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Above the Ruins (band), 157 – 58 anarchist movement Abrasive Wheels (band), 24 – 25, 96 – 97 mind- set of, 1 – 3 ACAB (All Coppers Are Bastards), 230 Sex Pistols’ referencing of, 10 academic studies of punk, 21 – 22 Anarchist Youth Federation, 163 – 64 A Certain Ratio (band), 73 – 76 anarcho- punk, 8 , 259n. 44 Action Pact (band), 24 – 25, 117 – 18 activism of, 166 Acts of Defi ance (fanzine), 166 classifi cation of, 46 – 48 Adam and the Ants (band), 119 – 20 , gender politics and, 189 – 92 129 – 30, 210 history of, 21 Adam Ant. See Goddard, Stuart homosexuality and, 201 – 2 The Adicts, 241 – 43 masculinity and, 203 – 4 Adorno, Theodor, 40 – 41, 72 – 73 politics and evolution of, 158 – 71 , 231 , The Adventures of Sweet Gwendolyn 234 – 35 (Willie), 212 RAR and, 150 – 51 Advert, Gaye, 178 – 80 self-produced labels by, 72 – 73 advertising, punk’s critique of, 77 – 78 Stop the City campaign and, 167 – 68 The Adverts (band), 90, 112 – 13, 178 suburbia critiqued by, 119 – 20 The Affl icted (band), 156 – 58 Anarchy Collective, 168 Afghanistan, Soviet invasion of, 239 – 40 ‘Anarchy in the UK’ (Sex Pistols) After Hours (fanzine), 59 – 60 Northern Ireland violence and, 234 – 35 agency politics and lyrics of, 39 – 40, 89 – 90 , media as tool for, 77 – 78 158 – 59 punk’s drive for, 46 – 48, 55 – 57 , 74 – 76, popularity of, 24 – 25 248 , 252 – 54 release of, 5 – 6 , 65 – 66 Albertine, Viv, 177 – 79 Anarchy in the UK fanzine, 253 – 54 Allen, Richard, 215 – 17 Anathema fanzine, 44 – 45 Allen, Ros, 179 – 80 Andi Sex Gang. See Hayward, Andrew All Mod Cons (The Jam), 55 androgyny, goth culture and, 210 – 13 ‘All-Time Festive 50,’ 24 – 25 Angelic Upstarts (band) Almond, Marc, 202 – 3 class politics and, 103 Alternative TV (band), 134 – 35, 163 – 64 , criminality and, 230 197, 221 – 22 , 247 – 48 Falklands War and, 245 Altman, Billy, 268n. 15 formation of, 34 Amebix (band), 241 – 43 media coverage of, 35

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Angelic Upstarts (band) (cont.) Baker, Danny, 60 – 61 politics and, 8, 26 – 27, 67, 229 – 30 on Sham 69 , 101 as social realism symbol, 86 – 87 Balance, John, 202 – 3 . See Burton, Geoff unemployment issues covered Ballard, J. G., 114 , 219 – 21 by, 98 – 99 Ballion, Susan (Siouxsie Sioux), 4 – 5, Animal Liberation Front (ALF), 166 37 – 38 , 61 – 62 Anti- Nazi League (ANL), 40 , 145 – 46 feminism and, 177 , 179 – 80 RAR and, 148 – 49 personal politics of, 174 – 75 Anti- Nowhere League (band), 24 – 25, on politics, 139 – 40 119 – 20, 178 on suburbia, 115 Anti Pasti (band), 92 – 94 Band Aid event, 250 – 52 Antisect (band), 219 – 20 Bandez, Ann (Annie Anxiety), 127 – 29 , Anti-System (band), 164 , 242 163, 185 antiwar movement, punk and, 239 – 46 Bangs, Lester, 268n. 15 Anxiety, Annie. See Bandez, Ann Barker, Simon, 4 – 5 , 39 Apathy in Ilford fanzine, 180 ‘Battle of Orgreave,’ 217 – 21 ‘Apocalypse Now’ tour, 92 – 94 Bauhuas (band), 34 The Apostles (band), 80 , 169 , 201 – 2 BBC, punk music coverage on, 38 archivist culture, punk movement The Beat (band), 103 and, 54 Beckett, Andy, 11 – 13 Arena (BBC series), 100 Beckett, Samuel, 137 – 38 Ari Up. See Forster, Ariane Beggars Banquet label, 67 – 68, 73 The Art Attacks, 188 Bella Donna (Sue Cooper), 189 – 92 Artifi cial Life fanzine, 211 Bell UK, 61 – 62 Ashby, Linda, 198 – 200, 257n. 18 Benjamin, Walter, 40 – 41 Aspinall, Vicky, 59 – 60, 179 , 188 – 89 Bennett, Glenn, 41 – 43, 156 – 58 ‘Asylum’ (Crass), 72 – 73, 133 – 34, Bennett, Ronan, 139 , 255n. 2 , 255n. 3 283n. 112 Bennett, William, 107 – 8 ‘Atmosphere’ (Joy Division), 267n. 4 Berlin. See Marshall, Bertie (Berlin) ‘Atrocity Exhibition’ (Joy Bertrand, André, 79 – 80 Division), 219 – 21 Bestley, Russ, 22 ‘Attack’ (The Exploited), 136 – 37 Betjeman, John, 118 – 19 Attilla the Stockbroker, 143 – 44 , Beverley, John (Sid Vicious), 137 , 286n. 10 194 – 214 , 257n. 18 Au Pairs (band), 176, 187 – 89, 234 – 35 ‘Big A Little A’ (Crass), 174 – 75 authoritarianism, punk movement bIG fLAME (band), 36 , 71 – 72 and, 229 – 38 ‘Big Man, Big M.A.N.’ (Crass), 203 – 4 Autonomy Centre, 163 – 64 Billy Idol. See Broad, Billy Autopsy (fi lm), 162 Birthday Party (band), 212 – 13 Black, Pauline, 104 – 5, 143 – 44 , 179 – 80 ‘Babylon’s Burning’ (The Ruts), 90 – 91 Black and Blue (Rolling Stones), 176 Bad Manners (band), 42 Black Flag newspaper, 169 Bad News EP (Hit Parade), 234 – 35 Blake, John, 39 Bailey, Steve (Steve Havoc; Steve Severin), ‘Blind Ambition’ (The Partisans), 4 – 5, 37 136 – 37 Baine, John (Attila the Blinko, Nick, 137 Stockbroker), 26 – 27 Blitz (band), 91 –94 Baines, Una, 172, 179 – 80 Blondie (band), 27 – 28 Baker, Clarence, 90 – 91, 232 – 33 Blood and Roses (band), 210 – 11

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Blood & Honour, 154 – 55, 157 – 58 Büld, Wolfgang, 19 The Blood (band), 133 – 34 Bulldog magazine, 41 – 43 , 154 – 57 ‘Bloody Revolutions’ (Crass), 150 – 51 The Bunker (venue), 164 – 65 Blow it Up, Burn it Down, Kick it Till it Burchill, Julie, 29 – 33, 177 Breaks EP (Apostles), 169 on homosexuality, 198 – 200 Bogshed (band), 109 – 10 on politics and punk, 139 – 40 , 147 Bohn, Chris, 36, 92 – 94 Burgess, Anthony, 219 – 20 ‘Boil in the Bag Man’ (Adam and the Burke, Steve, 43 – 44 Ants), 129 – 30 Burnel, Jean-Jacques, 89 – 90 , ‘“A” Bomb in Wardour Street’ 204 – 5 , 229 (The Jam), 91 Burnham, Hugo, 172 Bond, Rebecca (Beki Bondage), 26 – 27 , Burns, Jake, 90 – 91 , 94 – 95 245 Burns, Pete, 198 – 200 Bondage, Beki. See Bond, Rebecca Burroughs, William, 9 , 82 – 83 , 219 – 21 Bone, Ian, 169 Burton, Geoff (John Balance), 106 Bones. See Roberts, Tony Bushell, Garry Boon, Richard, 68 – 69, 79 – 80 , 125 on class politics, 34 – 36, 40 – 41 bootboy music, 102 on Crass, 170 boredom, as punk theme, 111 – 14 on Oi!, 204 – 5 Bowers, Paul, 43 – 44 on punk, 24 – 27 , 29 – 30 Bowie, David, 50 – 51, 136 – 37, 153 – 54, on unemployment, 100 175 – 76, 195 – 96, 209 – 10 The Business (band), 39, 102 , 230 Bow Wow Wow (band), 63 – 65, 99 – 100 Buzzcocks (band) Boy George (George O’Dowd), 130 – 31 , Boon as manager of, 79 – 80 324n. 59 boredom as theme for, 111 – 12 Bracewell, Michael, 115 , 122 – 23, 195 – 96 formation of, 34 Bradbury, Michael, 269n. 23 media coverage of, 5 Bragg, Billy, 203 – 4, 286n. 10 rejection of consumer culture by, 125 Brandon, Kirk, 227 – 28 self-produced EP by, Brass Lip fanzine, 176, 180 63 – 66 , 68 – 69 Brazier, Chris, 148 – 49 The Smiths and, 207 – 8 Brigandage (band), 211 women artists and, 181 – 83, 193 ‘Bring on the Nubiles’ (The Stranglers), 178 , 196 – 97 Cabaret (fi lm), 4 – 5 Britain in Agony (Clutterbuck), 11 – 13 Cabaret Voltaire (band), 60 – 61 , 81 – 83 British Electric Foundation, 281n. 82 dystopian vision, 222 – 24 British Market Research Bureau, 67 – 68 existentialism in music of, 135 – 36 British Movement (BM), 1 – 2 , 39, 41 – 43, marginal and suppressed images used 145 – 46 by, 105 class politics and, 155 – 57 Cabut, Richard, 36 , 166 , 174 – 75 , 210 punk and, 154 – 58 Callaghan, James, 87, 229 – 30 British Patriot magazine, 41 – 43 ‘Camera’ (Six Minute War), 170 Brixton disorders, 94 Campaign for Homosexuality Equality Broad, Billy (Billy Idol), 257n. 18 conference, 199 – 200 Bromley contingent, 4 – 5 , 8 – 9 Campbell, Richard, 232 – 33 Brutal Attack (band), 157 Camus, Albert, 134 – 37 Buchan, Wattie, 92 – 94 , 234 – 35 , Cane (band), 196 – 97 241 – 43 capitalism, punk music linked to, 9, 70 , Bucks Fizz (band), 318n. 59 98 – 99

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Cardew, Cornelius, 143 – 44 politics and music of, 39 – 40 , 139 – 40 , ‘Career Opportunities’ (Clash), 39 – 40 142 – 44 , 229 Caroline K. See Walters, Caroline punk movement and, 45 – 48 Carr, Stewart, 255n. 2 RAR and, 145 Carroll, Kay, 177 reggae and, 146 – 47 Carroll, Ted, 67 – 68 rock music and, 49 – 52, 206 – 7 ‘Cartrouble’ (Adam and the terminology of punk and, 277n. 23 Ants), 119 – 20 unemployment in music of, 95 – 100 Casey, Jayne, 179 – 80, 198 – 200 ‘White Riot’ mythology and, 84 – 86 Cavani, Liliana, 212 class politics Cave, Nick, 212 – 13 anarcho- punk and, 160 – 61, 168 – 71 CBS company, 61 – 62 feminism and, 178 – 79 Centre for Contemporary Cultural homosexuality and, 198 – 200 Studies (CCCS) (Birmingham masculinity and, 195 – 96 University), 17 , 21 – 22, 77 New Left discourse and, 144 Centro Iberico, 163 – 64, 211 Northern Ireland violence and, 234 – 35 Challenge (newspaper), 39 – 41, 177 personal identity and, 175 – 76 Chaos UK (band), 241 – 43 pop music and youth culture Chappaquiddick Bridge (Poison and, 120 – 22 Girls), 189 – 92 postindustrialism and, 221 – 22 , 228 Chelsea (band), 5 , 38 punk culture and, 22, 31 , Chernenko, Konstantin, 240 – 41 34 – 36 , 97 – 99 Chicken magazine, 63 – 65 radical musicians and, 142 – 44 ‘Chip on my Shoulder’ (Cock RAR movement and, 148 Sparrer), 102 Rock Against Communism Chiswick label, 67 – 68 and, 153 – 58 ‘Christian Militia’ (New Model Sham 69 and, 100 –5 Army), 133 – 34 suburbanization and, 116 – 17, 122 – 23 Christie, Stuart, 169 Class War newspaper, 169 Christopherson, Peter, 106, 183 – 85, A Clockwork Orange (fi lm), 219 – 20 195 , 202 – 3 *CND, 40, 139 – 40 Christ – The Album (Crass), 244 – 46 Crass and, 163, 240 – 41 Chron Gen (band), 91 –94 , 241 – 43 growth of, 152 – 53 Chrysalis label, 65 – 66 Cochran, Eddie, 54 Chtcheglov, Ivan, 79 – 80 Cockney Rejects (band), 8 , 17 – 18 , 35 , Chumbawamba (band), 163 – 64 , 250 – 52 157 , 230 Clapton, Eric, 145 as social realism symbol, 86 – 87 Clarke, Tim (TJ), 80 ‘cock rock,’ 176 The Clash (band), 5, 7 – 8 Cock Sparrer (band), 5 , 102, 219 – 20 boredom as trope for, 112 – 13 Falklands War and, 245 consumer culture critiqued by, 127 – 29 Cocteau Twins (band), 180 criticism of, 277n. 18 Codex Communications label, 126 – 27 dystopian vision and, 215 – 17, 228 Cohen, Stanley, 11 history of, 21 Coil (band), 106 , 133 – 34 , 198 longevity of, 24 – 25 homosexuality and, 202 – 3 masculinity in music of, 204 – 5 Coleman, Jaz, 94 – 95 , 212 – 13 , 227 – 28 media criticism by, 77 – 79 Collins, Edwyn, 206 – 7 music industry and, 62 – 63, 65 Combat 84 (band), 156 – 58, 245 Northern Ireland violence and, 234 – 35 commodifi cation of punk, 123 – 32

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Communist Party of Great Britain Crash (Ballard), 219 – 21 (CPGB), 39 – 41 , 229 – 30 Crass (band) Comsat Angels (band), 219 – 21 anarcho- punk and, 8, 46 – 48 , 134 – 35 , Concrete Island (Ballard), 219 – 21 160 – 62 , 168 , 230 – 31 ‘Concrete Jungle’ (Specials), 103 antiwar movement and, 244 – 46 Confl ict (band), , 8 72 – 73, 166 , 169 , class politics and, 46 189 – 92 , 215 – 21, 241 – 43 decline of punk and, 253 – 54 consensus politics, demise of, 14 – 15 dystopian vision and, 215 – 17 Conservative Party, 140 – 41 gender politics and, 191 – 93 ‘Consolation Prize’ (Orange Juice), 206 – 7 history of, 1 – 2 consumer culture infl uence of, 163 – 64 boredom with, 113 on nuclear threat, 239 – 41 commercialization and commodifi cation Poison Girls collaboration with, 163 , of punk and, 123 – 32 189 – 92 post- war emergence of, 15 – 16 politics and, 24 – 25, 141 – 42 , 163 , punk protest against, 117 230 – 31 , 234 – 35 punk’s embrace of, 131 – 32 RAR critiqued by, 150 – 51 suburbanization and, 116 – 17 religion targeted by, 133 – 34 Conway Hall, violence at, 1 – 3 resistance to infl uence of, 168 – 71 Cook, Paul, 3 – 4 , 258n. 33 self- produced music by, 72 – 76 Coon, Caroline suburbia critiqued by, 119 – 20 on feminism and punk, 177 The Cravats (band), 127 – 29 on politics and punk, 139 – 42 criminality, punk embrace of, 230 punk coverage by, 4 , 19, 29 – 30 Crisis (band), 40 , 78 – 79 Sex Pistols coverage by, 30 – 31, leftist politics and, 148 38 , 43 – 44 critical theory, punk music and, 9 Cooper, John (Rev.), 272n. 77 Crossley, Nick, 22 Cooper, Sue (Bella Donna), 189 – 92 Cult Maniax (band), 103 – 5 Cooper-Clarke, John, 109 – 10 cultural impact of punk Copeland, Miles, 68 – 76 anarcho- punk and, 159 – 60 Cornwell, Hugh, 159 – 60, 229 assessment of, 49 – 52 Corris, Kate (Kate Korus), 178 – 79 boredom as trope in, 113 – 14 The Cortinas (band), 78 – 79, 229 British cultural decline and, 87 – 95 Cosey Fanni Tutti. See Newby, Christine feminism and, 180 Cosmopolitan , 76 images of suburbia and, 114 – 23 COUM Transmissions legacy of, 248 – 54 Prostitution exhibition, 38 , 81 – 82 masculinity and, 206 – 7 punk women artists and, 183 – 85 media criticism and, 80 – 81 Throbbing Gristle and, 106 personal politics and, 173 counterculture politics and, 141 – 42 anarcho- punk and, 162 Culture Club (band), 324n. 59 consumerism and, 123 – 32 The Cure (band), 24 – 25 , 136 – 37 , feminist critique of, 176 – 77 210 – 11 media criticism and, 80 – 81 ‘Curfew’ (The Stranglers), 229 – 30 politics and, 141 – 42 ‘The Curse’ (The Apostles), 201 – 2 cover versions, punk’s use of, 53 – 55 Curtis, Ian, 135 – 36 , 213 – 14 Crane, Nicky, 39, 41 – 43, 156 – 58, 201 – 2 Daily Mirror , 38 – 39 Cranna, Ian, 29 – 30 Daily Star, 76

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Dale, Pete, 22, 51 – 52 Discharge (band), 8 , 96 – 97 , 106 – 7, Dali, Salvador, 106 241 – 43 ‘Damaged Goods’ EP (Gang of disco, punk criticism of, 299n. 95 Four), 126 – 27 Doherty, Harry, 235 – 38 The Damned (band) dole queue, as punk symbol, 38, 95 – 100 early punk and, 197 The Doors (band), 210 homosexuality and, 200 – 1 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 136 – 37 media coverage of, 5 , 44 – 45 Dowd, Mary, 185 political issues and, 24 – 25, 95, 142 Drastic Measures fanzine, 186 – 87 religion criticized by, 133 – 34 Drayton, Tony (Tony D), 43 – 44 , 52 – 53 , Danger Came Smiling 226 (Ludus), 181 – 83 Dredd, Colin. See Masters, Colin Dangerous Logic fanzine, 135 – 36 Drewett, Steve, 118 – 19 da Silva, Ana, 188 dub poetry, 146 – 47 Davis, John T., 235 – 38 Duffi eld, Mick, 80 – 81, 161 – 62 , 167 – 68 Dawton, Trevor, 255n. 2 Dunbar, Russell, 166 Dax, Danielle. See Gardner, Danielle Du Noyer, Paul, 29 – 30 Dead Fingers Talk (band), 200 – 1 Durruti, Buenaventura, 79 – 80 Dead Kennedys (band), 24 – 25 Durutti Column (band), 73 – 76, 79 – 80 Dean, Chris, 286n. 10 Dury, Ian, 194 – 214 on unemployment, 100 Dwyer, Simon, 44 – 45 Deane, Charlie, 68 dystopia Death in June (band), 107 – 8 , 157 – 58 class politics and, 100 The Death of British Democracy Oi! movement and, 156 – 58 (Haseler), 11 – 13 punk as, 11, 82 – 83 , 91 , 215 – 46 Debbie Juvenile. See Wilson, Debbi sexuality and, 197 Debord, Guy, 79 – 81, 99 – 100 of suburbia, 120 – 22 Decca Records, 63 – 65 Deceit (This Heat), 224 – 26 economic crisis. See also unemployment ‘declinism,’ 11 – 13 boredom as response to, 113 – 14 The Defects (band), 235 – 38 British politics and, 13 – 14 Delta 5 (band), 80, 187, 189 masculinity and, 195 – 96 ‘Demystifi cation’ (Zounds), 193 neoliberalism and, 249 Denby, Julianne (Joolz), 120 – 22, 164 – 65, personal politics and, 173 177 postindustrialism and, 221 – 22, 232 The Dentists (band), 154 punk’s response to, 87 – 95, 140 – 41 The Derelicts (band), 176 – 77, 188 suburbanization and, 116 – 17 Derrida, Jacques, 70 , 131 – 32 Edge of Darkness (fi lm), 215 – 17 The Desperate Bicycles (band), 8 – 9 , Eggar, Tim, 244 – 46 68 – 69 The Ejected (band), 245 – 46 détente period, 239 – 40 electronic music, 156 Deverson, Jane, 11 Ellen, Mark, 131 – 32 Devoto, Howard. See Trafford, Howard Elliott- Said, Marianne (Poly Styrene), 5 , (Howard Devoto) 61 – 62 , 124 – 25 , 179 – 80 Dial House, 161 – 62, 168 , 170 Elton Motello, 200 – 1 women punk artists and, 189 – 92 Emergency (band), 96 Diboll, Mike, 165 EMI Diggle, Steve, 97 – 99 dominance of, 61 – 62 Dines, Mike, 22 Sex Pistols’ contract with, 5 – 6, 62 – 63

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employment conditions, punk protests fascism against, 97 – 99 punk movement and, 10 , 39 – 43 , 107 – 8 , England’s Dreaming (Savage), 20 143 – 44 , 156 – 58 , 229 – 38 Enigma fanzine, 44 – 45 Rock Against Communism Entertainment! (Gang of Four), 127 – 29 and, 154 – 55 The Epileptics (band), 74 – 76, 163 – 64 ‘Fascist Dictator’ (The Cortinas), 229 Erasmus, Alan, 73 – 76 Fast Product label, 73 – 76, 125 – 26 Essential Logic (band), 70, 107 – 8 Fatal Microbes (band), 91, 163 The Ethiopians (band), 146 – 47 Faust (band), 247 – 48 Europhilia, punk affi liation The Feeding of the Five Thousand with, 136 – 37 (Crass), 72 – 73 , 239 Evening News, 39 feminism existentialism, punk’s embrace criticism of, 178 – 79 , 193 of, 132 – 38 gender politics of punk and, 175 – 80 , Exitstencil Press, 134 – 35 209 Exodus (Bob Marley and the punk movement and, 9 , 44 – 45 Wailers), 146 –47 Rock Against Sexism and, 186 – 87 The Exploited (band), 8 , 92 – 94 , 96 – 97, women punk artists and, 181 – 93 136 – 37, 170 , 241 – 43 Fernbacher, Joe, 268n. 15 Extreme Noise Terror (band), 245 – 46 Fife, Fay. See Hynde, Sheilagh Fire Dances (Killing Joke), 212 – 13 The Faces (band), 3 – 4 Fire Engines (band), 63 – 64 , 126 – 27 Fack fanzine, 44 – 45 Fistfuck (band), 185 Factory Records, 24 – 25 , 70 – 71, 73 – 76, Fitz, Micky, 102 , 173 79 – 80 Flux of Pink Indians (band), 8 , 163 – 64 , The Fakes (band), 97 – 98 203 – 4 , 241 – 43 Falklands War ‘FM’ (The Slits), 78 – 79 anarchi-punk critique of, 162 – 63 Folk Devils and Moral Panics (Cohen), 11 protest against, 24 – 25, 243 – 46 ‘Foreplay Playground’ (Raped), 200 – 1 Fallout (band), 234 – 35 Forster, Ariane (Ari Up), 59 The Fall (band), 40, 97 – 98 , 108 – 10, 48 Thrills fanzine, 146 – 47 134 – 35, 245 4- Skins (band), 26 – 27, 39 , 102 , 156 – 58 , Famous, Richard. See Swales, Richard 241 – 43 Fanning, Dave, 169 Frankie Goes To Hollywood fanzines (band), 240 – 41 anarcho-punk and, 165 Fraser, Liz, 180 antiwar stance in, 243 – 44 Freake, Syd, 176 British decline analyzed in, 91 – 93 ‘Freeze’ (The Models), 229 goth and, 211 Friel, Tony, 143 – 44 , 196 – 97 impact of, 44 – 45 Frith, Simon, 29 – 30 , 95 , 97 politics in, 208 – 14 on politics and punk, 143 – 44 punk analysis in, 5 , 19 on suburbia, 122 – 23, 296n. 50 RAR movement and, 147 – 48 Fry, Martin, 130 – 31 suburban locale of, 117 ‘Fucking Queer’ (The Apostles), 201 – 2 women punk artists and, 180 The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks Farren, Mick, 50 – 51, 159 (Flux of Pink Indians), 203 – 4 far right Fudger, Marion, 188 punk movement and, 10, 107 – 8 Furness, Paul, 148 – 49 skinheads and, 39, 41 – 43, 154 – 57 Futurama festivals, 210 – 11

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Gang of Four (band), 8 – 9, 40, 59 – 60 ‘Glad To Be Gay’ (Tom Robinson criticism of media by, 78 – 79 Band), 200 gender politics and, 187 Glasgow University Media Group, 77 music industry and, 63 – 64 Glover, Christine, 185 on Northern Ireland, 234 – 35 Go (XTC), 125 – 26 politics and, 172 Goddard, Stuart (Adam Ant), 5, 122 – 23 , protest of consumerism by, 126 – 29 130 – 31 , 212 situationist infl uences on, 80 Goddard, Vic. See Napper, Victor workplace politics and, 98 – 99 ‘God Save the Queen’ (Sex Pistols), 6 – 7, Gardner, Danielle (Danielle Dax), 39 , 65 – 66 , 90 , 238 179 – 80 , 185 Gogan, Barbara, 188 Garrett, Malcolm, 65 – 66 , 125 Gogan, Susan, 188 gay rights, punk and, 198 – 203 ‘Going Through the Motions’ (The GBH (band), 24 – 25, 136 – 37, 178 , Prefects), 59 241 – 43 Goldman, Vivien, 29 – 30 , 91 sexuality and, 196 – 97 Good Vibrations label, 70 – 71 Gee Vaucher, 73 Gorbachev, Mikhail, 249 Geldof, Bob, 250 – 52 Gordon, Alastair, 22 gender politics Gorman, Clem, 51 anarcho-punk and, 189 – 92 Gorman, Paul, 21 goth and, 210 – 13 goth culture, 21 , 36 homosexuality and, 198 – 203 emergence of, 250 – 52 masculinity and, 194 – 214 gender politics and, 210 – 13 media coverage of, 326n. 87 women and, 177 new romanticism and, 130 – 31 graffi ti campaigns, 162 – 63 punk analysis of, 119 – 20 Gramsci, Antonio, 69 – 70 punk women artists and, 183 – 85, 193 Gray, John, 257n. 18 RAR and, 150 – 51 ‘Great British Mistake’ (Adverts), 90 Rock Against Sexism and, 186 – 87 Greater London Council (GLC), style and, 175 – 76 suppression of punk bands by, 6 – 7 women musicians, 142 – 44 The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle (fi lm), Gene October, 200 – 1 . See 19 , 63 – 65 O’Hara, John Green, Hughie, 88 – 89 General Belgrano , sinking of, 243 – 44 ‘Green and Grey’ (New Model Generation X (band), 5 , 38 Army), 120 – 22 Generation X (Hamblett and Green Gartside. See Strohmeyer, Paul Deverson), 11 Griffi n, Nick, 157 – 58 George, David, 62 – 63 Grimes, Carol, 145 George Hatcher Band, 56 – 57 Grim Humour fanzine, 211 Germfree Adolescents (X-Ray Spex), 125 Grundy, Bill, 5 – 6 ‘Get Raped’ (Eater), 178 Grundy incident, 38 – 39 , 83 ‘Get Up and Fight’ (Newtown ‘Guvnor’s Man’ (Oi! The Neurotics), 203 – 4 Comrade), 98 – 99 ‘Ghost Town’ (Specials), 94 Gymslips (band), 102 Gibbs, Joe, 11 Gibson, Lee, 166 Hacienda nightclub, 73 – 76 , 222 – 24 Gilbert, Bruce, 58 – 59 Hall, Stuart, 14 Gildart, Keith, 120 – 23, 256n. 6 Hamblett, Charles, 11 Gill, Andy, 172 , 197 Hancock, Tony, 114

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Haney, Joy (Joy de Vivre), 191 – 93 ‘Holidays in the Sun’ (Sex Pistols), 7, ‘Hangin’ Around’ (The 65 – 66 Stranglers), 200 – 1 Holstrom, John, 27 – 28 Hannett, Martin, 59 – 60 , 111 – 12 , Home, Stewart, 21 135 – 36 homosexuality. See also polysexuality Harrington, Steve (Steve punk and, 198 – 205 Strange), 204 – 5 The Homosexuals (band), 200 – 1 Harron, Mary, 29 – 30 Hooley, Terri, 70 – 71 , 233 – 38 Hartley, Phil, 134 – 35 Hoon, Will, 96 – 97 Haseler, Stephen, 232 Horkheimer, Max, 72 – 73 Havoc, Steve. See Bailey, Steve (Steve Horse Rotorvator (Coil), 202 – 3 Havoc; Steve Severin) Hoskyns, Barney, 212 – 13 Hayman, Sharon, 257n. 18 Howard Trafford. See Devoto, Howard Hayward, Andrew (Andi Sex Gang), 212 ‘How Much Longer’ (Alternative The Head (band), 120 TV), 247 – 48 Healey, Denis, 14 ‘How To Destroy Angles’ Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (Coil), 202 – 3 (Discharge), 241 – 43 Huddle, Roger, 40 – 41, 145 The Heartbreakers (band), 27 – 28 Hungry Beat fanzine, 56 Heartfi eld, John, 147 – 48, 226 Hutchinson, Lynn, 177 Heat fanzine, 53 – 54 Hymns of Faith (Crisis), 148 Heath, Edward, 13, 232 Hynde, Chrissie, 257n. 18 Heaton, Rob, 120 – 22 Hynde, Sheilagh (Fay Fife), 179 – 80 Heaven 17 (band), 130 – 31, 281n. 82 Hyndman, Dave, 164 – 65 , 234 – 38 Heavy Metal Kids (band), 28 Hebdige, Dick, 17 – 18, 297n. 69 ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ (Rolling ‘Hello Mark’ (The Apostles), 201 – 2 Stones), 133 Henderson, Chris, 154 – 58 identity, politics of, 173 – 74 Henderson, Davy, 63 – 64, 219 – 21 ‘I Don’t Wanna’ (Sham 69), 97 – 98 Hendrix, Jimi, 176 Ignorant, Steve. See Williams, Steve Henry Cow (band), 143 – 44 ‘I Just Can’t Be Happy Today’ (The Herbert, James, 215 – 17 Damned), 229 – 30 Hewes, Martin, 64 The Image Has Cracked (Alternative Hewison, Robert, 130 – 31 TV), 247 – 48 Hex (Poison Girls), 119 – 20, 189 – 92 The Impossible Dream fanzine, 189 – 92 High Rise (Ballard), 219 – 21 Impromptu performance, punk Hindley, Myra, 80 – 81 embrace of, 59 Hipgnosis design group, 125 – 26 ‘In a Rut’ (The Ruts), 132 – 33 history of punk, 3 – 11, 19 – 23 Increase the Pressure (Confl ict), 169 legacy of punk and, 22 In Darkness There Is No Choice narrative accounts of, 20 – 22 (Antisect), 219 – 20 oral testimonies and photographic/ Indecent Advertisements Act (1899), 7 ephemera of, 20 independent labels, punk and theoretical history of, 21 – 22 emergence of, 56 , 61 – 62 , 65 – 68 , Hitchcock, Gary, 41 – 43, 101, 250 – 52 401.70 154 – 58 independent record shops, record labels HIV/ AIDS, punk movement and, 202 – 3 from, 67 – 68 Hodges, Gary, 156 – 58 individuality, personal politics of punk Hoggart, Richard, 16 – 17 and, 174 – 75

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industrial culture, existentialism rock ‘n’ roll infl uences on, 55 and 135 – 36 as social realism symbol, emergence of, 8 – 9 , 36, 81 – 82 86 – 87 , 104 – 5 marginal and suppressed images working conditions and music in, 105 of, 97 – 99 media criticism in, 83 Jam Today (band), 176 – 77 , 179 women artists and, 185 Jarman, Derek, 221 – 22 ‘Industrial Estate’ (The Fall), 97 – 98 Jerwood, Colin, 27 , 166 , 238 Industrial News, 82 – 83 ‘Jet Boy Jet Girl’ (Elton Motello), 200 – 1 industrial production Jinks, Niall, 143 – 44 decline in Britain of, 13 – 14 Joe Gibbs and the Professionals suburbanization and, 116 – 17 (band), 11 Industrial Records, 73 – 76, 82 – 83, Johnson, Holly, 198 – 200 224 – 26 Johnson, Linton Kwesi, 146 – 47 Infa Riot (band), 102 , 230 Johnson, Matt, 137– 38 Infl ammable Material (Stiff Little Jolt fanzine, 44 – 45 , 62 – 63 , 177 , 180 Fingers), 235 – 38 Jones, Alan, 198 , 257n. 18 Ingham, Jonh, 30 – 31, 38, 43 – 44, 159 – 60 Jones, Allen, 212 Interdisciplinary Network for the Study Jones, Gloria, 202 – 3 of Subcultures, Popular Music Jones, Mick, 84, 97 and Social Change (Subcultures on politics, 11 , 142, 173 Network), 256n. 6 Jones, Steve, 3 – 6 , 139 – 40 International Anthem fanzine, 119 – 20 , Joolz. See Denby, Julianne 191 – 93, 230 – 31, 234 – 38 Jordan. See Rooke, Pamela International Marxist Group, 143 – 44 Jordan, Colin, 154 – 55 International Monetary Fund (IMF), 14, Jorn, Asger, 79 – 80 87 Josef K (band), 24 – 25 , 136 – 37 International Socialists (SWP), 35 Joy de Vivre. See Haney, Joy In the City (The Jam), 90 Joy Division (band) Irish Republican Army (IRA), 11 – 13 , class politics and, 122 – 23 90 – 91, 233 – 38 existentialism of, 135 – 36 ‘I Wanna Be Me’ (Sex Pistols), 78 – 79 genre experimentation by, 59 – 60 goth and, 210 – 11 Jackie magazine, 29 history of, 21, 34 , 267n. 4 Jackman, Jane (Jane Suck), 29 – 33 , 177 , independent production by, 70 – 71 , 193 73 – 76 Jacques, Martin, 39 – 41 Nazi imagery used by, 107 Jagger, Mick, 31, 52, 133 post- industrial vision of, 219 – 21 ‘Jah War’ (The Ruts), 90 – 91 Jubilee (fi lm), 221 – 22 Jah Wobble, 137 – 38. See Wardle, John Juju (Siouxsie and the Banshees), 210 Jakeman, Andrew (Jake Riviera), 67 – 68 James, Brian, 142 Kaye, Lenny, 268n. 15 James, Paul, 166 Keaton, Steve, 36 The Jam (band), 5 , 215 – 17 Keenan, John, 210 – 11 consumer culture critiqued by, 127 – 29 Kelly, Ben, 222 – 24 gender issues explored by, 119 – 20 Kelly, James, 232 – 33 history of, 21, 34 Kennan, David, 185 politics and, 24 – 25, 90 , 139 – 40, Kent, Min, 185 229 – 30 Kent, Nick, 29, 113 – 14

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Kick fanzine, 211 *Linder, 65 – 66, 77 – 78 , 177 , 181 – 83 , ‘Killing an Arab’ (The Cure), 136 – 37 203 – 4 Killing Joke (band), 24 – 25 , literary avant-garde, punk music and, 9 210 – 13, 227 – 28, 234 – 35, 241 – 43 Little Brother, 164 – 65 Kill Your Pet Puppy fanzine, 26 , 44 – 45, Live Aid concert, 250 – 52 150 – 51, 165 , 211 , 226 Livingston, Alistair, 26 King, John, 74 – 76 ‘Living with Unemployment’ (Newtown King Mob, 158 – 59 Neurotics), 98 – 99 King Tubby, 146 – 47 Lloyd, Robert, 134 – 35 The Kinks (band), 122 – 23 Lloyd Jones, Bronwyn (Eve Libertine), Kirk, Richard H., 83 160 – 61 , 191 – 93 , 240 – 41 Klassen, Connie, 176 localised origins of punk, authenticity Korus, Kate. See Corris, Kate enhanced by, 103 – 5 Kubrick, Stanley, 219 – 20 Loder, John, 72 – 73 Kwest, Faebhean, 200 – 1 Logic, Lora (Susan Whitby), 179 – 80 London Autonomists, 163 – 64 Labour Party, 14, 63 – 64, 87 – 89, 95, ‘London’s Burning’ (The Clash), 78 – 79 140 – 41 , 145 – 46 , 229 – 30, 240 – 41 , London’s Outrage fanzine, 33, 100, 249 222 – 24 Ladd, Dafydd, 255n. 2 ‘Long Hot Summer’ (Tom Robinson Laing, Dave, 40 – 41, 61 – 62 Band), 200 Lake, Steve, 227 Look- in magazine, 29 Last, Bob, 73 – 76, 125 – 27, 131 – 32 ‘Love and Romance’ (The Slits), 197 Last Christmas On Earth Festivals, 211 ‘Love in a Void’ (Siouxsie and the The Last Resort (band), 39 Banshees), 146 – 47 Leahy, Dick, 61 – 62 ‘Love Like Anthrax’ (Gang of Four), 197 Leaving the 20th Century (Reid), 17 – 18 Loving magazine, 162– 63 Lebeau, Vicky, 122 – 23 Low (David Bowie), 136 – 37 left- wing politics Lowry, Ray, 100 feminist punk artists and, 189 Lucas, Sue (Soo Catwoman), 174 – 75 , Northern Ireland violence 177 , 257n. 18 and, 235 – 38 Lucy Toothpaste. See Whitman, Lucy punk movement and, 40 – 41, 141 , Ludus (band), 8 – 9 , 59 – 60 , 180 – 83 152 – 53 Lukács, György, 124 – 25 Leigh, Geoff, 143 – 44 The Lurkers (band), 134 – 35 , 154 – 55 Le Retour De La Colonne Durutti LWT, punk coverage on, 38 (comic-strip), 284n. 141 Lycett, Kevin, 245 – 46 Lesser Free Trade Hall, Sex Pistols at, 5 , Lydon, John (Johnny Rotten), 3 – 6, 33 – 34 257n. 18 Letts, Don, 19, 146 – 47 on anarchy, 158 – 59 Levene, Keith, 173 attacks on, 6 – 7 Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 297n. 69 on consumer culture, 129 – 30 Lewis, Graham, 58 –61 on existentialism in punk, 137 – 38 liberation, personal politics of, 173 existentialism of, 133 Libertine, Eve. See Lloyd Jones, Bronwyn on individuality, 174 – 75 ‘Life’ (Alternative TV), 134 – 35 marginal and suppressed images used Life in the European Theatre by, 105 – 6 (album), 243 – 44 on masculinity, 213 – 14 Lilley, Peter, 92 – 94 media coverage of, 30 – 31

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Lydon, John (cont.) McLaren, Malcolm music industry and, 61 – 62 on boredom, 111 – 12 on personal politics, 173 – 74 clothes made by, 177 on politics, 139 – 40 on homosexuality, 198 populist rhetoric of, 7 – 8, 111 on individual style, 174 – 75 Public Image and, 60 – 61 marginal and suppressed images used on punk, 19, 43 – 48 by, 105 RAR and, 149 – 50 on media coverage, 38 reggae music and, 146 – 47 New York punk scene and, 268n. 16 on religion, 133 – 34 politics and, 141 – 42 , 157 – 59 rock music dismissed by, 49 – 52 on pop music, 51 – 52 on suburbia, 117 – 18 on punk, 3 – 5, 7 – 8 , 10 – 11 , 19 vulnerability of, 194 reggae music and, 146 – 47 Lynskey, Dorian, 250 – 52 on rock ‘n’ roll, 54 on self- produced labels, 74 – 76 MacDonald, Ian, 215 – 17 Sex Pistols’ story and, 63 – 65 Macleay, Terry, 213 situationist infl uence in punk and, Madness (band), 148 – 49 79 – 81 , 99 – 100 Magazine (band), 34 McLaughlin, Michael, 154 – 55 Mallinder, Stephen, 82 – 83, 222 – 24 McLuhan, Marshall, 77 The Maniacs (band), 97 – 98 McNeil, Legs, 27 – 28 Marcus, Greil, 21, 187 McNeill, Phil, 200 Marcuse, Herbert, 123 McPherson, Graham (Suggs), 155 – 57 Marley, Bob, 146 – 47 media coverage of punk Marr, Johnny, 207 – 8 British cultural decline and, 87 – 95 Marsh, Dave, 95, 268n. 15 contested meanings of punk in, 24 – 27 Marshall, Bertie (Berlin), 257n. 18 debate over punk signifi cance in, 31 – 33 Martin, Andy, 166 , 169 , 201 – 2 decline in 1980s of, 250 – 52 Martin, Gavin, 335n. 97 decline of popular music linked Marxism to, 50 – 51 punk music and, 9 , 70, 98 – 99 evolution of, 27 – 36 RAR movement and, 148 gender politics in, 326n. 87 situationism and, 79 – 81 infl uence of British music press Marxist agit- prop, punk music and, 28 – 30 and, 63 – 65 mainstream media coverage, 36 – 39 , masculinity 43 – 44 gender politics and, 175 – 76 mass media expansion and, 76 – 83 in punk, 194 – 214 moral panic over Sex Pistols, 5 – 6 punk’s critique of, 203 – 8 music industry and, 61 – 62 sexual identity and, 196 – 203 politics and, 39 – 43, 208 – 14 Masters, Colin (Colin punk’s critique of, 76 – 83 Dredd), 118 – 19 Rock Against Racism and, 148 – 49 ‘Mauritia Mayer’ (Sex Gang situationist analysis of, 79 – 81 Children), 212 on television, 76 – 83 Mayhem (band), 245 television coverage, 76 – 83 McCartney, Paul, 49 white power bands and, 157 McCourt, ‘Hoxton Tom,’ 24, 26 – 27 ‘The Medium is Tedium’ b/w ‘Don’t McCullin, Don, 234 – 35 Back the Front’ (Desperate McCullough, Dave, 335n. 101 Bicycles), 68 – 69

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Megson, Neil (Genesis P-Orridge), Morley, Paul 81 – 82, 141 – 42, 285n. 152 on consumerism and punk, 131 – 32 on dystopian, 224 – 26 coverage of punk by, 29 – 30, 59 , 100 , on individuality, 174 – 75 247 – 48 punk women artists and, 183 – 85 on existentialism in punk, 135 – 36 on sexuality, 198 on new romanticism, 130 – 31 The Mekons (band), 59 – 60, 80, 98 – 99, RAR and, 149 – 50 125 – 29 on Sex Pistols, 33 – 34 gender politics and, 187 on sexuality, 198 post- punk culture and, 245 – 46 sleeve design and, 202 – 3 Mellor, John (Joe Strummer), 3 , 11, Morris, Dennis, 19 84 – 86, 146 – 47, 149 – 50, 335n. 99 Morris, Kelvin, 241 – 43 Melody Maker magazine, 19, 27 – 28 , Morrison, Eddy, 41 – 43 , 153 – 54 235 – 38 Morrison, Hilary, 73 – 76 , 125 – 26 , 177, infl uence of, 28 – 30 179 – 80 rock music coverage in, 51 Morrissey, 207 – 8 Meltzer, Albert, 169 Most, Micke, 61 – 62 The Members (band), 78 – 79 ‘Mother Earth’ (Crass), 80 – 81 suburban life in songs of, 114 The Mothmen (band), 97 – 98 The Membranes, 109 – 10 MTV, punk and, 250 – 52 Mémoires (Jorn), 79 – 80 ‘Mull of Kintyre’ (McCartney), 49 Menace (band), 102 , 154 – 55 Murdock, Ian (Buck), 235 – 38 Mensforth, Thomas (Mensi), 26 – 27, Murray, Charles Shaar, 29 98 – 99, 245, 286n. 10 Murray, Pauline, 5 , 179 – 80 Mensi. See Mensforth, Thomas music culture, post-war changes in, 15 –16 Mercer, Mick, 36 Music for Socialism, 142 – 44 Metamatic (Foxx), 219 – 21 music industry ‘Militant’ (Crisis), 148 changes to, 250 – 52 ‘Militant Entertainment’ tour, 145 misogyny in, 178 Militant magazine, 40 – 41 productivity declines in, 67 – 68 Millar, Chris, 53 punk and, 5 – 7 , 27 , 61 – 76 , 130 – 31 Miller, Daniel, 209 – 10, 219 – 21 self-released albums as alternative Mills, Iris, 255n. 2 to, 68 – 76 Milton Keynes (United Sex Pistols’ impact on, 61 – 62 Kingdom), 118 – 19 small record labels in, 67 – 68 ‘Mindless Few’ (Chron Gen), 91 vertical integration of, 50 – 51 , 61 – 62 ‘Mindless Violence’ (Newtown women in, 177 Neurotics), 91 music press, 19 miners’ disputes Mutant Moments EP (Soft Cell), 119 – 20 politics and, 13 – 14 Mute Records, 219 – 21 punk and, 63 – 65, 226, 228 , 238 Mutually Assured Destruction misogyny (MAD), 239 – 40 of counterculture, 176 – 77 ‘My Cherry is in Sherry’ (Ludus), 180 in punk, 178 The Mob (band), 8 , 120, 163 , ‘Nagasaki Nightmare’ (Crass), 240 – 41 241 – 43 Napper, Victor (Vic Godard), 5 , 49 , The Models (band), 229 56 – 57 More On fanzine, 180 narrative accounts of punk, 20 – 22 Morgan brothers, 41 – 43 Nation, Terry, 215 – 17

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National Abortion Campaign, 186 Newtown Neurotics (band), 91 , 98 – 99 National Front (NF) politics and, 152 – 53 , 245 – 46 ascendancy of, 11 – 13 protest of suburbia by, 118 – 22 class politics and, 155 – 57 sexuality and, 203 – 4 punk linked to, 39, 41 – 43, 141 , ‘Newtown People’ (Newton 157 – 58 Neurotics), 118 – 19 RAR and, 145 – 46 new towns, British development of, punk ‘National Insurance Blacklist’ (The protest against, 118 – 19 Business), 98 – 99 New Towns Act 1946, 118 – 19 nationalism, punk culture and, 228 New York, punk music in, 27 – 28, 43 – 44 National Readership Survey , 29 – 30 New York Dolls (band), 27 – 28 , 175 – 76 , National Views and Listeners’ 268n. 16 Association (NVLA), 77 Niblock, Tim, 174 – 75 A Nation of Animal Lovers EP Nightingale, Wally, 3 – 4 (Confl ict), 189 – 92 The Nightingales (band), 109 – 10 Nationwide program, 38 The Night Porter (fi lm), 4 – 5, 212 Naylor, Liz, 178 1984 (Orwell), 215 – 17 Nazism ‘Nineteen Eighty Bore’ (Crass), 80 – 81 goth music and, 212 NME magazine, 19, 27 – 28 punk engagement with, 39, 107 , debate over punk signifi cance 136 – 37, 156 – 58 , 229 , 231 in, 31 – 33 ‘negative drive’ in punk, future discussed in, 215 – 17 113 – 14, 122 – 23, 137 infl uence of, 28 – 30 neoliberalism, emergence of, 249 leftist perspective of, 274n. 108 Neu Smell (Flux of Pink Indians), 163 – 64 nuclear-related issues in, 240 – 41 ‘Never Been in a Riot’ (Mekons), 125 – 26 Sex Pistols’ interview in, 268n. 16 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex ‘No Birds’ (PiL), 117 – 18 Pistols (Sex Pistols), 7 , 65 – 66 ‘Nobody’s Sacred’ (Subway Sect), 78 – 79 Newby, Christine (Cosey Fanni Tutti), Nocturnal Emissions (band), 185 81 – 82, 183 – 85 ‘No Doves Fly Here’ (The New Crimes fanzine, 44 – 45 Mob), 241 – 43 New Cross, New Cross EP (Desperate ‘No Fun’ (Stooges), 19, 111 – 12 Bicycles), 68 – 69 ‘No Future’ (Sex Pistols), 219 – 21, 229 New Hormones label, 68 –69 , 79 – 80 No More Heroes (The Stranglers), 178 New Left movement, 144 ‘non- reality culture,’ Rotten’s cultural criticism and, 80 – 81 concept of, 4 feminist punk artists and, 189 The Normal (band), 219 – 21 punk and, 141 , 144 North, Richard. See Cabut, Richard New Love Songs EP (The Northern Ireland Passages), 196 – 97 punk in, 238 New Model Army (band), 120 – 22 , violence in, 90 – 91 , 233 – 38 133 – 34, 164 – 65, 213 , 245 Northern Women’s Liberation Rock New Order (band), 24 – 25, 73 – 76 Band, 176 – 77 new romanticism No Swastikas (band), 63 – 65. See also emergence of, 130 – 31 , 156 , 299n. 98 Redskins gender politics and, 209 – 10 ‘Nothing to Do in a Town like ‘New Rose’ (The Damned), 197 Leatherhead’ (The Head), 120 ‘Newtown’ (Skroteez), 118– 19 Notting Hill, racial violence at, 84 – 86 ‘New Town’ (The Slits), 118 – 19 The Now (band), 118 – 19

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nuclear weapons, punk commentary coverage of punk by, 29 – 33, 43 – 44 , on, 239 – 46 193 Nuggets (album), 268n. 15 on Crass, 170 Nuttall, Jeff, 239 on politics and punk, 95 , 139 – 40 , 147, 172 O’Boyle, Lance, 189 – 92 on Sex Pistols, 35, 38 O’Brien, Lucy, 181 – 83 The Partisans (band), 136 – 37 The Obscure Recluse (Martin), 201 – 2 The Passage (band), 196 – 97 , 234 – 35 O’Dowd, George (Boy George), 130 – 31, The Passions (band), 188 324n. 59 Patti Smith Group (band), 27 – 28 Odyshape (The Raincoats), 188 – 89 Pawlett, Yvonne, 179 – 80 ‘Offending Article’ (Poison Girls), Peach, Blair, 90 – 91 , 232– 33 189 – 93 Pearce, Douglas, 143 – 44 , 148 Ogilvie, Gordon, 235 – 38 Pearce, Joe, 41 – 43 , 155 – 56 O’Hara, John (Gene October), 200 – 1 Pearce, Kevin, 56 ‘Oh Bondage, Up Yours’ (X-Ray Spex), Pearce, Stevo, 41 – 43 124 – 25, 159 – 60 Pearson, Diane, 178 – 79 oil crisis of 1973, 13 Peel, John, 1, 24 – 25 , 68 , 197 Oi! movement, 8, 21, 24 – 27 Penetration (band), 229 class politics and, 46 – 48, 86 – 87, 102 Penis Envy (Crass), 191 – 93 Crass appraisal of, 170 Penman, Ian, 29 – 30, 198 masculinity and, 205 – 6 Penthouse and Pavement (Heaven media coverage of, 33 – 34 17), 130 – 31 right- wing politics and, 39, 42 – 43 People’s Liberation Music, 143 – 44 workplace politics and, 98 – 99 Perry, Mark Oi!The Comrade, 98 – 99 Alternative TV and, 247 – 48 O’Keefe, Tracie, 257n. 18 on The Clash, 90 1in12Club, 164 – 65 existentialism of, 134 – 35 Opportunity Knocks (television on music industry, 62 – 63 program), 88 – 89 on politics, 229 – 30 Orange Juice (band), 206 – 7 on pop and punk, 52 – 53, 79 ‘Orgasm Addict’ (Buzzcocks), 65 – 66, on postindustrialism, 221 – 22 181 – 83 , 193 , 197 punk coverage by, 5 – 6 , 35 , 43 – 44 Orwell, George, 215 – 17 on RAR, 149 – 50 Osgerby, Bill, 37 personal politics of punk, 172 – 93 ‘Our Wedding’ (Crass), 162 – 63 ‘Persons Unknown’ b/w ‘Bloody The Outsider (Camus), 136 – 37 Revolutions’ (Poison Girls and Ovalteenies (band), 245 Crass), 73 Overspill EP (Skroteez), 118 – 19 Peter and the Test Tube Babies Owen, Malcolm, 90 – 91, 132 – 33, 149 – 50 (band), 102 Peter McNeish. See Shelley, Pete The Pack (band), 227 – 28 Pictures of Starving Children Sell The Pad (venue), 164 – 65 Records (Chumbawamba), 250 – 52 Palmer, Andy, 160 – 61 Pigs for Slaughter fanzine, 44 – 45 Palmolive. See Romero, Paloma PiL (band), 60 – 61 , 77 – 78 Panache fanzine, 211 marginal and suppressed images used Parsons, Tony by, 105 – 6 on The Clash, 84 – 86 religion dismissed by, 133 – 34 on class and punk, 86 – 87 Pirroni, Marco, 257n. 18

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Plant, Robert, 51, 176 media coverage of, 79 Playing With a Different Sex (Au new pop genre, 130 – 31 Pairs), 187 – 88 suburban sensibilities and, 115 Plaything fanzine, 173 – 74 The Pop Group (band), 40 , 46 , 59 – 60 , ‘Plutonium Blondes’ column 127 – 29 , 136 – 37 , 234 – 35 , 243 – 44 (NME), 240 – 41 popular culture Poison Girls (band) British cultural decline in, 88 – 89 anarcho- punk and, 8, 160 – 61, 168 decline of, 11 consumer culture criticism media infl uence on, 28 – 30 , 83 of, 129 – 30 post-war emergence of, 15 – 16 Crass and, 163 punk’s impact on, 44 – 45 , 49 – 52 , early punk and, 1 – 2 82 – 83 gender politics in music of, 119 – 20, punk’s transition to, 7 – 8 189 – 93 Sex Pistols’ impact on, 4 genre experimentation by, 59 – 60 social science analysis of, 21 – 22 Northern Ireland violence and, 235 tabloid journalism and, 76 – 83 political protest and, 24 – 27 population demographics, post-war RAR critiqued by, 150 – 51 changes in, 15 – 16 self-produced music from, 73 Pornography (The Cure), 136 – 37 ‘Poison in a Pretty Pill’ (Crass), 191 – 93 pornography, punk women artists ‘Police Car’ (Cockney Rejects), 230 and, 183 – 85 police corruption, punk response P-Orridge, Genesis. See Megson, Neil to, 232 – 33 Porter, Joseph, 168 politics. See also left- wing politics ; post- democratic resistance, punk personal politics of punk ; right- wing participation in, 229 – 38 politics postindustrialism, punk dystopia from 1976–84, 11 – 15 and, 221 – 28 anarcho- punk and, 171 post- punk, 9 British cultural decline and, 87 – 95 criticism of media by, 78 – 79 graffi ti campaigns and, 162 – 63 defi nitions of, 60 – 61 post- democratic resistance protest of suburbia and, 122 – 23 and, 229 – 38 Powell, Enoch, 94, 145 punk movement and, 10, 39 – 43, pragVEC (band), 188 139 – 71 ‘Prams’ (Vital Disorders), 129 – 30 of style, 175– 76 The Prefects (band), 34, 59 , 109 – 10 suburbanization and, 116 – 17 Presley, Elvis, 49, 52 ‘Politics’ (The Damned), 142 ‘Pretty Vacant’ (Sex Pistols), 7, 65 – 66 Polydor label, 65 – 66 ‘Private Armies’ (Goldman), 91 Polygram, 61 – 62 Produktion (company), 185 polysexuality, punk and, 198 – 200 ‘prog rock,’ 50 Poly Styrene. See Elliott- Said, Marianne Prostitution (COUM Transmission Pop:Aural label, 126 – 27 exhibition), 38 pop music Protex (band), 235 – 38 anomie and boredom in, 133 provincialism class politics and, 120 – 22 anarcho- punk and, 164 – 65 consumer culture and, 123 – 32 protest against, 120 – 22 feminist critique of, 186 punk origins and, 103 – 5 , 226 – 28 infl uence on punk of, 52 – 53, 63 – 65 pseudonyms, punk musicians’ use masculinity in, 206 – 7 of, 96 – 97

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Psychic TV (band), 81 – 82, 198 radio psychobilly movement, 56 audio extracts in punk music Public Image (band), 60 – 61 from, 77 – 78 ‘Public Image’ (PiL), 77 – 78 punk music and, 76 – 83 Punk and Post- Punk journal, 22 Radio 1, music programming on, 29 – 30 Punk Front fanzine, 153 – 54 The Raincoats (band), 59 – 60 , 70 , 179, ‘Punk is Dead’ (Crass), 253 – 54 188 – 89 Punk Lives magazine, 46 – 48, 54 RAK Records, 61 – 62 Punk magazine, 268n. 15 Ramones (band), 21 , 27 – 28 , 43 – 44 punk movement and music rape, women punk artists on, 180 British cultural space and, 2 , 7 – 8 Raped (band), 200 – 1 commercialization and Rapid Eye Movement fanzine, 44 – 45 commodifi cation of, 123 – 32 The Rats (Herbert), 215 – 17 cultural legacy of, 248 – 54 Ratter, Jeremy (Penny Rimbaud) current trends in, 267n. 102 on anarcho-punk, 160 – 62 , 170 decline of, 250 – 52 antiwar stance of, 239 , 244 – 46 defi nitions of, 10 – 11, 19, 45 – 48 on class politics, 46 dissemination of, 9 on future, 217 – 21 feminism and, 176 – 80 on gender politics, 191 – 93 history of, 3 – 11, 19 – 23 on politics and punk, 141 – 42 , 230 – 31 , homosexuality and, 198 – 203 234 – 35 masculinity in, 194 – 214 on social realism, 134 – 35 personal politics and, 172 – 93 on Stop the City campaign, 238 political orientation in, 139 – 71 Rattus Norvegicus (The Stranglers), 178 political signifi ers and social Rawes, Ian, 166 commentary in, 10 Raw Records record shop, 67 – 68 re-historicisation of, 22 – 23 Ready Steady Go (television programme), resistance to labels within, 43 – 48 277n. 23 sexual identity and, 196 – 203 Reagan, Ronald, 240 – 41 subcultures within, 8 ‘Reality Asylum’ (Crass), 191 – 93 television and, 76 – 83 Record Mirror, 19, 29 – 30 women artists in, 179 – 93 Red Action, 157 Punk Scholars Network, 22 Red Festival, 143 – 44 Pursey, Jimmy, 45 – 48, 101 , ‘Red London’ (Sham ’69), 229 – 30 149 – 50 Redskins (band), 36 , 63 – 65 , 245 – 46 on personal politics, 173 Red Wedge initiative, 63 – 65 , 139 – 40 reggae music Quadrophenia (The Who), 55 – 56 punk and, 146 – 47 ‘The Quality of Life’ (collage) RAR and, 147 (Last), 126 – 27 skinheads’ affi liation with, 55 – 56 Queen (band), 5 – 6 , 51 Reich, Wilhelm, 105, 111 – 12 , 181– 83 Reid, Jamie, 6 – 8 , 17 – 19 racism artwork by, 6 – 7 , 65 – 66 anti- racist punk music, 103 on boredom, 113 – 14 punk movement linked to, 10 , 22, 39, on newtown life, 118 – 19 156 – 58 on politics and punk, 141 – 42 , violence and, 84 – 86, 94, 145 –46 157 – 59 Radcliffe, Charles, 16 – 17 situationist infl uence in punk and, 79 – 81 Radiators from Space (band), 78 – 79 on suburbanization, 117

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reifi cation theory, consumer culture media coverage of, 148 – 49 and, 124 – 25 punk and, 10, 22 , 35 , 40 ‘Relax’ (Frankie Goes To reaction to, 149 – 50 Hollywood), 202 – 3 reggae and, 147 religion, punk dismissal of, 133 – 34 right-wing attacks on, 154 – 55 ‘Religion’ (PiL), 133 – 34 socialist affi liations with, 35 , 142, ‘Religious Wars’ (Subhumans), 133 – 34 229 – 30 Remember Those Oldies record Rock Against Sectarianism and shop, 67 – 68 Repression campaign, 235 – 38 ‘Remote Control’ (Clash), 65 Rock Against Sexism (RAS), 186 – 87 Resistance ’77 (band), 103 – 5 Rocking the Reds fanzine, 154 – 55 The Return of the Durutti Column rock ‘n’ roll (Durutti Column), 79 – 80 feminist critique of, 186 , 193 Revell, Graeme, 219 – 21 infl uence on punk of, 49 – 61 Reynolds, Simon, 9, 20, 222 – 24 masculinity in, 206 – 7 Rhodes, Bernie, 7 – 8, 51 – 52, 141 – 42, sexism in, 176 146 – 47 Rock On retail stalls, 67 – 68 Richards, Keith, 49 Rogerson, Diana, 185 Richardson, Tony, 86 Rolling Stones, 133 , 176 Richmond, Sophie, 157 – 58 Romero, Paloma (Palmolive), ‘Right to Work’ (Chelsea), 100 188 – 89 right-wing politics Rondos (band), 1 – 2 punk movement and, 41 – 43, 141 , Ron Johnson, 71 – 72 153 – 58 Rooke, Pamela (Jordan), 4 – 5, 174 – 75 , RAR confrontations, 149 – 50 177 , 194 – 214 Rock Against Communism on homosexuality, 198 and, 153 – 58 Rotten, Johnny. See Lydon, John Rimbaud, Penny. See Ratter, Jeremy Rough Trade label, 24 – 25 , 152 – 53 , 187 , Rip It Up and Start Again (Reynolds), 20 193 , 226 Ripped & Torn fanzine, 44 – 45, 52 – 53, Rough Trade record shop, 67 – 71 , 73 226 Roxy Music (band), 3 – 4 Rising Free EP (Tom Robinson Band), Royal Ulster Constabulary 199 – 200 (RUC), 233 – 38 Riviera, Jake. See Jakeman, Andrew Rubella Ballet (band), 163 , 168 Robb, John, 226 – 28 Rudimentary Peni (band), 137 Roberts, Tony (Bones), 241 – 43 The Rulers (band), 146 – 47 Robertson, Sandy, 29 – 30, 134 – 35 ‘Runnin’ Riot’ (Cock Sparrer), 102 Robins, Gary (Lance D’Boyle), 189 – 92 Rutherford, Paul, 198 – 200 Robinson, Dave, 67 – 68 The Ruts (band) Robinson, Lucy, 256n. 6 emergence of, 8, 40 Robinson, Tom, 199 – 200 media coverage of, 35 rockabilly revival, 56 nihilism of, 132 – 33 Rock Against Communism (RAC), punk political commentary by, 90 – 91 and, 41 – 43, 153 – 58 as social realism symbol, 86 – 87 Rock Against Racism (RAR) conservative resurgence and, 145 – 46 Sabin, Roger, 22, 146 – 47 critiques of, 150 – 51 Sage, Jon formation of, 145 – 53 on advertising, 77– 78 infl uence of, 152 on cultural impact of punk, 33, 89

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on extentialism in punk, 135 – 36 Sex Gang Children (band), 24 – 25, on fascism in punk, 147 211 – 12 history of punk and, 20 – 22 Sex Pistols (band) on homosexuality and punk, 198 academic analysis of, 21 – 22 on masculinity, 203 – 4 anarcho-punk and, 158 – 60, 168 on politics and punk, 157 – 58 , boredom as theme for, 111 – 12 222 – 24 British economic and social decline punk coverage by, 29 – 33 , 43 – 44 , and, 89 193 communists and, 39 – 40 on Sex Pistols, 4 – 6 criticism of media by, 78 – 79 on Thatcherism, 217 – 21 cultural impact of, 49 – 52 on ‘toytown nihilism’, 130 – 31 dystopian vision of, 229 women artists and, 181 – 83 early British punk and, 3 – 11, 46 – 48 on youth culture, 18 – 19 EMI contract with, 5 – 6 , 62 – 63 Sale, Julz, 187 extentialist critique by, 133 samizdat magazines, 5, 44 – 45, 257n. 22 fascism and, 229 The Samples, 242 goth and, 210 ‘Satellite’ (Sex Pistols), 117 – 18 history of, 19 – 21 Saunders, Mike, 268n. 15 legacy of, 252 – 53 Saunders, Red, 40, 145 marginal and suppressed images used Savage, Jon. See Sage, Jon by, 105 – 6 Saville, Peter, 135 – 36, 222 – 24 masculinity and, 195 Scarman Report, 94 media coverage of, 28 , 30 – 31 , 33 – 34 , Scatology (Coil), 106 36 – 39 Scott, Peter, 99 – 100 Music for Socialism festival Scottish nationalism, 11 – 13 and, 142 – 44 ‘Scritlock’s Door’ (Scritti Politti), 69 – 70 political orientation of, 139 – 40, Scritti Politti (band), 8 – 9 , 46, 60 – 61, 143 – 44 , 157 – 58 131 – 32 polysexuality and, 198 – 200 self- production by, 69 – 70 post- punk and, 9 sexuality in songs of, 198 punk label resisted by, 43 – 44 Scum fanzine, 44 – 45, 201 – 2 unemployment in music of, 95 – 100 Seaton, Arthur, 103 sexuality. See homosexuality ; The Secret Public fanzine, 77 – 78, polysexuality 181 – 83, 193 , 203 – 4 boundaries of, 175 – 76 Seditionaries (shop), 177, 198 marginal and suppressed elements in Seething Wells, 143 – 44, 164 – 65 punk depictions of, 105 – 10 The Selecter (band), 103 – 5 masculine identity and, 196 – 203 ‘Self Destruct’ (GBH), 136 – 37 new romanticism and, 130 – 31 self-released records, punk initiatives in, women punk artists’ references 63 – 64, 68 – 76 to, 181 – 85 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, 28 Sexual Offences Act, 199 service economy, masculinity Sham 69 (band) and, 195 – 96 class politics and, 46 , 100 – 5, 122 – 23 Severin, Steve. See Bailey, Steve criminality and, 230 (Steve Havoc) formation of, 34 SEX (clothes shop), 3 – 4 media coverage of, 35, 42 ‘Sex (The Black Angel)’ (New Model Northern Ireland violence and, 234 – 35 Army), 213 politics and, 143 – 44 , 154 – 55 , 229 – 30

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Sham 69 (band) (cont.) antinuclear images in, 240 – 41 RAR and, 148 – 50 anti- vivisection images on, 166 social realism of, 134 – 35 critiques of consumerism in, 125 as social realism symbol, 86 – 87 dole queue motif in, 95 – 96 street protests and, 8 existentialist themes in, 135 – 36 Shelley, Pete innovation in, 6 – 7 , 65 – 66 analysis of punk by, 5 Nazi imagery on, 107 gay rights and, 199 – 200, 207 – 8 parody and subversion in, 82 – 83 on identity politics, 173 – 74 RAR movement and, 147 – 48 on politics, 333n. 74 self- produced labels, 73 on rock and pop, 206 – 7 for Sex Pistols, 158 – 59 , 293n. 7 on women artists, 181 – 83 situationist infl uence on, 79 – 80 Shellshock Rock (fi lm), 235 – 38 tabloid journalism used in, 77 – 78 Shocking Pink fanzine, 193 war imagery, 106 – 7 Short, Bob, 210 by women artists, 181 – 83 Shoulder to Shoulder (Test Dept), 226 The Slits (band) Sid Vicious. See Beverley, John criticism of media by, 78 – 79 Sillitoe, Alan, 86 feminism of, 193 Simonon, Paul, 11, 78 – 79, 84 – 86, genre music experimentation and, 59 143 – 44 media coverage of, 5 reggae music and, 146 – 47 protest of suburbia by, 118 – 19 Siouxsie and the Banshees (band), 5, sexism rejected by, 178 – 79 24 – 25, 37 , 210 ‘Slut’ (GBH), 178 criticism of, 277n. 18 ‘Smalltown England’ (New Model Europhilia of, 136 – 37 Army), 120 – 22 gender politics and, 119 – 20 Small Wonder record shop, 67 – 68 , impromptu performances of, 59 72 – 73 marginal and suppressed images used Smash the Spectacle EP (The Apostles), 80 by, 105 – 6 Smith, Mark E., 108 – 9 , 134 – 35 , 245 music industry and, 65 – 66 Smith, Patti, 175 – 76 racism in lyrics of, 146 – 47 Smith, Stevie, 114 Siouxsie Sioux. See Ballion, Susan Smith, Tim, 5 situationist infl uence in punk, 79 – 81 , ‘Smithers-Jones’ (The Jam), 119 – 20 100 The Smiths (band), 207 – 8 Situationist International, 80, 111 ‘Smokescreen’ (Desperate Six Minute War (band), 68, 98 – 99 , 170 Bicycles), 68 – 69 The Skids (band), 117 – 18 Sniffi n’ Glue fanzine, 5 , 19 , 52 – 53 , 101 , skinhead movement 247 – 48 class politics and, 101 – 2 Social Democratic Party (SDP), 140 – 41 existentialism of, 91 socialism far-right recruitment of, 39, 41 – 43, feminist punk artists and, 189 154 – 57 masculinity and, 203 – 4 Oi! movement and, 46 – 48 punk movement and, 10, 40 – 41 , punk and, 1 – 3 , 10, 55 – 56 142 – 44 , 229 – 30 reggae and, 55 – 56 Socialist Review, 63 – 65 Skrewdriver (band), 42 – 43, 154– 58 Socialist Worker magazine, 40 – 41 Skroteez (band), 118 – 19 RAR advocacy in, 145 Slaughter and the Dogs (band), 102 Socialist Workers Party (SWP), 1 – 2 , 35 , sleeve designs 40 – 41 , 63 – 65 , 100 , 143 – 46 anarchic symbols in, 160 RAR and, 148 – 50

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social realism Stennett, Marian, 72 – 73 , 177 authoritarianism and, 230 Stennett, Pete, 72 – 73 marginal and suppressed elements in Step Forward label, 67 – 68 punk depictions of, 105 – 10 Stephens, Roger, 68 – 69 punk as representation of, 86 – 87, The Stepney Sisters (band), 176 – 77 100 – 5, 134 – 35 Sterile Records, 185 women on, 180 Steve Ignorant. See Williams, Steve working conditions and, 97 – 99 Stevenson, Nils, 257n. 18 social relations Stevenson, Ray, 19 politics of, 173 – 74 Stevenson, Vince, 255n. 2 punk rejection of, 22 Stewart, Mark, 243 – 44 sociology Stiff Little Fingers (band), 90 – 91 , analysis of punk in, 21 – 22 235 – 38 of style, 175 – 76 Stiff Records, 67 – 68 , 178 Soft Cell (band), 119 – 20, 202 – 3 Still from the Heart (Angelic Sokolov, Frances (Vi Subversa), 26 – 27 , Upstarts), 67 179 – 80 , 189 –92 The Stooges (band), 19 , 111 – 12 , 268n. Sol Invictus (band), 157 – 58 16 , 268n. 15 ‘Solitary Confi nement’ (The Stop the City campaign, 167 – 68 Members), 98 – 99 St. Pancras label, 69 – 70 Some Bizarre label, 42 Strange, Steve. See Harrington, Steve ‘Somebody to Love’ (Queen), 5 – 6 The Stranglers (band), 5 , 89 – 90 , 178 , ‘Someone’s Gonna Die Tonight’ (Blitz), 91 196 – 97 , 200 – 1 , 204 – 5 , 229 – 30 Soo Catwoman. See Lucas, Sue street protest, punk music and, 8 Sounds magazine, 219 – 21 Strength Thru Oi! compilation, 39 analysis of punk in, 19, 24 – 28 ‘Strike’ (Six Minute War), 98 – 99 on anarcho-punk, 170 Strohmeyer, Paul (Green Gartside), on class politics and punk, 102 60 – 61 , 70, 130 – 32 gender politics in, 209 politics and, 143 – 44 infl uence of, 28 – 30 on rock and pop, 206 – 7 Smiths’ interview and, 207 – 8 Strummer, Joe. See Mellor, John Southern Death Cult (band), 24 – 25 , Stuart, Ian, 42 – 43 , 154 – 55 , 157 – 58 164 –65 , 211 Stubbs, David, 135 – 36 Southern Studios, 72 – 73 style, sociology and politics of, 175 – 76 Souxsie Sioux. See Ballion, Susan Subcultures (Hebdige), 17 – 18 The Specials, 20 – 21 , 65 – 66, 94, 103 Subhumans (band), 8 , 72 – 73 , 97 – 98 , National Front and, 148 – 49 133 – 34 , 163 – 64 , 241 – 43 social realism of, 86 Suburban Press, 118 – 19, 157 – 58 Spencer, Neil, 268n. 16 , 274n. 108 ‘Suburban Relapse’ (Siouxsie and the Spiral Scratch EP (Buzzcocks), 5, 63 – 64, Banshees), 119 – 20 68 – 69, 111 – 12 suburbia ‘Spirit of the Falklands’ (New Model concentration of power and culture in Army), 245 London and, 296n. 50 SPK (band), 219 – 21 punk protest against, 114 – 23 squatters’ movement, punk and, 226 – 28 Subversa, Vi. See Sokolov, Frances ‘Staring at the Rude Boys’ (The (Vi Subversa) Ruts), 91 Subway Sect (band), 34 , 78 – 79 State of Emergency (Joe Gibbs and the Suck, Jane. See Jackman, Jane Professionals), 11 Suggs. See McPherson, Graham Steen, Paul, 126 – 27 Suicide (band), 27 – 28

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Sullivan, Justin, 120 – 22 ‘They’ve Got a Bomb’ (Crass), 239 Sumner, Bernard, 122 – 23 ‘32 Weeks’ (Mekons), 98 – 99 Sunday People newspaper, 37 – 39 This is the Modern World (The The Sun newspaper, 76, 243 – 44 Jam), 215 – 17 punk coverage in, 91 Thomas, Simone, 257n. 18 surrealism, punk and, 108 Threads (television program), 215 – 17, Survivors (television series), 215 – 17 240 – 41 ‘Suspect Device’ (Stiff Little Fingers), Thrills, Adrian, 146 – 47 90 – 91, 235 – 38 Throbbing Gristle (band), 8 – 9 , 36 , 38 , Swales, Richard (Richard Famous), 189 – 92 73 – 76 , 272n. 71 swastika criticism of media by, 81 – 82 punk bands’ use of, 39 , 229 dystopian vision of, 224 – 26 Sex Pistols’ use of, 10 gender politics and, 195 ‘Sweet Suburbia’ (The Skids), 117 – 18 marginal and suppressed images used The System, 241 – 43 by, 105 , 107 – 8 politics and, 141 – 42 ‘Tabazan’ (Killing Joke), 212 – 13 punk women artists and, 183 – 85 tabloid journalism ‘Time for Truth’ (The Jam), 139 – 40 popular culture and, 76 – 83 ‘The Titanic Sails at Dawn’ as punk signifi er, 77 – 78 (Farren), 50 – 51 ‘Tainted Love’ (Coil), 202 – 3 To a Nation of Animal Lovers EP ‘Tampax Romana’ (P-Orridge), 183 – 85 (Confl ict), 166 teddy- boys and girls, post- war Toczek, Nick, 164 – 65 emergence of, 15 Today programme (Thames Television) ‘Teenage Kicks’ (The Undertones), 197 punk bands on, 39 Teenage Kicks: My Life as an Undertone Sex Pistols appearance on, 5 – 6 , 36 – 39 , (Bradbury), 269n. 23 83 television Tomlinson, Jim, 221 – 22 punk music and, 76 – 83 Tom Robinson Band, 34, 90 suburbia depicted on, 115 – 16 gay rights and, 199 –200 Television (band), 27 – 28 RAR politics and, 148 – 49 ‘Television Families’ (The social unrest and, 229 Cortinas), 78 – 79 Tope, Steve, 326n. 87 Temple, Julien, 19 Top of the Pops television show, 29 Temporary Hoarding fanzine, 35, 40 – 41, Towers, Liddle, 232 – 33 145 – 48, 186 – 87 ‘Town Called Mallice’ (The Jam), 104 – 5 10cc (band), 51 Townsend, Pete, 55 , 195 – 96 Terrence Higgins Trust, 202 – 3 Toxic Graffi tti fanzine, 44 – 45 , 99 – 100 , Test Dept (band), 36, 224 – 26 165 Thatcher, Margaret gender politics in, 189 – 92 anarcho- punk and, 8 trade unions authoritarianism of, 230 – 33 politics and, 14 Falklands War and, 243 – 44 punk and, 63 – 65 , 139 – 40 privatisation under, 249 Trafford, Howard. See Devoto, Howard punk movement and, 33, 63 – 65, Trafford, Howard (Howard Devoto) 92 – 94, 140 – 41, 215 – 21, 244 – 46 analysis of punk by, 5 trade unions and, 14 on boredom and punk, 111 – 14 That’s Life (Sham 69), 100 – 5 on existentialism in, 137 – 38 Theatre of Hate (band), 24 – 25 , 210 – 11, on independent labels, 61 – 62 227 – 28, 234 – 35 on rock and pop, 206 – 7

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women punk artists and, 181 – 83 The Varukers (band), 241 – 43 Travis, Geoff, 70 Vaucher, Gee, 119 – 20, 141 – 42 , 160 – 61 , on politics and punk, 141 – 42 177, 191 – 93 , 234 – 35 , 240 – 41 ‘Trevira Trousers’ (Mekons), 127 – 29 ‘VD’ (The Prefects), 59 Troops of Tomorrow (The Velvet Underground (band), 27 – 28 , Exploited), 241 – 43 105 – 6 , 210 ‘Troops Out’ (The Passage), 234 – 35 The Ventz (band), 154 Troops Out Movement, 150 – 51 Vermorel, Fred, 21 Turner, Alwyn, 88 – 89 Vice Squad (band), 26 – 27 , 92 – 94 , Turner, ‘Stinky,’ 102, 230 241 – 43 , 245 TV Smith. See Smith, Tim ‘Vicious Circle’ (Abrasive ‘12XU’ (Wire), 200 – 1 Wheels), 96 – 97 20 Jazz Funk Greats (Throbbing video technology, 250 – 52 Gristle), 82 – 83 Violators (band), 24 – 25 2- Tone movement, 42 – 43, 55 – 56, 65 – 66 violence anti- racism initiatives and, 146 – 47, in punk lyrics, 91, 120 – 22 149 – 50 at punk shows, 1 – 3 British decline and, 94 racial violence, 84 – 86 , 145 – 46 class politics and, 103 – 5, 155 – 57 RAR-right- wing social realism and, 86 – 87 confrontations, 149 – 50 2,000,000 Voices (Angelic ‘Violence Grows’ (Fatal Microbes), 91 Upstarts), 98 – 99 Vital Disorders (band), 129 – 30 ‘Two Swords’ (The Beat), 103 ‘Two Tribes’ (Frankie Goes To Wakeford, Tony, 107 – 8 , 143 – 44 , 148 Hollywood), 240 – 41 Walker, Kevin (Geordie), 227 – 28 Wallington-Lloyd, Helen, 257n. 18 UK Decay (band), 241 – 43 The Wall, 97 – 98 UK Subs (band), 163 , 241 – 43 Walters, Caroline (Caroline K), 185 Ulster Defence Association Wardle, John, 257n. 18 (UDA), 234 – 35 Ware, Martyn, 222 – 24 Ultravox (band), 219 – 21 The War Game , 241 – 43 The Underdogs (band), 229 – 30 Wargasm (album), 243 – 44 The Undertones, 197 , 235 – 38 ‘Warm Leatherette’ (The unemployment. See also economic crisis Normal), 219 – 21 increase in, 14 Warzone Collective, 235 – 38 punk’s relationship to, 95 – 100 , 228 Watkins, Peter, 241 – 43 United States, punk music in, 27 – 28 , Watson, Chris, 83 43 – 44 Wayne County, 213 – 14 The Unnamable (Beckett), 137 – 38 ‘We Are All Prostitutes’ (The Pop The Unwanted (band), 215 – 17 Group), 127 – 29 ‘Up Against the Wall’ (Tom Robinson Weekend Show (television program), 38 Band), 90 welfare state urban violence, punk movement and, 94 demise of, 14 punk and, 139 – 40 Vagrancy Act of 1824, 232 – 33 Weller, Paul, 55, 97 – 99 , 104 – 5, 243 – 44 Vague, Tom, 21 on politics, 139 – 40 Vague fanzine, 44 – 45 , 211 on suburbia, 115 – 16 Vance, Tommy, 60 – 61 Welsh nationalism, 11 – 13 Vaneigem, Raoul, 80 – 81, 111 – 12 Wessex ’82 EP, 103 – 5 Varty, Suzy, 176 Weston, Gil, 179 – 80

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Weston, Simon, 244 – 46 women Westwood, Jill, 185 critique of feminism by, 178 – 79 Westwood, Vivienne, 3 – 5, 7 – 8 , 10, 51 – 52 as punk artists, 179 – 93 clothes produced by, 159 , 177 punk movement and, 22, 176 – 80 on feminism and punk, 177 Rock Against Sexism and, 186 – 87 on homosexuality, 198 Women’s Liberation Music Projects marginal and suppressed images used Group, 176 – 77 by, 105 Women’s Theatre Group Band, 142 – 44 politics and, 158 – 59 Woods, Lesley, 176 – 79 , 187 – 88 reggae and, 146 – 47 ‘W.O.R.K.’ (Bow Wow Wow), 99 – 100 Whitby, Susan (Lora Logic), 179 – 80 ‘Work All Week’ (Mekons), 127 – 29 Whitehouse (band), 107 – 8, 196 – 97 Workers’ Revolutionary Party (WRP), Whitehouse, Mary, 77 40 – 41 , 143 – 44 ‘white noise’ movement, 22 working conditions, punk protests White Noise Records, 154 – 55 against, 97 – 99 ‘White Power’ (Skrewdriver), 154 – 55 The Worst (band), 59 far-right politics and, 39 , 41 – 43, Wright, Pete, 160 – 61 154 – 55 subcultural revivals and, 55 – 56 Xntrix label, 163 ‘white power’ bands, 42 – 43 X-Ray Spex (band), 40 , 100, 124 – 25 white power movement, punk linked to, XTC (band), 125 – 26 146 – 47, 156 – 58 ‘White Riot’ b/w ’1977’ (Clash), 11, Yes Sir, I Will (Crass), 80 – 81 , 244 – 46 84 – 86, 89 ‘YOP’ (The Exploited), 96 – 97 ‘White Youth’ (Crisis), 148 Yorkshire Ripper, 187 Whitman, Lucy (Lucy Toothpaste), Young Communist League (YCL), 39 – 40, 40 – 41, 62 – 63, 177 , 180 143 – 44 The Who (band), 55, 122 – 23 The Young Existentialists, 134 – 35 Whyte, Angus, 126 – 27 Young National Front (YNF), 41 – 43, Widgery, David, 40 – 41, 148 154 – 55 Wilkinson, David, 22, 189 , 198 Young Socialist magazine, 40 – 41 Williams, Raymond, 22, 245 – 46 youth culture, 173 Williams, Steve (Steve Ignorant), 46, personal politics and 97 – 98, 116 class politics and, 120 – 22 Willie, John, 212 commercialization and Willis, Paul, 297n. 69 commodifi cation of, 123 – 32 Wilson, Debbi, 122 – 23, 257n. 18 evolution of, 249 – 50 Wilson, Lee, 103 gender politics and, 209 – 10 Wilson, Tony, 70 – 71, 73 – 76, 79 – 80 history of, 2 – 3 ‘Winter of ’79’ (Tom Robinson masculinity in, 195 – 96 Band), 90 in post-war era, 15 – 19 Wire (band), 58 – 61 , 78 – 79 , 200 – 1 punk and, 10 Wisdom, Ollie, 210 – 13 social and political change Wise, David, 168 and, 39 – 40 Wise, Stuart, 168 unemployment and, 96 – 97 ‘Witch Hunt’ (The Mob), 120 Witts, Dick, 196 – 97 Zephaniah, Benjamin, 146 – 47 ‘Woman’ (Anti-Nowhere League), 178 Zounds (band), 227