"There's songs about cops, there's songs about killing yourself, there's songs about depression, there's songs about the women that leave. The Car has no breaks and we're flooring it! We're gonna hit something but so what!? It's Black Flag!"
-Henry Rollins ( Punk: Attitude)
What better phrase could be used to open a discussion on the ideals and motivation behind one of the most outrages and influential music scenes to happen in the modern era. Taken from the documentary Punk: Attitude, Henry Rollins, lead singer of the seminal punk/hardcore outfit Black Flag, gives us the perfect picture of what this culture and movement was all about.
This blog will cover the research I will be conducting on the Punk scene starting from the early days of The Velvet Underground in the States and The Sex Pistols in the UK, through to the departure of Johnny Rotten from the punk scene as he formed the post-punk pioneers Public Image Limited and hopefully everything between. Below is a short outtake from the above mentioned documentary that shows prominent members of the early punk scene expressing some of their views on the punk life.
While this is my first attempt at a blog I figure it's the perfect genre to discuss. If it seems to be a little amateur and raw then I can say that is exactly what I was trying to achieve as were the Punks. To quote the banter that occured between The Sex Pistols lead man, Johnny Rotten and a member of the crowd at their gig on January 21st, 1976:
Crowd: You can't play!
Rotten: So What!
Perfect...
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