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Jayne Casey, a former member of punk band Big In Japan, now runs a small deli and arts bar District House just around the corner in Victoria Road.

“Brimming with a sloppy insouciance, their debut album often is cited as one of the building blocks of the late ‘70s punk movement,” The Times wrote in an early review.

County Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Noguchi, while David Markey’s “The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell” is a portrait of a notorious, enigmatic star of the local punk scene.

The Jam rose to fame in the punk and new wave era of the late 1970s and are credited with inspiring a revival in mod fashion and music.

Half of the 14 nominees are first-timers, including English punk star Billy Idol, rock and roll pioneer Chubby Checker, and "mad dog with soul" Joe Cocker.