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.

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.

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 ...

Legendary punk band Black Flag is in the process of recording new music for the first time in 12 years, the band announced Thursday. Black Flag will now feature founding guitarist Greg Ginn ...

They were one of the few bands to successfully leap from ’70s punk to ’80s synth-pop to ’90s dance and well beyond. And let’s not forget that they were the first to sample Kraftwerk and record a John ...

(Such tracks as “70’s Heroes,” which references Black ... On their new releases, the resuscitated and reshuffled ’80s D.C. punk bands prove they can still perform with adolescent vehemence ...

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 ...