Punk Turns 30

I didn't come to that realization myself. Ace writer and my pal, Andria Lisle brought it to my attention.... tonight (October 28): X tomorrow (October 29): New York Dolls friday (Halloween Night): the Damned! This is MRS Dave Vanian - Patricia Morrison of LA's Bags and Gun Club, the UK's Sisters of Mercy and The Damned Craig Ferguson hosts the Late Late Show on CBS.... and what, you may ask, does he know about punk rock? He did begin his life as a professional entertainer as the drummer of a punk rock band... So - here's a chance to enjoy the very best of late night television complete with the very best in punk rock. Tune in!

Patricia Morrison has a long list of punk rock band credits... she's played bass for The Bags, Gun Club, Sisters of Mercy, Fur Bible, and now plays alongside her husband, Dave Vanian in The Damned. Ironic that the Bags had an anthem called "We Don't Need the English." The English have certainly needed LA's Patrician Morrison. If you are not familiar with Fur Bible, they are essentially The Gun Club line-up from the Las Vegas Story tour after Terry Graham left and after they abandoned Jeffrey Lee Pierce in London – Kid Congo, Patricia Morrison, and drummer Desperate. Kid sings and you can hear a couple of the tracks on Kid’s compilation Solo Cholo. These inadvertent portraits of Patricia were taken in the parking lot behind Licorice Pizza in 1977 or 1978. Like I told you yesterday, this hang was the hang out of all hang outs in West Hollywood. While I've seen the Bags dozens of times, these photos of Patricia represent the whole of my Bags images. ...