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Ultimate Classic Rock
Ultimate Classic Rock
In the United States and the United Kingdom – particularly in New York and London – the concept of punk had been bubbling under for some time before November 1976. Until the 26th of that month, though, the movement was a form of nostalgia, looking back to simpler times of the ‘50s rebel movies of America and the four-on-the-floor pub rock bands of Britain. The songs up until Nov. 26 had been about teenage angst rather than societal anger. When the Sex Pistols’ debut single “Anarchy in the U.K.” arrived, it represented a fully-fledged cultural revolution. The band had been put together by impre…