Britain celebrating 40 years of punk music

The punk rock revolution is turning 40. We take a raw look at punk's impact, then and now.
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[@radioactive_bloodbath]

I’m a metalhead myself but punk definitely has a special place in my heart! 🤘🏻🖤💀punk rock for life!

[@dankk2754]

ryan leighton NWOBHM \m/

[@issy3359]

@@Jade-xq1ry sweet, I'm not the only one left lmaoo

[@zachbohemian]

same

[@ashotofmercury]

@@zachbohemian Love your username.

[@mkproductions2.042]

Ashwood Manor thank you!

[@ikawpipa]

In the 80s, I ripped my jeans and wear them as my "punk uniform" and my parents, siblings, neighbors will tell me that I look untidy. At present day, they are the ones wearing ripped jeans bought from a department store and I think the jeans cost more with more rips. .. the irony.

[@stefanoseverini3133]

Never ripped off my clothes----they were disintegrating by time ya poser

[@LLS710]

Kinda sad how everything gets co-opted.

[@MrNerdyBrit]

There's so much misunderstanding of what Punk is. It's about being your own master and truly standing up for what you believe in. It's pretty ironic how a lot of people who consider themselves Punk (mainly by the way they dress) all dress the same.

[@stevencorsoe7512]

Scourge AGREE!!!

[@wretchedknave5740]

The reason is because deep down people have an innate desire to fit in somewhere.

[@stevencorsoe7512]

I send you a heart miss knave because I want my words to inspire all the Freethinkers of the world.Pass it on and on and on...💖

[@rein-gameplay]

@@wretchedknave5740 yeah

[@nathanbruce1992]

Scourge: well the people who pride themselves on how much they dont dress up are a bit silly too. Im tired of all this “true punk” nonsense. Its whatever anyone wants it to mean

[@abangemirzaihanabangzulkip9502]

Goth guy here, Punk will always be our cousin. Without Punk, there would be no goth.🤘🏼🖤

[@KIM-bt7my]

Too true, 👩🏻‍🎤.

[@aleksandrastojanovic1846]

Thats true

[@kevinadamson5768]

My favourite band the Damned strayed into that genre of music. Still going strong though with fans from teenagers to grandma's.

[@victoriansquirrel]

I definitely don‘t look punkish, I wear no spikes, don‘t have a mohawk and only wear dresses. But I have an old friend who was a punk (and probably still is, he‘s just too proud to admit it), love punk music, old and new, and take great interest in the history of punk. You guys are awesome.

[@iyeetsecurity922]

_When you're in your 40's and your family finally figures out its not a phase...._

[@NinjaBlend]

I love all the kinds of punk 🎵 : punk 🧷 punk rock Ⓐ ska punk 🏁 crust punk 🔗 street punk ✊ skate punk 🛹 hardcore punk 👊 horror punk 👻 pop punk 🎸 celtic punk 🍀 folk punk 🤠

[@anugget2328]

Dude that first emoji what does it mean?

[@АнгелПасков]

I agree with all. I just dislike the hate of Exploited (they a great band tho)

[@jennifergreen4425]

🔥

[@nightspirits5608]

Punk was made to rebel Pop music

[@raincasthills5013]

a nugget It’s a symbol for Anarchy

[@Ancistrocheirus]

Punk is not just music, is an ecosystem. And those who never visited it, will never understand...

[@elderfuentes1205]

Metal,Punk,Rock is all thats needed in life

[@richardeijiyano2978]

PUNK FOREVER

[@psychobillynumbnuts1]

Not a weaboo virgin like you

[@leinad1033]

Listen to my punk band m.soundcloud.com/e-x-s-the-official-band

[@sludgegt8793]

ik u didnt ask but Meh punks not my style i prefer metal also u have no idea what a weaboo is u youtube lurking child

[@seventeenseconds1698]

IVE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY

[@wedgesalad3163]

I killed a baby today, but it doesn't matter much to me as long as it's dead.

[@iceuk1]

Born a rocker die a rocker 👍

[@WhateverWhenever888]

Rock on!

[@tazboy1934]

Get rocked in hell

[@markstevenson7577]

Grebo

[@agnieszkaz7262]

When I heard The Clash i was so happy

[@liameggleton174]

Choose A Better Name some tunes they done were punk but yeh they sort of done a mixture really didn't they.

[@edmorrison8271]

their first album were punk butas year goes by they started experimenting sounds from reggae to rockabilly

[@leinad1033]

Listen to my punk band m.soundcloud.com/e-x-s-the-official-band

[@SickBoy99a]

Pretty much everything up to and including London Calling is punk. After that, they went to New York and recorded Radio Clash and Sandinista. At that point, they were experimenting a lot and exploring other things like hip hop.

[@hoyjuloy]

Choose A Better Name If punk is anti-establishment, I can't see you're punk when you try to label it as something which is an established genre of music. Hypocrite.

[@josephgallagher2847]

I'm 40.i still ride a skateboard and still a punk.i don't dress like it.i have my own sense of fashion.skatboarding and punk rock go hand and hand.its a way of life.if your true to the life,it never leaves you.

[@edwardbliss8931]

We need this again, but there's no anger towards commercial pop and rap, which worries me. I'm guessing people are so glued to their phones to care about a revolution

[@loganscarrel-bowles1544]

Edward Bliss u wrong

[@CDBD]

Such a bullshit! Remember how the nazis burned books and established the term 'degenerated art'? Is that what you are trying to do here? Let the people like and listen to what ever they want. That's none of your business and especially it's not 'cool' or 'punk'

[@Junkyarddog5851]

punk is still alive and well and you find the punk attitude in certain sects of every music genre. Just gotta look for it. check your area for local bands or the closest big city for local bands. Every town has punk bands I promise you

[@leinad1033]

Listen to my punk band m.soundcloud.com/e-x-s-the-official-band

[@ahippy8972]

Edward Bliss so true kids today got no clue .

[@gregfowler957]

punk rock isn't about spikey hair and dressing up its about attitude and being unique the ramones were punk in its purest form

[@outis439-A]

Greg Fowler America

[@jedisok13]

Rosida Andriyana The Ramones are the best punk band of all time. And seeing as how they started punk rock, their music was definitely punk in its purest form.

[@r.budddwyer8951]

GG Allin is the epitome of punk

[@jedisok13]

Well, I’ll give ya that. No one will ever be close to GG. NO RULES!!!

[@icouldbedoingotherthings5199]

Greg Fowler British culture is different than American culture.

[@amirulhakim268]

8:38 the true punk. answering posh lady with her own mimicked gestures, With his polite, comedic manner. that's punk attitude when they'are older. Salud!

[@fintanoclery2698]

Now, seven year olds have mohawks and their clueless parents bask in the nostalgia of a Blink 182 song.

[@lucypotato5019]

and...what would Blink 182 have to do with this?

[@fintanoclery2698]

+Lucy Potato just a comment on how punk and it's ethos were co-opted by a generation who purchased their rebellion at the mall.

[@fintanoclery2698]

+Lucy Potato And I agree, this a great tribute.

[@edneyboston-griffiths3954]

Paddy O'Lantern ..

[@akashg746]

Long live UK & USA punk. From the Pistols to the Ramones and to the fallen Sid Vicious & Darby Crash.

[@drmortmagus7147]

I was punk when I was a teen in the last 70's early 80's ... what a time my god !!!

[@SillyPuddyTV]

Punks not dead in the U.S either!

[@NeoCapableTechnology]

Silly Puddy true.

[@SillyPuddyTV]

I'd like these cunts to stay out of our culture. Not cool.

[@mikekell920]

might as well stay out of uk baseline too huh? music is universal

[@NeoCapableTechnology]

OOOOOOOO

[@Itsraejean]

no it is not! we are still going strong!!

[@108noonoo]

Im English but American hardcore/punk is so much better but post punk is where Britain thrives

[@stevencorsoe7512]

Nathan Crook Got to agree with you mate from a yank that grew into the scene.

[@nicolatimpson2531]

each decade there is music that defines the era and holds the history and story's. I loved and love the punk era. I still rate the music and the memories they trigger.

[@AndreySantofimio]

New generations have become very bland, we need some kind of rage that shakes them off from that boring nowadays pop music that has invaded the web and the whole media. I love the energy as attitude that Punk music brings to everyone. Yeah!!!

[@punksnotdeadyouare3179]

Dude there is still punks still today I go to shows all the time and I used be in a band

[@gorehound3414]

Andrey Santofimio have you heard the drill music in the UK? 🤣

[@gorehound3414]

Evil music

[@bigd1979]

@101ers77 oh look it’s even Villainised

[@calumleys1129]

@@bigd1979 perfecttt

[@rhemie2114]

I find it amusing that they play London Calling (1979) over a clip of an exhibit representing 1976-78

[@KyrstOak]

5:45 I love that that guy's rebelling against the rebellious and thus, in a way, giving in to them.

[@Punkxworld]

punk is not on the outside, punk is in your heart. punk forever..

[@kjul.]

I don't even listen to punk rock much myself, but I'm still glad it came into existence, since it basically sparked so many different musical genres that I listen to today, thank you for that punks! ^.^ ♫

[@DizzyKizzy64]

Met Charlie Harper , Steve Jones and Paul cook and killing joke all early 80s ...great music back then

[@caseywagner8656]

I have loved Punk rock music since I was a baby and small kid growing up in Orange county California back in the 2000's now I am 19 and still love it .One of my favorite Punk rocks bands is The Scarred

[@kimeton5502]

Been punk since 77 59 now

[@basedsalty6970]

I've met the UK subs in Santa Cruz Ca Charlie is good as it gets. This brings back great times

[@beachdancerfilms]

The punk movement is about now and how the music reverberates around the world

[@Biblioot]

Diminished responsibility was my first album. Changed my life.

[@Zovemsepip]

I need more of that guy at 0:24 haha...he looks soooo cool

[@xpat1312]

J e n is _bidg oh yeah! be sure he is. -;oP

[@leinad1033]

Listen to my punk band m.soundcloud.com/e-x-s-the-official-band

[@neptunesjester4145]

I grew up in the 80s west coast punk scene. Stilll love it and live it every day

[@madbatstudios9280]

I'm a punk in the US

[@jasonreese2088]

Me as well. 48 yrs old.

[@nicolea2839]

I’m a 19 year old punk girl in the USA

[@lucypotato5019]

This is a Fantastic tribute! Thank You CBC!

[@jmnatividad1073]

Rip sid vicious

[@exin7778]

PUNK AND PROUD PUNK OUT LOUD

[@gregdahlen4375]

i like being punk but it's stressful cuz it takes courage

[@goatmansasquatch1485]

What

[@cdabcdefg12345]

wearing a mohawk if you don't really want to might take courage

[@ealing456]

2:16 One of my favourite punk bands, 999! Good to hear the Damned, but there's not much footage from them here though, and they're the original UK punk rock band!

[@stevencorsoe7512]

Bloody useless The Damned are GOTH not punk.

[@Vicars_Rage]

Love 999! My old band opened for them at a small gig in Brighton a few years ago and it was awesome 😝

[@GilbertSyndrome]

Steven Corsoe Since when were the Damned a Goth band? Are you drunk? lol.

[@gmantramp404]

@@GilbertSyndrome if you seriously consider the Damned to be anything but Goth/Prog Rock then you must be a fool.

[@MrUndersolo]

Glen Matlock wrote back to me after I wrote a Tweet on the passing of the Queen. A true gentleman who deserves all our respect.

[@lauriemarie6902]

I love it I don't care what year it was or is I just love it. Philadelphia USA

[@turbocharger5482]

i wish it was like back then today, nowadays people cannot argue about something without making wars or killing eachother, back then you would make music about arguments and stuff like should be instead of shooting eachother.

[@aubreyhawkins9946]

Would have to say The Exploited are my favorite punk group!!

[@Josh-qx8sq]

All i need is my all stars and im one punky boi

[@sergiomarques1920]

"Shyness, the inexhaustible source of so much unhappiness in practical life, is the direct, even unique, cause of all interior wealth" - EMIL CIORAN This is PUNK

[@dylansomers7253]

Nostalgia is nauseating

[@robertmaynard3829]

Saw em all at the whiskey in the. 70S

[@marioherr3479]

Great report, thank you CBC News.

[@АнгелПасков]

Yeah,isnt it fun how canadian national broadcast service made this,but not BBC

[@niared260]

Punk never dies

[@elbastardodeltitan7111]

Nia red Never bro, Never.

[@honourethefire5794]

Great early clip of 999 at beginning makes a change i got into punk in the 70's age 13 in London my 1st ever gig same year Siouxsie and the Banshees before debut album came out im nearly 56 now still love it never stopped going to gigs etc its got me to travel with bands loads around uk / Europe /USA see them all properly meet the real people from those places before & after gigs but especially the people who put you up way was done no amount of money could ever buy & without punk would never of had the amazing chances i have & happy to say ive never downloaded a thing in my life

[@yoooohooooo]

Where in London did you grow up ?

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY ROCK N ROLL IT'S ALRIGHT MAMA ONLY MY EARS ARE BLEEDING

[@ianshortland6814]

I think Joe Corre should set fire to himself

[@John-mw6jj]

and his mum and her royal titles,if she was for real she wouldn't have even accepted that bollocks,never mind.

[@gabepan370]

3 days into listening to punk and i recognized most of the songs

[@LoydAvenheart]

Might have to to a little bit with how most of the songs in this video where major hits and their time.

[@leinad1033]

Listen to my punk band m.soundcloud.com/e-x-s-the-official-band

[@eternityschildlv]

''This is just a phase''... :D

[@HarukiGates]

“But mom, it’s not a phase!!!”

[@davidmiles9016]

Very hard to explain to people who weren’t around then, how outraged society was. Me, I loved it.

[@colddarkness1798]

PUNK IS LIFE🅰️🤘🏻💕

[@natalie8212]

"This was the beginning of it" .... He forgot to add "in England". How quickly they forgot Richard Hell, and Malcolm's trip to NY when he first decided to rip off the Scene in Ny at CBGBs. I'm not saying it wasn't significant to this area, just that this was *not* the beginning of punk.

[@casb777]

It was created in America tho (the MC5 and the Stooges)

[@robsmoran]

While it may be true that the musical style originated in the US, its rebellious anarchic attitude came from the UK.

[@bsalover4779]

ARDNASSAC LOTSIRB yep, US try to claim everything

[@KD-jb9pq]

Robert Moran yeah right, they ripped off Richard Hell.

[@gregfowler957]

Yep the English copied the Ramones dead boys Iggy mc5

[@alexisrios9759]

Correct, punk rock is American.

[@charleshall3372]

Before Ramones were Dictators and Richard Hell(Television Heartbreakers) and Suicide were billed as Punk Music on 1970.

[@charleshall3372]

In 1970

[@helio1055]

didn’t even mention discharge once..

[@leinad1033]

helio1055 Listen to my punk band m.soundcloud.com/e-x-s-the-official-band

[@GilbertSyndrome]

helio1055 Why would they?

[@Trancegirl1966]

I am fifty now but I went through my Punk phase and had a ball. The Clash is still a favourite and now Green Day is an absolute favourite...Long Live Punk Rock!!!!!!!

[@ulises8419]

2:30 when all your clothes is dirty

[@nehemiahzo_]

People say pop-punk isn’t punk. Pop is any music that’s popular. People. Listen. Punk in 70s: Pop. Metal in the 80s: Pop. Rap in the 2010s to 20s: Pop.

[@MrPunkforlife]

Very poorly done, no research what so ever, and after watching it a newcomer, or someone looking at the scene from the outside, would end up thinking that there were only 5 Punk Rock bands in British history. 1 out of 10 rating. The years 1980-2015 are missing..... thousands of groups not even hinted at. Writers need to go back to the drawing board. As bad as Time Magazine's TV "Special" from a few years ago on Punk that was very sad and horrendously written. Next, I'm going to write the CBC and give them Hell for this piece of shit story.

[@Ghostombs]

MrPunkforlife take a chill pill dude

[@MrPunkforlife]

No, I'm fine. I just don't like it when our scene(s) are misrepresented in such a manner. Makes me MAD >:(

[@eddymunster3938]

MrPunkforlife yeah cannot be surprised when the"documentary" is only 10 minutes and it's being done as news from someone that's not a fan

[@stevencorsoe7512]

MrPunkforlife of course didn't mention the Verukers,GBH,or Subhumans just to name a few...but when they do you got the real deal.

[@АнгелПасков]

@@eddymunster3938 then maybe BBC should make the documentary instead of canadian national broadcast service lol

[@philcollins4520]

When "I'm stranded"- The Saints September 1976 came out, Malcolm McLaren heard it and started to take interest in the Punk seen he soon got the Pistols and others who were already around in the studio. That was the beginning of PUNK.

[@erikclash2297]

El Punk no ha muerto en México tampoco! Punks not dead in México either!

[@kalekanevil8589]

Punk never lost it fire cuz punks not dead!!!

[@Mixwell1983]

At 1:19 near top right I still have that Killjoys 7" of johnny wont go to heaven. One of the few pieces of vinyl I have left.

[@VONCEIL1]

da do do dodo da da do do do do

[@h.e.finleyjr.8463]

British AND American..... punk rock forever!!!!

[@AliAkbar-ng7jy]

I love the intro of pretty vacant

[@iordankostadinow]

Sid vicious ! ! ! Not a single word ! ! !

[@gringogreen4719]

Punk was a glorious mess and will always be a glorious mess. If you are a punk you know it. Its with you through and through. I'm a lifer and it pulls me through the daily bullshit of policies that make little to no sense and the politicians who hoodwink the public to vote against their own intetests. Punk is the politics of standing on your own feet and say "I'm here and I matter and so do you!," in the strongest way possible. The ones who can't handle it fall by the wayside. The trendy ones either adapt or leave.

[@DJCD92162095]

It is the British Punk inspired Goth, Emo, Industrial fashions.

[@thrashsis5412]

I m Metalhead & my wife is Punk. Now she love metal too

[@garthodowd6846]

As a fan of Motörhead I love Punk as well, I also love reggae

[@christianestrada3375]

8:22 chef Gordon ramsay

I went to see that British Library exhibition, it was pretty good :)

[@rickyramone5837]

Punk rock should be taught in school....

[@MrBee-AEW]

Great name!!!!! you might like our electro tribute kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHbbgnmCm8pogdU

[@freddmi5212]

Instead of school you mean?

[@its830p.m.7]

Man the crass were punk till the very end

[@LLS710]

The guy who destroyed and burned all of his original punk memorabilia is the true punk rocker here. THAT is punk. Nice to look back but destroying it is how punk truly lives on.

[@trimmtrabb9131]

Bet they all voted brexit

[@benjerry6442]

That's true punk right there

[@Clariccy]

definitely not true punk

[@Clariccy]

punk is leftist brexit is not lol

[@C0ltrane]

Clariccy agreed it’s terrible that people think it’s right wing but Johnny Rotten lives in the U.S and likes Trump it’s depressing really

[@lameduck1690]

Johnny Rotten aged into a twat

[@wolfsblood6280]

Sid will allways be the real punk

[@chelseakitkatz]

MrAladdino The Damned 🙌🏻

[@Kiwinan1701]

Grand Dad Until the smack and the Parasites got him.

[@paulc.253]

Grand Dad If you think about...the U.S / George Washington was the first punk

[@leinad1033]

Listen to my punk band m.soundcloud.com/e-x-s-the-official-band

[@blakejohnson9205]

Darby crash was cooler

[@Hankydoodle1]

Charlie Harper, the legend.

[@amekachihasibuan7291]

punk not dead 😘from indonesia

[@WVMothman]

It's ironic, punk died in '79 about the time disco fell off the charts in the states, and new wave music replaced them both.

[@KortovElphame]

Too bad Punk started in NYC !

[@davidmorrison4718]

Yeah but nobody cared until the British started doing it, punk will ALWAYS be associated with the UK

[@ThiagodMoraes]

The Clash,the best thing that came out of punk.Timeless band!!

[@bryanescobar2788]

oink oink oink !

[@leinad1033]

Listen to my punk band m.soundcloud.com/e-x-s-the-official-band

[@pf2879]

I just hope I look as good as Charlie Harper when I’m in my 70’s. Just shows punk rock keeps you young.

[@rotten4804]

Punx not dead who agrees,give a like 🤘🤘🤘

[@yoooohooooo]

the imitators now lol

[@ElBoffis]

El Punk no morirá!

[@theghoststunes8267]

our punk vibes are completely different to the 70's. love it tho

[@leinad1033]

The Ghosts tunes Listen to my punk band m.soundcloud.com/e-x-s-the-official-band

[@lipgloss-and-cigarettes]

Could I just say how they glossed over some really big American punk bands as well? Like the Ramones, Dead Kennedy’s, and Black Flag...

[@t1rjb1]

They mentioned a few pop punk bans. No mention of The Exploited or Chaos UK etc 🤔

[@oldchannel3098]

do research American and Germain punk is better.

[@BoudicaJ]

Absolutely.

[@BoudicaJ]

Lol...

[@electricleg207]

There is nothing wrong with The Ramones ,they did have a big influence on the UK groups ,but the UK groups had a bigger influence culturally on things.

[@paultardspambot]

is that cited and peer reviewed by the punk rock academy?

[@justsaynoNWO]

mindless Magyar that's debatable. I love UK punk and American punk but it definitely started in the UK.

[@TL-li2lu]

Punk is my favourite artistic expression ❤

[@nickthespy4395]

2:40 what is thit band I just love this clip

[@johnfothergill1581]

Charlie Harper is the grandad of Punk.......feckin Legend.

[@richardpm38]

I know a couple of the guys at the beginning of the video, one of them is from Edinburgh and the other guy is italian or spanish who lives in london