A History Of Punk: Punk & Pistolry

Explores the raw energy, rebellion, and liberating impact of Britain’s 1976–77 punk explosion.

Punk: the filth and the fury. But it was so much more than that.

In The History of Punk Music, author Stephen Palmer depicts the punk rock explosion of 1976—77 in tired, bored, and socially stratified Britain. Emerging from the litter—strewn streets of London, punk’s music expressed the suppressed anger of young working—class people with nowhere to go and nothing meaningful to do. Its music was raw ...