Gray hair in a beard, demon in a rib - how British elderly punks hang out
This weekend the British aged punks decided to prove that they still rule Britain. Colorful mohawks, frayed leather jackets and impressive tattoos - informals "over 50" proved that punks are still alive and feel great - well, at least at the festival in British Morecambe. The festival is called Nice 'n' Sleazy ("Nice and vulgar") and was created specifically for punks and fans of the ska genre. It takes place in the town of Lancashire every year. Despite the wrinkles and gray hair, party-goers enjoy their favorite music, drink and socialize with their own kind for three whole days.
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1. Nice 'n' Sleazy is an annual festival named after a 1978 song by the British rock band The Stranglers. It has been held for many years on the last weekend of May.
2. This open-air, of course, cannot be compared with large-scale events like the Glastonbury festival, but the characters on it are more than colorful. In the photo: a typical punk response to a request to be photographed.
3. God Save the Queen!
4. This festival gathers fans of punk and ska music every year. Pictured: A woman combs her mohawk inside a social club in Morecambe.
5. Sean Innocent of Vile rests after performing at the Nice 'n' Sleazy festival.
6. And there are a dime a dozen of them in Lancashire during these three days of the festival.
7. Keith Flint? And no, sorry, misunderstood.
8. As you can see, the festival is not only "aged" punks.
9. Performance of one of the punk bands.
10. Punks will never die!
11. Tents, beer, tattoos and mohawks - everything is like at a regular punk festival.
12. Punks are for life, apparently.
13. Every year on the last weekend of May, punks from all over Britain come to Lancashire.
14. "The slave of society and the prisoner of life."
15. Tattoos and mohawks are an invariable attribute of any punk.
16. One of the party people at the Nice 'n' Sleazy festival.
17. The festival is over - everyone goes home. See you next year.