"I wanna sing like Patti Smith for you, cos I love you like a punk rock song"

"What," people sometimes ask, "is the legacy of punk?" 35 years since popstars started being mean for no reason, the question is more valid than ever. Do we find the spirit of punk in Vivienne Westwood lending her name to this year's Brits statues? In the singer from The Wombats kicking his pill addiction because sometimes it made him feel a bit fat (http://www.nme.com/news/the-wombats/55887)? In Lady Gaga wearing a leather jacket from time to time? In Tom from The Wanted telling Lee Ryan to fu...

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