I was too young in the 70s
I got into punk about 1981-82 when I was 15
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience,
Tue 20 Jan 2004, 12:15,
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I heard The Pistols on John Peel...
...in late '76 and was utterly hooked. I was 10, but it was like stepping on a musical landmine. By 1980 I was in my first punk band, dabbing whizz and watching The Damned, The Clash, Discharge, etc.
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the_hammerhead_tart -- In love with a strict machine,
Tue 20 Jan 2004, 12:27,
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Same here . . .
To us Punk was hanging around in the local graveyard drinking Bulmers cider (it was the cheapest) . . . then Goth happened and suddenly we were all at The Catacombs drinking Snakebite and black . . .
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Tabazan - Stoneage Dinosaur,
Tue 20 Jan 2004, 12:30,
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