What does punk rock mean to you?

I remember it being quite bland at the time that punk started, though. Think Nolan Sisters, Brotherhood of Man, Abba, Sutherland Brothers rather than Bowie, Roxy, etc.

The first punk record I remember hearing was Roadrunner by Jonathan Richmond. I think that was '76.

God Save the Queen came out in '77, as I recall, to "celebrate" the Queen's Silver Jubilee.

Can't think the 70s music was bland oldgimmer1! David Bowie, Roxy Music, Queen, Bee Gees, ELO, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac was all great music. So many different types of music too.

I loved punk, particularly after the sweet blandness of the music that was around at the time. It was raw, energetic and disrespectful....especially the Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen, which was banned (not sure if it still is..).

Debbie Harry
Chrissie Hind
Elvis Costello
Ian Dury
Boomtown Rats
The Jam

Rock against Racism
Miners Strike
Lots of badges with slogans on them
Supporting the ANC, when it was still proscribed...

My partner was in a punk band then, wrote ‘political’ songs and played very fast, very loud guitar.

We spent hours travelling in a decrepit van to gigs. I helped shift the gear and do the set up and the break down of the stage etc. We had a lot of fun.

Still love the Stones, Van Morrison, Neil Young and the Boss, too, of course. ????

I identified more with Led Zeppelin, Cream and the later Beatles from age 15 but my youngest son was/is a drummer and the music he played in the beginning included quite a bit of punk until he veered into metal and heavy rock which I still love. Strangely now in his mid 40's he informed me the other day he only listens to jazz now I have disowned him

Lovely, thanks gaga.
I love the Stones, too.

I'm a bit of a latecomer to a lot of music because I really did only listen to punk until my late 30s.

Oh how lovely to realise there are some fans of punk.

I watched the programme chestnut posted about, and the programme after it, but I had nobody to tell how great it was.

For you, MissA.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=59K2kF6o9Tk

Me too MissA. I was actually a New Romantic BUT have always loved the Stones. And the Clash, Sex Pistols etc.

MissA

we are 3 generations of love ? punk ..

Well, I thought I'd get in before you did, silver

I'm too young to be a stones groupie.
Ian Dury was my teen crush.

Oops didn’t see yours MissA.

Stiff little fingers 'Alternative Ulster'. Great song!

MissAdventure, were you a groupie? I would have been, faced with a young Mick Jagger!

And when I was 16 I got chatted up by them gaga! They were a lot younger then too but a scruffy lot compared to the Beatles.

When I was a teenager it was psychedelic love and peace, Beatles, Beach Boys etc. so punk seemed totally alien to me. After all the beautiful songs and music we'd listened to for the previous 10 years punk music just sounded like a tuneless noise.

Stiff little Fingers, the best band ever to have come out of N. Ireland, they didnt give a stuff. The music still sound great today

Pssst! silverlining was chatted up by the Stones.

Oooo silverlining48, THE STONES!

X-Ray Spex were one of my favourites.
I love their lyrics; 'The day the world turned day glo' is quite prophetic.

Think it’s an age thing, we best like the music we grow up with. I was into rock n roll Beatles, Rolling Stones etc.
When punk came along I was in my twenties, married, with job/mortgage/responsibilities. It didn’t mean anything, other than a loud noise, to me.
No doubt my mum thought the same about rock n roll etc. Horses for courses and so on,

Britain, rebellion and beauty! I lived on the Kings Road in Chelsea and the punks mohicans were incredible multicoloured and totally gravity defying.

Blondie