Oriel Collins: She is a Punk Rocker

Staci interviews Oriel Collins, DIY fashion expert and a punk rock historian. Oriel reminisces of her time on the D.C. punk scene in the ’90s, being in the mosh pit at a TSOL show, and talks about the questionable deaths of Nancy Spungen, Sid Vicious, and Fred “Freak” Smith. She also goes into the reasons behind the fashion that started with punk, then evolved into the mainstream. Lastly, Staci reads from Rock & Roll Nightmares: True Stories, telling the strange tale of how a near-death experience led to Bon Scott becoming the lead singer of AC/DC.