What became called ‘punk’ in 1976 was a slow-growing art and music movement, in London and New York, in the early to mid 1970s. Of course, at the time, we didn’t know it was going to burst out of the underground and become a massive worldwide youth movement. We were just enjoying being over-the-top and making art and music and having fun in a true DIY spirit. At the time, the influences in the UK were a mix of the Warhol Factory scene (New York) and the gay disco and alternative perfo...
