What it must have been like in Manchester in the mid-‘70s ... riff of “Three Girl Rhumba.” The quartet’s debut album Pink Flag had the basic language of punk down pat but was far wittier ...

That period, when she was in her 20s, “was bold and daring and wild.” Her book is a living record of the ‘70s punk scene, which almost by its very definition, was ephemeral. “A lot of (the ...

Brian James, the founding guitarist for the Damned and writer of the first punk single, "New Rose," has died at the age of 70.