Punk rock” was an easy media term for art that didn’t “fit”. What might punk be? We dig into the known and unknown from across decades and across simple categorizations, featuring new restorations and first-person accounts in film, music, podcasts and images.

byNWR presents a rare peek inside the Cryptic Corporation headquarters, centering around Graeme Whifler and the Residents' infamous unfinished film project, Vileness Fats, as well as on-set imagery from three other promotional films: Renaldo and the Loaf’s Songs for Swinging Larvae and the Residents’ Hello Skinny and One Minute Movies.

Johnny made his choice, or lived out his destiny, and he had a right to it. He always went to drugs to be able to face the day, and he always went to his guitar to be himself. There's no judging to be done. – Richard Hell

In 1977, Hollywood was the epicenter of punk noir - a shadowy vortex of hustlers, oblivion seekers, runaways and hookers - all out to surf the boulevard’s ceaseless lava flow of neon slime.

Live from Margaret Dollrod's basement

One of the earliest bands to form in the initial San Francisco Bay Area punk explosion.

Live from Margaret's basement

The Saga Of Margaret Doll Rod

The Saga Of Margaret Doll Rod

The Saga Of Margaret Doll Rod

A church fashion exposé

A whistle-stop tour through the fast times of fashion’s ultimate fetish fabric.

Enjoy the many looks of Dante

NWR captures his daugther, Lola Corfixen, via his distinctive neon-drenched lens

For Jason Hendil-Forsell it was a requirement - both in the ring and as an associate to one of the most feared and secretive global criminal networks.

A collection of behind-the-scenes imagery of the Travis Scott "Delresto" video, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and released as part of Scott's cinematic experience entitled, Circus Maximus. Discover the surreal, psychedelic journey that explores the human experience and the power of musical, adrenaline fueled soundscapes. BTS imagery courtesy of photographer Joakim Züger.