Punk spoke urgently when it first broke in the Seventies. Four decades on, what remains of the movement's anger and energy?
14 Jun 2016
David Nichols
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The Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten aka John Lydon performing at the Paradiso, Amsterdam in 1977. Image via wikimedia.org.
Like many youngsters of the late 70s, my first exposure to punk rock was memorable and social – perhaps, even, societal. It was some time in 1977, I was having dinner with my parents and siblings at my grandparents’ place, and the Sex Pistols were a featured story on Weekend Magazine, the ABC’s Sunday evening infotainment program.
David Nichols lectures in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne. He has a broad range of interests focusing on urban, suburban and regional cultures and communities in Australia. He is author of The Bogan Delusion (Affirm Press, 2011) and co-author (with Renate Howe and Graeme Davison) of Trendyville (Monash UP, 2013). His forthcoming historical study of popular music Dig! (Verse Chorus Press) and the co-edited (with Catherine Driscoll and Kate Darian-Smith) Cultural Sustainability in Rural Communities: Rethinking Australian Country Towns (Ashgate) are both due in mid-2016.
