Degeneration Punk

Amusing ARTE Special with SEX PISTOLS, CLASH, GENERATION X, DEAD BOYS, DAMNED, and more This rare documentary covers three very influential years in the shaping of punk rock: 1976-1979. more... Punk rock music was emerging as a solid genre, standing apart from the fuzzed out garage rock that came before it. This video documents the bands that pushed the envelope--The Clash, Sham 69, Generation X, The Dead Boys, X-Ray Spex...Some cool footage...newsreels on Sid Vicious' killing of Nancy Spungen, overdose... and more!

• Claude SantiagoDirector
• Claude SantiagoWriter

• Siouxsie SiouxCast
• Malcolm McLarenCast
• Joe StrummerCast
• Jimmy PurseyCast
• Nancy SpungenCast
• Margaret ThatcherCast
• Becki BondageCast
• Billy IdolCast
• John LydonCast