![]() Punk became more complex quite quickly, and the same year saw debut releases from The Stranglers, Elvis Costello and Ian Dury. There had to be a reaction.īut, beyond the ‘here’s one chord, here’s another, here’s a third, now form a band’ mentality of its first wave of bands, personified by the Pistols, The Clash and The Jam, punk was a rapidly evolving beast, and by the end of 1977 its original progenitors were expressing dissatisfaction and alienation with the scene. Hippie fashion had become co-opted to the point that office workers could have long hair and flares pop and rock music was in decline, just like post-imperial Britain itself, crippled by recession, strikes and unemployment. After the psychedelic Sixties, when the Beatles conquered pop, England won the World Cup and music had pushed back the boundaries, the Seventies was a drab and sterile decade in Britain. It seems unbelievable now, but punk was fleetingly thought of as a genuine threat to societal harmony. Unsurprising, perhaps, given the state of the alarmist headlines of Britain’s tabloids throughout 1977 following the Sex Pistols’ now-legendary NSFW appearance on journalist Bill Grundy’s TV show. Whenever people think of punk, the first (often only) image that leaps to mind is three chords, safety pins, leather and gobbing.
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