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3. Anarchy in the U.K.: Punk explodes in Britain
It wasn’t just a sound. It was a national threat.
In this third episode of History is a Riot, punk crosses the Atlantic — and detonates in a collapsing Britain.
We’re in London, 1976: high unemployment, garbage piling in the streets, and a generation ready to scream.
Enter the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, Siouxsie, safety pins, scandal, and Sid & Nancy.
This is how punk became working-class rebellion, media panic, fashion war, and full-blown cultural insurrection.
The U.K. didn’t invent punk.
But it weaponized it.
⚡ Featuring: Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, X-Ray Spex, Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and more.
📲 Follow the show on Instagram for daily punk facts, band profiles, and scene snapshots: @history_is_a_riot
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By History is a RiotIt wasn’t just a sound. It was a national threat.
In this third episode of History is a Riot, punk crosses the Atlantic — and detonates in a collapsing Britain.
We’re in London, 1976: high unemployment, garbage piling in the streets, and a generation ready to scream.
Enter the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, Siouxsie, safety pins, scandal, and Sid & Nancy.
This is how punk became working-class rebellion, media panic, fashion war, and full-blown cultural insurrection.
The U.K. didn’t invent punk.
But it weaponized it.
⚡ Featuring: Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, X-Ray Spex, Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and more.
📲 Follow the show on Instagram for daily punk facts, band profiles, and scene snapshots: @history_is_a_riot