Punk : 102 (2019)

Made for EPIX, airing March 18th in the US.
Season 1. Episode 2.
The story: Punk rock was quickly becoming a vehicle to express anger and art in a healthy way.
But when the press caught on, it was always around to twist the truth by misinterpreting its meaning...
In London, Johnny Rotten had been influenced by Iggy Pop.
Iggy embodied punk.
The US was having a good time with punk and having fun but England was taking it very seriously.
By the 70s, fashion shop owner/entrepreneur Malcolm McClaren wanted world attention and to be seen as a genius.
It was a fantastic time in London but there was no work  , people were angry and everyone was hungry for something to do.
All the punks were hanging out and re-inventing themselves by wearing fashions designed by Vivienne Westwood, who was a partner of Malcolms.
New York's punk fashion was much different than England's and fashion was going hand in hand with the music.
Another difference between the US punk scene and the English was a love of reggae music.
Many up and comers out of England enjoyed as well as incorporated reggae into their own sound, making it popular.
Joe Strummer of The Clash wanted his music to have a message. He believed music was a vehicle for social change.
When The Clash gigged with the Sex Pistols women punks started to really begin joining the group of influenced rockers. 
But the women had to kick their way in.
So by 76, The Ramones are in England, punk music isn't selling in the US but disco is the current music giant.
English punk was becoming more and more political and the press was misinterpreting more and more of what it all ment.
Punk was honesty, empathy, and originality but as a result of the press misunderstanding, it started to become dangerous for the bands and their audiences.
After a TV interview, the Sex Pistols were banned in England.
So they took their act to the US. 
But things didn't get much better there and the band fell apart.
Manager Malcolm McLaren certainly wasn't helping matters.
By January of 78, the Sex Pistols called it quits but guitarist Sid Vicious stayed in the US, gigging and partying around New York with help from his American groupie girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
Sometime later, when Sid was said to have been responsible for his girlfriends' death, things for the punk scene really got ugly.
Stars Johnny Rotten, David Vanian, Pauline Black, Viv Albertine, Terry Chimes, Don Letts, Pam Hogg, Marky Ramone, Joan Jett, Palmolive, Thurston Moore, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Henry Rollins, Wayne/Jayne County, Bob Gruen, Legs McNeil, Ian McKaye
Directed by Jesse James Miller
Rated TVMA
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/MUSIC

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