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Punk in England
The Damned
The Damned are an English punk rock and later gothic rock band formed in London in 1976. They were the first punk band from England to release a single (\'New Rose\'), put out an album (Damned Damned Damned), and tour the United States. They are considered one of the founders of gothic rock.
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols may have only been together for two years in the late \'70s, but they changed the face of popular music. Through their raw, nihilistic singles and violent performances, the band revolutionized the idea of what rock & roll could be. In England, the group was considered dangerous to the very fabric of society and was banned across the country
The Clash
The Sex Pistols may have been the first British punk rock band, but the Clash were the definitive British punk rockers. Where the Pistols were nihilistic, the Clash were fiery and idealistic, charged with righteousness and a leftist political ideology. From the outset, the band was more musically adventurous, expanding its hard rock & roll with reggae dub and rockabilly among other roots musics.
GBH
Originally known as GBH they changed the name to Charged GBH to differentiate themselves from another band of the same name. Unlike many early punk bands who evolved towards a more post-punk sound, GBH have stayed fairly faithful to their original UK82 sound in subsequent releases. GBH were early pioneers of English hardcore punk, along with Discharge, Broken Bones, The Exploited, and The Varukers.
The Exploited
The Exploited is a punk band from the second wave of UK punk, formed in 1979. They started out as an Oi! band, before mutating into a faster street punk and hardcore punk band. From about 1987 they changed into a crossover thrash band. Formed in Edinburgh by ex-soldier Wattie Buchan, they signed to Secret Records in March 1981 and released their debut EP Army Life. The album Punks Not Dead followed in the same year.
Misfits
The Misfits are an American horror punk band formed in 1977 in New Jersey by singer and songwriter Glenn Danzig, and later re-founded by bassist Jerry Only. The original Misfits were pioneers of the subgenre of horror punk.
The Adicts
The Adicts are an English punk rock band from Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Popular in the 1980s, they were often in the indie charts at that time. Their song \"Viva La Revolution\" was featured in the video game Tony Hawk\'s Underground
Crass
Crass were an English anarchist punk rock band, formed in 1977 which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, way of living, and as a resistance movement. Crass popularized the seminal anarcho-punk movement and advocated direct action, animal rights, and environmentalism.
Peter and the Test Tube Babies
Peter and the Test Tube Babies are a punk rock/Oi! band formed around Brighton, England in 1978 by Del Strangefish and Peter Bywaters. Due to their humorous tongue-in-cheek lyrics, they have been considered part of the Punk Pathetique subgenre.
The Partisans
The Partisans were a punk rock band formed in Bridgend, in South Wales in early 1978, when all four members were in their early teens. They continued until 1984, having several hits on the UK Indie Chart. The band re-formed in the late 1990s.
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