About Punk77

Back then the internet was dial up, mobile phones were still basic and Spotify, YouTube, MySpace and Facebook hadn’t even been thought of. Back then the music industry was shitting themselves about MP3’s.

Punk 77 first started way back the late 1990’s and to be honest I’ve forgotten exactly when. Its aim was to give a window on punk rock (1976-1979) and mainly the smaller less talked about bands and the fans that followed them.

Punk 77 was born through finding a bit of software on a computer that even the makers didn’t advertise and that enabled me to get some pages up. It was originally called Nasty! Nasty! But that soon changed to Punk77 which was more suitable. Each page was handcrafted, no templates or content management and over the years some 1000 pages were done like that. On the internet time machine sites you will no doubt find whole pages created in lime green comic sans san!

Now in 2024 the site was creaking and it couldn’t take advantage of all the good things the internet gives so this new revamped site gives you the bands and features and now the videos and music to go with it. Don’t agree with what’s been said then make a comment? Want to add a photo or put something right then add a comment.

I’m conscious the photos I use are copyright and you could no doubt bleed me and the site dry. If you want me to take something down then email. If I’ve not credited you then gain email me. If you take my use of the photos in the spirit its intended then welcome aboard.

The aim was always to be free of advertising, nonprofit making and give free content to anyone who wandered along and explore this amazing music and fashion. Nothing’s fucking changed there!

Lastly, a site like this might seem an anachronism in this day of age of short snippets, tweets, Facebook photos and instant likes. I don’t honestly give a flying fuck. The explosion of data, far from bringing everything together and making it all clearer, has atomised and scattered it. It’s an irony that AI is artificially harvesting it and collating it back together.

Punk77 attempts to bring all the elements of punk together in one place.

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