Box-set reportage on the malleable world of Brit-punk and what came next
Britain’s musical eruption of 1977 wasn’t just about the now. As the new box set 1977– The Year Punk Broke amply demonstrates, the flux allowed more than first-timers through the door. Seasoned gig-circuit regulars Stranglers got a leg up. A band called The Rings, featuring former Pink Fairies, Pretty Things and Tomorrow member Twink, issued their one single in 1977.