![]() ![]() Sometimes wonderful things can be produced, when the centre fails to hold. It was the creation of a new voice, but it was also in its founding moments a REACTION against the tame, the overblown, and the delusionary. Punk is (and was) polarisation writ loud, a centrifugal splattering of all things, an explosion of possibilities and frustrations. The memory of this spirit of ’76 is incomplete. Its British origin story is dominated by the memory of the Pistols and the Clash – between anarchy and socialism – between the expression of ‘70s working class feeling and those who tried to channel that anger into a revolutionary riot. Young(er) punks like me came to the culture at its nadir, and knew it as a scene that welcomed anyone and everyone so long as you shared its passion, its strip-it-down catharsis, and its tolerance. Nostalgia observed through blinders can be a dangerous thing. There’s something “punk” about donning a swastika, for shock or for awe. In 2017 I’ve often kept London Calling in my earphones, blasting out Clampdown for inspiration, for strength.īut there’s also something in punk that embodies the mass appeal of manifest right-wing hate, which is once again loose, having bubbled for years. There’s something very ’76 about now, and it makes a lot of sense for people to draw from a moment where people were moved by art, music and fashion to stand up for themselves. ![]() There’s something very punk, after all, about tearing down a goading monument to those who wished you in shackles. This age is ripe for it, as there’s a whole host of reasons for people to be frustrated and angry, particularly for the young among us, as opportunities diminish.
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