Band Quote by MO

I admired punk because I came from a violent band as well. Especially in the first four or five years, we were very aggressive…

— Bill Ward

I wanted to sound new and exciting - the punk movement was over with for me.

— Edwyn Collins

Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear. We could do great…

— Boy George

By the time I was 18, I had absorbed punk rock from America, Britain, and the West Coast. All of it was so dark…

— Michael Stipe

Crisis and my experience of Punk Rock in Britain/Europe was anything and everything but "fun" and this sort of idea comes from people who…

— Douglas Pearce

I was always into punk, ever since I was 13, but I was into other stuff, too - like, well, the Spice Girls. I…

— Alice Dellal

The punk era, at its best, celebrated questioning the norm and the promotion of originality. Both concepts have always resonated with me.

— Prabal Gurung

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with heavy metal, Van Halen, Motley Crue. The older I got, my tastes widened. I always…

— Panos Cosmatos

In many ways, I have no idea what would have become of me if punk hadn't happened, because the '70s turned out to be…

— Jello Biafra

Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.

— Steve Winwood

I hated everything but punk for a long time.

— Harry Enfield

Punk changed everything. It blew away all the dull, pompous stuff that happened before, like glam rock. Kids were getting involved in causes like…

— Keith Allen