A few months after the United States’ bicentennial, an explosion was heard across the pond that would be the start of a new revolution: namely the UK punk scene.
On this day in 1976, Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glenn Matlock and Steve Cook released “Anarchy In The UK,” which was the perfect punk anthem that still holds the power and glory today, nearly 50 years later.
Published by EMI, who would later get the audible stink eye from the quartet when they dropped them, the best-known single from their only LP, Never Mind The Bullocks, was an inspiration to almost everyone who heard it.
I am an Antichrist
I am an anarchist
That simple play with words clearly influenced another punk rock trailblazer, Kurt Cobain, whose paradoxical lyrics and exaggerations have the Rotten fingerprints all over it
Take your time, hurry up
The choice is yours, don’t be late
Take a rest as a friend
As an old enemy
“Come as You Are,” from Nevermind
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