The Punk Years - #5 - A Riot of Our Own (part 1/3)

“An outraged cry against the rising right wing sentiment in the country and a counter to National Front marches, organisations like the Anti Nazi League and Rock Against Racism formed. The band leading the way in energising punk in a political sense was The Clash, who played an integral role in the Rock Against Racism movement (as did many other punk groups), taking the stage alongside groups like Aswad and further cementing the links between punk and reggae. Anarcho-punk bands like Crass also began to emerge, taking on board anti-nuclear and vegetarian causes in opposition to the right wing politics of Oi! Bands. We discuss the political confusion caused by the mass of ideas thrown into the air by punk.”

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25 Responses

  1. peaceandanarchy1 Says:

    wtf, the sex …
    wtf, the sex pistols didn’t start punk.

  2. villarshite Says:

    The interesting …
    The interesting thing is that in all of the tv clips from the 70’s theres not one paki anywhere, now look at the black s, i moved to canada to get away from the greasy sneaky s, but they beat me here aswell, i try to warn canadians about how they have ruined Britain but they won’t believe me how there are total communities who refuse to be British and just want to take take take and not give anything back.

  3. victimof1987 Says:

    Damn ing right
    ing right

  4. rockandroll4357 Says:

    that shouldn’t be …
    that shouldn’t be surprising johnney hates every band in history

  5. jackriter Says:

    Crass not Clash
    Crass not Clash

  6. sgdc18 Says:

    bring back the punk …
    bring back the punk years!

  7. rahul2194j546 Says:

    Crazy Girl ~ …
    Crazy Girl ~ looking for an Adventure ;)

    _DATEHERWOW -DOT- COM_

  8. gualcherrk667 Says:

    I wanna see you …
    I wanna see you naked sexy!

    _FASTLOVERFUN -DOT- COM_

  9. ianramone0 Says:

    nazi punks off …
    nazi punks off
    a load of punks shuld wate out side there show and gang up on them but real punks arnt pusseys and can fight one on one

  10. zandras3ddo Says:

    nazi punks, nazi …
    nazi punks, nazi punks, nazi punks, OFF!

  11. chibikain Says:

    LW or RW punk , I …
    LW or RW punk , I don’t care , nazi punks.

  12. lilemy8sU Says:

    johnny rotten = …
    johnny rotten = pompous
    he basically called the clash upper-class snobs. the clash may have not started punk like the sex pistols but they certainly improved it.

  13. lilemy8sU Says:

    yeah, they were put …
    yeah, they were put together by the owner of a sex shop.

  14. tontoe258 Says:

    I wanna get down …
    I wanna get down and dirty

    GREATTIMEZ (DOT) COM

  15. oliviaisgod Says:

    they didn’t really …
    they didn’t really sell out .they sold out from the begin,i mean they were a fashion experament.

  16. WhiskeyyWoman Says:

    ahaha I like that …
    ahaha I like that one.
    That’s good.
    I think I’ll be using that one now.

  17. GHDF1 Says:

    Fuck the BNP
    the BNP

  18. Tomsedated Says:

    right on mate
    right on mate

  19. shaunamus Says:

    the one problem …
    the one problem with johnny rotten. he sees himself as being more important to punk than he was. so he helped bring punk into the open with the the ramones and the clash etc but he aint fu**in jesus.

  20. posicore92 Says:

    i think the term ” …
    i think the term “nazi skinhead” has no meaning. bald neo nazi’s stand for everything real skins are against. we need a new word for stupid fascists. how about BONEHEADS =p

  21. ssmithpunkrules Says:

    fuck the sex …
    the sex pistols they are they sold out get a few real punk bands in there like dead kennedys black flag bad brains man the ruts the ruts and same to undertones

  22. ugrmister Says:

    i don’t like the …
    i don’t like the ramones =]

  23. carlo88moe Says:

    clash is a great …
    clash is a great band, but youre being way too broad, everyone is always talking about “these guys” or “these guys” r the greatest

    the most u can say is a band changed you for a moment and it felt great

    but if u mention past bands now they loose their potency because it was only in that one instantce that they actually meant something

    so u cant say honestly that “whoevr” are the greatest because when they were at their greatest is in the past, not now

  24. carlo88moe Says:

    i find them …
    i find them painfully hilarious, they’re bald, whats funny than that

  25. kwekers16 Says:

    cmon.. all the …
    cmon.. all the featured bands here rocks.. theres no poser here [except to those who call someone a poser].. xD

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