Eighteen Flight Rock ... AND THE SOUND OF THE WESTWAY - interview with The Clash

NME 11th December 1976, Miles

Original page or text version

Reprint of Melody Maker, Caroline Coon

November 1976

Website or archived PDF

SOUNDS: Punk Rock Special

SOUNDS, 7 pages

Profile by Jonh Ingham
9 October 1976

Original or Rocks Back Pages

or another orginal

(Sid Vicious) "I don't understand why people think it's so difficult to learn to play the guitar. I found it incredibly easy. You just pick a chord ... "

Year in Punk Interview with Janet Street Porter

(out now on DVD)

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Production ID 9C/02278
Programme Title LONDON WEEKEND SHOW
Production Title SEX PISTOLS - PUNK ROCK
First TX Date 28/11/1976
Running Time 25 mins 53 secs

Synopsis

Janet Street-Porter investigates the current fast-growing phenomenon - Punk Rock.

The programme sets out to examine why increasing numbers of London's young people are becoming disaffected with the rock scene and finding that the 'New Wave' bands, rather than rich, established, superstars, seem to articulate their own feelings of musical and social discontent.

It looks at the rapid growth of punk bands which has followed the realisation that you don't have to be a consummate musician to play entertaining punk music and at the style and beliefs that distinguish people from fans of established rock.

Janet interviews the leading punk band, The Sex Pistols, their close rivals, The Clash and punk fans to try to find out whether this is a beat boom or just another instantly forgotten fad.

She also talks to promoter Ron Watts to find out whether Punk Rock's violent reputation, which has led to a dwindling number of venues prepared to book the bands, is justly deserved, and the programme allows viewers to judge the phenomenon for themselves from film of a typical Sex Pistols concert

Year in Punk Interview (Clash) | Youtube

The Year of Punk (Part 1)

A classic documentary on British punk made by London Weekend Television in 1977, presented by Janet Street-Porter. While featuring some footage from the first report made by LWT in 1976,it also includes some priceless footage and interviews from less-known bands

The Year of Punk (Part 2)

London Weekend Show with the Sex Pistols 1976

The London Weekend Show Punk Documentary with Janet Steet Porter and featuring interviews and footage of the Sex Pistols, The Clash and Siouxsie. First broadcast on 28/11/76

The Clash Live (Manchester?)

The Clash Live Performance | Premium from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections.

The Clash Recording In Studio ('76?, White Riot)

The Clash Recording In Studio, 1970s | Premium from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. Clip ref AX14 .

BBCTV Look North Punk in Cleethorpes

Rebroadcast / Broadcast 20 December 1976 / 3:27mins

Youtube

BBC Look North 30th Anniversary of Punk / Anarchy Tour at Cleethorpes Winter Gardens. Contains interview with Captain Sensible. TX 14th Dec. 2006

Punky Gibbon

online or archive PDF

Quote from Keith Levene interview and some early notes.

Sniffin' Glue: The Essential Punk Accessory by Mark Perry

Fanzine reproducd as a book.

"Sniffin Glue" was the most vital and cutting edge punk fanzine of its time. It featured all the key artists of the time from "The Ramones" and the "Sex Pistols" to "Blondie".

Written by Mark Perry, this book takes an irreverent retrospective look at the heady days of punk, featuring superb original photographs from the likes of Jill Furmanovsky and Pennie Smith and a full-length interview with TV and radion personality Danny Baker, who wrote for the original fanzine over 20 years ago at the start of their career.

During its brief existence "Sniffin Glue" brilliantly chronicled the birth, rise and demise of punk rock in the UK.

Starting with a print run of a mere 50 copies, by Issue 3 the circulation was way into the thousands. Joined in the later issues by young co-writer Danny Baker, sales started to exceed expectations and by Issue 12 Mark Perry called it a day declaring it's existence too successful as he was keen to avoid accusations of becoming part of the established rock press.

And for the collector there are all 12 issues of the magazine reproduced in their entirety.

The Birth of The Clash

The Independent – Friday, 10 October 2008

An epiphany at a Sex Pistols gig led to the formation of the most enduring of punk bands. Here, in an extract from a new book, The Clash reveal how they started in a London squat

Link

Jon Downes meets Keith Levene | Facebook

Interesting interview with Keith Leven on the opening days of the Clash .. and What's My Name.

Rockscene Anarchy