I was watching a documentary on the roots of the UK punk scene back
in the 70s. Interesting stuff as this is the era of punk I love
the best. It all started out when the youth rediscovered 50s rock and roll and there was a cult revival of the time, sounds and style. At this time Macolm Mclaren was running a 50s throw back fashion store and later soon to be punks were buying early rock and roll and RnB music from record traders and car boots. They liked the rebelliousness of the music, the attitude to life and sex and the relative simplicity of the music. The next stage in the birth of UK punk was the London Pub Rock
scene that emerged. These were typically bands playing old rock and
roll standards but without great degrees of musical talent, however
the scene was massive but mainly performed by old beery
guys with beards and it wasnt until young 18 and 20 years olds
reached the age they could properly go out and drink that the punk evolution
fully started. Two groups mainly bridged the gap between the pub rock
scene and the punk revolution these being Eddie and the Hot rods
and Dr Feelgood. In As punk emerged Macolm Mclaren changed his stores name to Sex
and started selling punk clothes based around leather, studs and bondage.
He was also key in the creation of the Sex Pistols. After
seeing the New Another of the key bands during the emergence of punk were The
Clash. Joe Strummer was living in a squat and formed a band called
the 101ers not as a reference to the Orwell novel but just
the address of the house Typical 70s UK punk included a number of diverse bands but they
were unified into a scene by a few basic factors such as a hatred of
the glitz and pomposity of Glam rock and the over complication
of Prog rock, usually a lack of musical skills often just
playing a few simple There emerged a number of punk bands making a a few good hits like
The Undertones, Buzzcocks, The Adverts,
X- ray Specs, The Rutts and a number of other
disposable heroes. Later the scene developed in the Sadly the UK punk scene eventually dissolved into the New Romantics movement where all the attitude was changed for eye liner, and the guitars for horrible electronic drums and blippy synths lead by people like Gary Numan. The reason I take such an interest in this is that I feel that this
is also the origins of our own music as Digital BY Birth,
although taking a detour through 80s US Hardcore, The Beastie
Boys and of course the late/great Refused. Admittedly we only have two
members and use https://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-By-Birth/118345198237151?id=118345198237151&sk=app_2405167945
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