Bondage is often cited as being the first punk pin-up, and featured on the front cover of a number of influential music tabloids such as Melody Maker, NME, and Smash Hits. She controversially posed topless for the cover of Sounds (although in a non-explicit pose), appearing a total of three times on the cover.

In 1983 she left Vice Squad to form the band Ligotage with Steve Roberts of UK Subs. Sales of their debut single "Crime and Passion" (1983, EMI) were disappointing, and their only album Forgive and Forget was released on the independent Picasso Records label.

Following the release of two solo singles in 1985, Bondage formed The Bombshells (often billed as "Beki & the Bombshells") in 1986. The band continued to play on the London club and punk circuit for many years.

In 1998 she reformed Vice Squad with a new line-up; the band continue to record and tour, particularly in Eastern Europe. The band also played a lengthy set at the 2006 Badfest festival.

She also released a solo album of covers in 2000 entitled Cold Turkey.

In a speech on April 23, 2006 (St George's Day), for the Campaign to Celebrate our English Heritage, controversial journalist Garry Bushell cited Bondage as "a jewel in the crown of England's glory.

External links

• Vice Squad official site
• Vice Squad's Myspace page
• 2007 interview with Beki Bondage in Punk77 magazine

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