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Punk Music Rocked The World Revolution or Evolution of a Music Nick Lowe was at his heart he was a punk his early records were raw, and overflowing with energy Lowe moved to Stiff Records in 1976, Britain's first independent record label. They were one of the components which helped the birth of Punk. Defined as an aggressive form of rock music predominantly from UK and North America in the late 70's. Punk music and the punk attitude has had a significant effect on many different aspects of global culture, both in its own right and by fundamentally changing the social environment which other western cultures share with it. Despite the wide variety of modern elements of punk, it is agreed that the culture began in England in the years 1976 to 1986. When the first and simplest from of punk music began and ended it went on to spread all over the world ... Witness now China Punks. Anarchist, decentralizing, and libertarian, U.K. punk divided British society and by 1980 had been absorbed as a pop style. A number of the London bands and some early punks from the rest of Britain played the legendary 100 Club . Punk music, which called itself punk music, the very English thing was conjured up by Malcolm McLaren who created a band called the Sex Pistols in early 1976 were American, principally the New York Dolls, for the image and attitude, and the Stooges, for the basis of the music. Punk was a reaction against the pretentiousness of the prevailing bands of the mid seventies, youth culture wanted something else. Also it was a reaction to people being able to make there own records and wanting to. This was paralleled by fanzines and other aspects of a do it for yourself attitude. Many had been inspired by seeing the Sex Pistols but few copied as that was not the spirit of punk music. The Sex Pistols, led by Johnny Rotten (John Lydon), were one of the first wave of bands including the Clash and the Damned that started playing around London in 1976. They initially played the music in front of small audience who were easily distinguishable by their un-uniform ripped clothing and hair styles. The Sex Pistols only together for two years in the late 1970s, changed the face of popular music. Through their raw, provocative singles a changed what rock & roll could be. The Damned released New Rose, the first punk single, the music failed to sell. This was not a problem faced by the Sex Pistols when they released Anarchy in the UK a month later. Publicity for the band came from infamous TV interview so the single made the lower UK charts. The Damned released their album Damned Damned Damned to an excited scene in November of that year. In 1977 the Pistols sacked bass player Glen Matlock and brought in Sid Vicious, a fan who could not play the bass but had the image, reputation and heroin habit to court more controversy. In a flurry of publicity, the Pistols signed first to A+M records, were dropped after a week and then to Virgin, where they released two more excellent singles, God Save the Queen and Pretty Vacant. Their album Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols came out to much acclaim. Other early punk bands were cashing in on the publicity with records. Some, like The Clash's eponymous debut album, were excellent, but the majority were indifferent. The Damned released their second album Music For Pleasure to little interest, and as the year ended without any activity band the Sex Pistols, punk seemed out of stem. Lots of others were excited and John Peel the Radio 1 DJ gave airtime to lots of groups who were inspired to make there own 3 minutes of music excitement. He gave publicity to the Undertones, who released classic Teenage Kicks. Malcolm McLaren's 1978 The Great Rock and Roll Swindle and in October Sid Vicious' girlfriend Nancy Spungen was found stabbed to death and Sid was arrested on suspicion. Original punks learned the hard way that they could not trade forever on attitude and image, there was a new generation who adapted the lo-fi quality of the music with a multitude of visions. Bands like the UK Subs and the Clash. Joy Division, who ditched their simple punk past as nonentities Warsaw and were signed to Factory records. 1979 saw the death from a heroin overdose of Sid Vicious in February, a death that effectively marked the end of the initial punk tabloid momentum. The rest of the year was more encouraging, as a wave of post punk bands released classic albums. The Clash was one of the few original punk bands to escape the decline, as they adapted their music to include reggae, ska and pop elements on their London Calling album. The Undertones followed up Teenage Kicks with a re-release and then an album of clever punk-pop, music while punk was now less centred in London then in the industrial towns, particularly Manchester. It was here that a new punk music scene sprung up and produced, in Joy Division and The Fall, two of the great British bands, whose music transcended any genre. Joy Division released the angst filled Unknown Pleasures. 1980 was a so called end of punk, as Ian Curtis of Joy Division hung himself shortly before the release of their second album Closer. In the light of his death it is a terrifyingly emotional and despairing music, but still a classic. Bands like the Crass, Fall, Kronstadt Uprising and the Mekons use punk spirit as they continued to make good music with a canvas which defies the dead hand of the dictionary. The previous years had had a huge effect. As a form it continues to inspire and influence, witness Green Day recently articulating the pop and peace side of punk. The punk spirit is alive and well. Listen to Mick Jones and Tony James in their new band Carbon Silicon. Now with the net the punks are everywhere and the do it yourself version of music is normal. Only took 30 years but it is and is not dead. So here to the next 30 years . The Punk Spirit will renew us again ... Keep it real.

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Nick Lowe was at his heart he was a punk his early records were raw, and overflowing with energy Lowe moved to Stiff Records in 1976, Britain's first independent record label. They were one of the components which helped the birth of Punk. Defined as an aggressive form of rock music predominantly from UK and North America in the late 70's. Punk music and the punk attitude has had a significant effect on many different aspects of global culture, both in its own right and by fundamentally changing the social environment which other western cultures share with it. Despite the wide variety of modern elements of punk, it is agreed that the culture began in England in the years 1976 to 1986. When the first and simplest from of punk music began and ended it went on to spread all over the world ... Witness now China Punks. Anarchist, decentralizing, and libertarian, U.K. punk divided British society and by 1980 had been absorbed as a pop style.

A number of the London bands and some early punks from the rest of Britain played the legendary 100 Club . Punk music, which called itself punk music, the very English thing was conjured up by Malcolm McLaren who created a band called the Sex Pistols in early 1976 were American, principally the New York Dolls, for the image and attitude, and the Stooges, for the basis of the music. Punk was a reaction against the pretentiousness of the prevailing bands of the mid seventies, youth culture wanted something else. Also it was a reaction to people being able to make there own records and wanting to. This was paralleled by fanzines and other aspects of a do it for yourself attitude. Many had been inspired by seeing the Sex Pistols but few copied as that was not the spirit of punk music.

The Sex Pistols, led by Johnny Rotten (John Lydon), were one of the first wave of bands including the Clash and the Damned that started playing around London in 1976. They initially played the music in front of small audience who were easily distinguishable by their un-uniform ripped clothing and hair styles. The Sex Pistols only together for two years in the late 1970s, changed the face of popular music. Through their raw, provocative singles a changed what rock & roll could be. The Damned released New Rose, the first punk single, the music failed to sell. This was not a problem faced by the Sex Pistols when they released Anarchy in the UK a month later. Publicity for the band came from infamous TV interview so the single made the lower UK charts. The Damned released their album Damned Damned Damned to an excited scene in November of that year.

In 1977 the Pistols sacked bass player Glen Matlock and brought in Sid Vicious, a fan who could not play the bass but had the image, reputation and heroin habit to court more controversy. In a flurry of publicity, the Pistols signed first to A+M records, were dropped after a week and then to Virgin, where they released two more excellent singles, God Save the Queen and Pretty Vacant. Their album Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols came out to much acclaim.

Other early punk bands were cashing in on the publicity with records. Some, like The Clash's eponymous debut album, were excellent, but the majority were indifferent. The Damned released their second album Music For Pleasure to little interest, and as the year ended without any activity band the Sex Pistols, punk seemed out of stem. Lots of others were excited and John Peel the Radio 1 DJ gave airtime to lots of groups who were inspired to make there own 3 minutes of music excitement. He gave publicity to the Undertones, who released classic Teenage Kicks. Malcolm McLaren's 1978 The Great Rock and Roll Swindle and in October Sid Vicious' girlfriend Nancy Spungen was found stabbed to death and Sid was arrested on suspicion.

Original punks learned the hard way that they could not trade forever on attitude and image, there was a new generation who adapted the lo-fi quality of the music with a multitude of visions. Bands like the UK Subs and the Clash. Joy Division, who ditched their simple punk past as nonentities Warsaw and were signed to Factory records. 1979 saw the death from a heroin overdose of Sid Vicious in February, a death that effectively marked the end of the initial punk tabloid momentum. The rest of the year was more encouraging, as a wave of post punk bands released classic albums. The Clash was one of the few original punk bands to escape the decline, as they adapted their music to include reggae, ska and pop elements on their London Calling album.

The Undertones followed up Teenage Kicks with a re-release and then an album of clever punk-pop, music while punk was now less centred in London then in the industrial towns, particularly Manchester. It was here that a new punk music scene sprung up and produced, in Joy Division and The Fall, two of the great British bands, whose music transcended any genre. Joy Division released the angst filled Unknown Pleasures. 1980 was a so called end of punk, as Ian Curtis of Joy Division hung himself shortly before the release of their second album Closer. In the light of his death it is a terrifyingly emotional and despairing music, but still a classic.

Bands like the Crass, Fall, Kronstadt Uprising and the Mekons use punk spirit as they continued to make good music with a canvas which defies the dead hand of the dictionary. The previous years had had a huge effect. As a form it continues to inspire and influence, witness Green Day recently articulating the pop and peace side of punk. The punk spirit is alive and well. Listen to Mick Jones and Tony James in their new band Carbon Silicon. Now with the net the punks are everywhere and the do it yourself version of music is normal. Only took 30 years but it is and is not dead. So here to the next 30 years . The Punk Spirit will renew us again ... Keep it real.