The undisputed heroes of the early 80s skinhead scene, The 4 Skins were one of the mainstays of the second-wave of British punk commonly known as Oi! They endured major…
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999 formed in London in May 1977. Led by vocalist/guitarist Nick Cash – a onetime student at the Canterbury College of Art under the tutelage…
Despite initially forming in 1976 with a line up centred around vocalist Phil “Shonna” Rzonca and guitarist Dave Ryan, the Abrasive Wheels (the name was…
Fronted by exuberant vocalist Alison ‘George Cheex’ Roberts, Action Pact originated from Essex and took their musical cues from the likes of The Ramones, The…
The Adicts were a British punk quartet founded in Ipswich, Suffolk, in the late ’70s by lead singer Monkey (Keith Warren), guitarist Pete Davison, bassist…
With their raw, enthusiastic immaturity, The Adverts were a bright but short-lived light of the punk era, and their bass player Gaye Advert (pictured below)…
The Angelic Upstarts were formed in South Shields (Tyneside) in 1978 after the initial punk explosion had hit London. Their first single The Murder of Liddle…
In good punk tradition, the Anti-Nowhere League formed in Kent, England, in 1980 out of sheer boredom. The band members were old friends, congenital troublemakers…
Hailing from Derbyshire, England, Anti-Pasti were part of the commercially successful but critically reviled second wave of punk. The group signed to the punk/heavy metal…
Along with The Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned, The Boys were part of the mid-70’s UK punk explosion in London. In September 1975,…
The New York club that propelled American rock into the 1970s by launching unsigned and untried bands such as Television, Talking Heads and The Ramones, was started by a…
A bunch of complete punk loonies from Bristol who started out as Vice Squad’s road crew plus some mates. The line-up eventually settled down as Ampex,…
A punk outfit formed in London in 1977 by vocalist Gene October. Original members Bill Broad (better known as Billy Idol) and Tony James swiftly…
This energetic punk band originated from Hitchin in Hertfordshire in 1978 and kept their good-natured Sex Pistols-inspired vision active well into the mid-1980s. The band released their…
Crass was formed in 1978 by Steve Ignorant and Penny Rimbaud, who lived a commune-type life in a farmhouse called Dial House at North Weald near…
The Damned formed in London in 1976. Former cemetery worker and aspiring graphic artist Dave Vanian (abridged from ‘Transylvanian’; real name Dave Lett) teamed up…
Formed in San Francisco in early 1978, the Dead Kennedys became American public enemy number one right from the start. A creation of Jello Biafra…
The Discharge album Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982) contained the fiercest music ever heard when it was first released. Formed in 1977, their brutal assault…
You would be excused for thinking that a band who sing about kicking a Mod in the head to the tune of Jingle Bells, fronted by…
In 1980, four Brummie drinking buddies got together and formed a band inspired by the mid-70s punk acts. Initially called Charged GBH, somehow this rowdy…