VARIOUS ARTISTS
1977 - The Year Punk Broke
3CD BOX SET
3CD
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5013929107809
£14.99
PUNK
3RD MAY 2024
•
Triple-CD box set reflecting how a thrilling, controversial scene developed over 12
tumultuous months.
Punk’s Year Zero was 1976. But very few Punk records were actually released that year. The
most significant musical developments happened in 1977, with a burgeoning, self-supporting
network of clubs, performers, fanzines, indie labels and distributors creating an unstoppable
groundswell that would revolutionise UK music and have an enduring impact on pop culture.
Many of the year’s major breakthrough acts and cult favourites are included, including
The
Jam, The Damned, The Boomtown Rats, Buzzcocks, The Stranglers, Generation X, Sham
69, The Only Ones, The Rezillos, Ultravox!, 999, X-Ray Spex, ATV, The Boys
and
The
Vibrators
.
Joined by sympathetic but more experienced acts (
Deaf School, Graham Parker,
Motorhead,
etc.), a welter of new, young bands created a sonic explosion, with sub-three-
minute adrenalin rushes of raw excitement.
The older guard – variously labelled Pub Rock, New Wave or Art Rock – are represented by
D
octors Of Madness, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Deaf School, The Tyla Gang, Graham Parker &
The Rumour, The Gorillas, The Count Bishops, Radio Stars, Spider
and
Alberto Y Lost
Trios Paranoias
.
Other key names include Motorhead (Lemmy’s new venture after splitting with
Hawkwind
, a
metal band loved by punks) and
The Heartbreakers, Johnny Thunders’
band who recorded
in London. Also present are a host of obscure indie Punk 45s and other rarities.
The deluxe clamshell package includes a weighty booklet full of illustrations, with a 15,000-
word sleeve-note and band-by-band biographies by compiler
David Wells.