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    'I Wanna See Some History': Recent Writing on British Punk

    Wilkinson, D ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9036-577X, Worley, M and Street, J (2016) 'I Wanna See Some History': Recent Writing on British Punk. Contemporary European History, 26 (2). pp. 397-411. ISSN 0960-7773

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    Abstract

    © 2016 Cambridge University Press. Tucked away on the b-side of the Sex Pistols' third single, 'Pretty Vacant' (1977), is a cover version of The Stooges' 'No Fun'. The song had long been a staple of the Pistols' live set; on record, however, Johnny Rotten chose to open the track with a diatribe against those attempting to imbue the punk culture he helped instigate with broader socio-economic, cultural or political implications. 'Here we go now', he snarled, 'a sociology lecture, with a bit of psychology, a bit of neurology, a bit of fuckology'.

    Item Type: Article
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 19 Sep 2019 08:48
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Additional Information: Author Accepted manuscript. Copyright Cambridge University Press 2016.
    Divisions: Faculties > Arts and Humanities
    Research Centres > Creative Writing, English Literature and Linguistics
    Subject terms: History, 2103 Historical Studies
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/620564
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777316000357
    ISSN 0960-7773
    e-ISSN 1469-2171

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