Where did punk begin? A cinema in Peru

Almost a decade before the Ramones or the Sex Pistols struck a chord in anger, los Saicos were screaming their way to notorietyIt's a question which has been long the subject of intense and often bitter debate: where exactly did punk rock begin? Was it conceived in the smoke-filled back rooms of London pubs, or did it leap fully formed from the dive bars of New York City?Few would imagine that the correct answer is that the genre which revolutionised music was actually born at a cinema matinee i...

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