Punk Radio

Punk is an attitude more than a sound, though the sound - distorted guitars, fast drums, shouted vocals, three-chord simplicity - became iconic. The Sex Pistols exploded onto London's scene in 1976 and made it clear that punk was a rejection of technical virtuosity and commercial music industry machinery. The Ramones had already pioneered a simpler, more direct approach to rock and roll in New York. The Clash proved that punk could absorb reggae, funk, and ska while remaining explicitly political. What makes punk revolutionary is that anyone with an instrument and something to say could make p…