--- title: Orange Is the New Black Norma: Annie Golden Was Punk Rocker in 1970s description: Actress Annie Golden fronted punk rock band The Shirts in the 1970s canonical: https://time.com/3936417/norma-orange-is-the-new-black-punk-rocker/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-25T19:53:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:20.561Z og:title: Norma From 'Orange Is the New Black Used to Be a Punk Rocker og:description: Actress Annie Golden fronted punk rock band The Shirts in the 1970s og:url: https://time.com/3936417/norma-orange-is-the-new-black-punk-rocker/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Norma From 'Orange Is the New Black Used to Be a Punk Rocker twitter:description: Actress Annie Golden fronted punk rock band The Shirts in the 1970s twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Silent Norma From _Orange Is the New Black_ Used to Be a Punk Rocker > Sponsored content. 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This is what she looked like: > [](https://twitter.com/ArtsMic/status/613735366525362176) > [](https://twitter.com/anotherround/status/614128519979868160) Here’s Golden in action, performing a tune called “Teenage Crutch” with The Shirts: Oh, Norma. You contain such multitudes. ### See Roles You Didn't Realize Orange Is the New Black Stars Played  Before Taylor Schilling played Piper Chapman on Orange Is the New Black she starred as Beth Green in The Lucky One. Netflix; Warner Bros.  Before Kate Mulgrew played Galina "Red" Reznikov on Orange Is the New Black she starred as Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager. Netflix; CBS/Getty Images  Before Yael Stone played Lorna Morello on Orange Is the New Black she played Stacy Dickson on Me Myself I . Netflix; Sony Pictures Classics/Everett  Before Natasha Lyonne played Nicky Nichols on Orange Is the New Black she played Jessica on American Pie. 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