No future? Punk is still the sound of youth rebellion the world over

Nostalgia alone can't explain its survival, 35 years on from its annus mirabilis in 1977On a broiling Sunday afternoon in Kennington Park, south London, a few dozen people are gathered under a large tree. A handful are playing boules and some line up for a three-legged race; most are simply drinking and talking. Yet 35 years ago such an event would have prompted uproar among other park visitors because this is the Punx Picnic, part of a non-profit urban punk festival bluntly called Scumfest.The ...

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