Ramones, Liverpool, 1977 Bruce Springsteen Patti Smith Group and John

Patti Smith Group and John Cale at The Bottom Line in New York City

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and the meeting of underground author and pop star embodies the scene's collapsing of high and low

The image was later selected as the cover of Weiss’s book The Decade That Rocked (2020)

The Cramps were photographed on the Bowery in 1977

Ramones, Liverpool, 1977 Bruce Springsteen Patti Smith Group and JohnThe Ramones photographed in Liverpool in 1977, at a defining moment in the early expansion of punk beyond New York. The presence of the bus in the background situates the image within the bands touring context, capturing the raw, transitional nature of that period. Available as a limited edition fine art print on Archival Pigment on Premium Rag Barita photographic paper. Each print is individually signed by the photographer and embossed with his