Forty years of punk and why it still rocks

It’s 40 years since angry young bands like The Sex Pistols outraged society, but their influence is everywhere, says Suzanne Harrington.

PUNK is not dead — it’s just old. Forty years ago this summer, it burst from society’s ribcage like a furious, screaming alien, offending everyone.

Everyone, that is, apart from an emerging generation thrilled and energised by its raw, raging force.