The Sex Pistols were class! Pretty Vacant, also sums up a lot of people on this site too? Ha ha. The Ramones were a good band also. Only now are they getting the recognition that they deserved back in the 70s and 80s though!

Nice one Henrik. I did a 10, 000 word dissertation on punk 76-78 for my sociology degree last year. I got a first, my supervisor loved it. I have never mind the B******s on my shuffle and I got into the Ramones last year, both class acts. Your observation about pretty vacant is spot on ha-ha.EMI is my fave pistol song and Sheena is a punk rocker is my Ramones Fave!!

My brother has a video of Shaun Ryder, from the Happy Mondays, singing Pretty Vacant, on his i-phone. Good version of it too. I met Joe Strummer, from The Clash, in the World End pub, in Camden, about 20 years ago, when I worked in London. Pure down to Earth guy, as well Donny. Top bloke! My favourite band is The Stone Roses. I liked Nirvana, also and i've still got my intact ticket for the concert that they were meant to play on April the 9th, 1994, at the SECC, Glasgow. Kurt Cobain, killed himself 4 days beforehand. So it was a concert that could never be mate? Pure bummer, eh?

I used to have Pretty Vacant on my answering machine message.

Ha! These are my top 2 favorite bands of all time! Plus, of course there's The Clash, The Damned, Gen X, Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers,and so on...

....Exploited, the Adverts, Cockney Rejects, Uk Subs,Stranglers and so on..........

I think the Ramones are the best. They wrote some pretty great songs and they were funny as well.

Oh, it hurts for me to have to choose which one I love more!
LOL.

... but yeah, Ramones are awesome! I remember when I first watched a documentary/DVD concert of them (wish I could say 'live concert'!), I never got bored even for a minute! (I can't say the same for The Clash, although I'm a big fan of them as well)

I have a pair of red chuck taylors which I never wear anymore (keeping it as a highly-valued memorabile) just coz it's signed by Marky Ramone, haha! (he came over for a DJ set some years back and patiently signed it along with my CDs and docu books). He smelled the shoe before signing, ahahahah! (I was wearing it that night, LOL!)

Darn it, I so wish I was there to experience the punk explosion firsthand!

I was there and it was great fun although the ironic thing is my dad wouldn't let me dress up as a punk, how anarchic was that, lol. I loved the music though and still do. The Ramones music makes me smile every time i hear them.