We weren’t innocent lambs by 1977. Even tuba-playing virgins who lived in half-finished, rural Georgia subdivisions knew the times they had a-changed. Television had shown us all about it. Several ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a crop-haired angry young man myself, I can’t recall ever wasting a minute of 1976, ’77 or ’78 thinking about how much I hated ...

In the mid-’70s, rock got usurped by punk. Though rock, as a broad definition, had gone through many changes up unto that point, it still had a recognizability about it. Punk was something completely ...

Derek Ridgers spent 1977 deep in the back alleys of London, dodging flailing limbs and saliva in the city’s mosh pits in order to capture its then-exploding punk scene with a borrowed camera.

For the Sex Pistols, the Queen's silver jubilee was a right royal gift. John Lydon had recognised the possibilities of exploiting the event the previous autumn when he started to write "No Future", ...

Punk flunked here this week. The punk audience scene, that is. Not a torn T-shirt, ripped out jean, heavy chain necklace or razor blade pendant at the Agora. Three New Wave bands -- the Dead Boys of ...

This week in 1977, two monumental albums arrived: 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols' and 'Rocket to Russia.' By William Goodman This week in 1977, two monumental albums arrived: The Sex ...

"Punk's Not Dead" became a slogan for young rebels reluctant to give up their spiky hair and crashing guitar bands for a new wave flop and a pop tune – but the title of the Exploited's 1981 debut ...

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Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized history of Austin’s punk culture, written by veteran journalist Tim Stegall. Chapter 1, documenting how a collaboration between Roky Erickson ...

A year-by-year walk through of the 40 best punk albums since the release of Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols in 1977. Punk rock was never meant to live as long as it has. It was meant ...