But it helped. At lightning speed, this brand of music moved from the proto punk of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s to classic punk of 1976-77, and onto the post-punk before the decade was over.

In the late ’70s, the British punk rock scene gave rise to a new brand of the genre simply called Oi!. These working-class bands weren’t interested in the outrageous fashion or lofty ...

Michael Grecco’s photographs of the acts who played local clubs in punk’s early days are on display ... Bewitched by the music and the maelstrom, Grecco went to many of those shows and ...

Brian James, the pioneering punk guitarist who co-founded the Damned, died Thursday, March 6, at the age of 70. James’ death ... to help in his quest for the music revolution that became known ...

T.S.O.L., another California punk band that formed at the end of the ’70s, is playing at the Ranch on Sept. 12. The Exploited, a Scottish hardcore thrash punk rock band, also from the ’70s ...

The Damned was not the first UK punk band. The Sex Pistols were already ... that thinks such a radical departure from the mid ‘70s hippie look might be a good idea?’” he writes.

He was 70. His death was announced on his Facebook ... They were the first British punk band to release a single: “New Rose,” written by Mr. James, in October 1976 (the Sex Pistols’ anthemic ...