In a London International Times article, the term is used for the first time ever 40 years ago today. With the troubles the Sex Pistols were having keeping signed to a label and the low sales of punk records, critics declared the genre's day in the sun was over.
In typical ironic punk fashion, fans of punk embraced the saying. Groups such as Crass wrote songs devoted to the saying. Plus, future music critics and punk fans would debate if punk was dead for decades to come.
If anything, saying punk is dead made it come alive. In the next few weeks and years, punk would explode- especially thanks to a little place in New York City called CBGB. But it's not time to talk about that yet. Patience, we will.
Well, until tomorrow, enjoy a listen to one of my all-time favorite punk hits and long live punk!
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