded as “racial stereotypes” and pressured to compromise their integrity and sound by what other industry offers they were getting. “I don’t want to be remembered just because we were black,” says Kenny Gordon. “I want to be remembered for being a part of the first tier of punk in the 70s.” 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️
#PureHell #PureHellBand 🖤 #PunkRock #ProtoPunk (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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[adineroillustration]

“Norton Hears ‘Achoo!’” Another week of pandemic pandemonium and fears seem to be reaching an all time high (overly high of you ask me, but I guess my cynicism isn’t helpful). I appreciate the increasing fears of contamination but if you happen to be in a grocery store today (or to have cashiered in one, like me) you know a certain side of humanity comes to the fore in times like these where bottled water is treated like a precious commodity and the shelves are laid bare of toilet paper. To paraphrase a friend; the TP won’t save you from contagion. However in these times, and I’m far from the only person saying this, we can choose to be caring and reassess who and what we hold dear. If the orange virus that’s plagued us at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue didn’t bond us to our neighbors, a life threatening virus just might...So maybe don’t get on your high horse about germ spreading or cling to puritanical individualism, I’ve seen that Twilight Zone episode once too many times, you won’t like how it ends. 🦠 🧴 🌡 🦠 🧴 🌡 🦠 🧴 🌡 🦠 🧴 🌡 #coronavirus #pandemic #virusalert #lifehacked #purell #purehell #glovelytoseeyou #forwardthismessage #powerdown #givealittlebit #covıd19 #headlinenews #mycorona #loveiscontagious #oped #opinionart #digitalcollage #editorialillustration #goingviral #adineroillustration https://www.instagram.com/p/B9sJZkPJSxV/?igshid=1prlos1dhcu53

[martinmartinstore]

martinMARTIN:: Pure Hell was one of the first, if not the first, African American (Proto) Punk Rock bands. Pure Hell formed in Philadelphia in 1974. The band's first big break came when they toured Europe with the Sex Pistols. They spent time playing in New York city, eventually becoming friendly with and performing with The New York Dolls. They also played with Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols in 1978 when he moved to New York City. Interesting to note:: Pure Hell's drummer, Michael "Spider" Sanders was our design assistant at my first fashion label, valluccio, with my then partner, Janice Braveman. Spider worked for valluccio for one year in and around 1980 here in Los Angeles, California. "Spider is pictured on the left wearing the red and black stripe t-shirt:: Graphic Design / Lay-Out by +junYOSHIDA:: Photography courtesy of Pure Hell::

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[punkrockhistory]

One of the American punk pioneers

Pure Hell - Noise Addiction, 1978

[martinmartinofficial]

martinMARTIN:: Pure Hell was one of the first, if not the first, African American (Proto) Punk Rock bands. Pure Hell formed in Philadelphia in 1974. The band's first big break came when they toured Europe with the Sex Pistols. They spent time playing in New York city, eventually becoming friendly with and performing with The New York Dolls. They also played with Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols in 1978 when he moved to New York City. Interesting to note:: Pure Hell's drummer, Michael "Spider" Sanders was our design assistant at my first fashion label, valluccio, with my then partner, Janice Braveman. Spider worked for valluccio for one year in and around 1980 here in Los Angeles, California. "Spider is pictured on the left wearing the red and black stripe t-shirt:: Graphic Design / Lay-Out by +junYOSHIDA:: Photography courtesy of Pure Hell::

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[imstilljulie]

Purehell Summer https://www.instagram.com/p/CAI9IxKhlin/?igshid=yxdfcajb6qdu

[fraserfineart]

Day 256: "Pure Hell" One of my all time favorites! #craigfraser #craigfraserstudios #sketchaday #pencilsketch #purehell #aaltered #kustomkulture

[chadclinephotography]

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[shadowscene]

On a Friday Noise Addiction vibe... #fbf to hanging with Chip of Pure Hell … Philly’s legendary punk pioneers // taken early summer 2016 in Fishtown. #purehell #rawpower #phillypunks #punksnotdead #noiseaddiction #cbgb #shadowscene #elleiarchives #punkportraits (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

[49fiftyone-blog]

PURE HELL FIRST BLACK PUNK BAND- Before Bad Brains there was Pure Hell, Without a doubt; they were the first black punk band. Forming in Philadelphia in 1974 and hanging out with the New York Dolls, Philly’s Pure Hell (Spider, Stinker, Chip Wreck and Lenny Still) played around the U.S. in whatever few venues were available from ‘77-‘79, but really had a “career” when they went to England. Their overseas “discovery” was credited to Curtis Knight, who claims Jimi Hendrix as a discovery and who apparently decided he was the reverse Sam Phillips (“If I could only find a Black boy that played like a cracker…” Some say their music can be described as a collector's scum treasure! As huge Black guys with genuinely fucked punk-out hair and makeup, it’s surprising these guys didn’t make it bigger. #purehell #badbrains #blackpunkrockers #philly #newyorkdolls www.dangeriousminds.com

[recordsfromjupiter]

Now in stock @ Jersey! OG punk from Philly. #purehell #vinyl #vinyligclub #punk #philly