The Sex Pistols' first gig took place on November 6, 1975. Although the London hooligans weren't the pioneers of punk, they became its face in the late 1970s.

Photos by Andy Warhol

Debbie Harry on the set of Unmade Beds featuring Duncan Hannah - filmed by Amos Poe, 1976,

Unmade Beds (1976)

Self-portrait by Robert Mapplethorpe

Éramos unos niños - Patti Smith

©️ Ebet Roberts

Here is the original cover art featuring JJ photographed by Trevor Rogers at Hampstead Heath.

paul simonon of the clash in punk in london, 1978, dir. wolfgang büld

photo by Pennie Smith

Paul Simonon, Pearl Harbour, The Baker, and Kosmo Vinyl photographed inside a bullet train in Japan by Pennie Smith

Debbie Harry photographed by Michael Brennan in New York City on February 5, 1977.

By Derek Ridgers

The Runaways (Joan Jett, Jackie Fox, Lita Ford) at CBGB, August 2, 1975, by Richard E. Aaron