Punk Five Years On. A Pogo Down Memory Lane...
Jon Savage, The Face, November 1981
Sept 20/21, 1976: The two-day Punk Festival at London's 100 Club showcases the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Damned, Buzzcocks, Subway Sect, and the debut of Siouxsie & the Banshees, with Sid Vicious on drums. Oct 8: Sex Pistols sign to EMI. Nov 5: The Damned release 'New Rose', first punk single. Nov 26: Sex Pistols release 'Anarchy in the UK'. Dec 1: Sex Pistols say fuck on TV. Dec 3: First date of Anarchy tour, at Norwich University, blown out as a result of Sex Pistols' and Punk's sudden national notoriety...
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