Punkrock History<p>Happy Birthday to Jonathan Michael Richman, songwriter, guitarist and founder of the influential proto-punk band Modern Lovers, born on this day in 1951, Natick, Massachusetts, US</p><p>Photo by Jeff Albertson</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/protopunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>protopunk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JonathanRichman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JonathanRichman</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ModernLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ModernLovers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrockhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>punkrockhistory</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>otd</span></a></p>
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Punkrock History<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/knowyourroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>knowyourroots</span></a><br />45 years ago <br />Jonathan Richman onstage at Eric's in Liverpool on June 1978. Richman formed the Modern Lovers, a proto punk garage rock band from Boston, Massachusetts</p><p>📸 Kevin Cummins </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>punkrock</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/protopunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>protopunk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JonathanRichman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JonathanRichman</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ModernLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ModernLovers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrockhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>punkrockhistory</span></a></p>
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