Forget The Met: Guardian Readers On What Punk Life Was Really Like

What Punk Was Really Like
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 8: Bassist Sid Vicious of the rock band 'The Sex Pistols' poses for his mugshot after being arrested by New York City police for allegedly murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen on December 8, 1978 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 8: Bassist Sid Vicious of the rock band 'The Sex Pistols' poses for his mugshot after being arrested by New York City police for allegedly murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen on December 8, 1978 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

If you want to understand punk culture, you could try Punk: from Chaos to Couture, the new exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art – but to get a true sense of the punk life you have to ask the people who lived it. Here, 12 Guardian readers describe the look and the legacy of punk in the 1970s and 80s

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot