Roberta Bayley

There’s no person more responsible for documenting visually New York’s early Punk scene than Roberta Bayley (apart from Bob Gruen). I think she was my first interview some 25 odd years ago for the site when I was very inexperienced at it. I’d bought something off her off eBay and then cheekily asked for an interview which I’ve since lost!

Anyways from working the door at CBGB’s to producing some of the most recognised iconic photos of the punk era (mainly USA). A fantastic visual journey. Read a lot of her memories of the time in ‘Please Kill Me’ and see her work in books like ‘Blank Generation Revisited – The early Days Of Punk.’ Think Ramones first album cover, the cover of arguably the best book on US punk Please Kill Me, and numerous photos including Blondie and the New York Dolls and you get the picture!

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