From Jerry Lee Lewis pounding at his piano to Marlon Brando in “The Wild One”, to hippies protesting against Vietnam, to Michael Moore criticizing the president, to bloggers venting frustrations on the World Wide Web. Each generation has its own punk pathfinders, that creates its own soundtrack to effect change.

Late 1960s/early 1970s: The Paris riots and anti-Vietnam War demonstrations - the first televised urban insurrections - had a galvanizing impact on the youth of the world. In London, the ever-expanding ‘dole queues’ and the proliferation of workers’ strikes were creating an uncontainable feeling of frustration and dissent.

Mid 1970s: Revolution ignited on the streets of London and New York. Volatile subcultures, led by musicians challenged the establishment, shook the status quo and began to seep into mainstream consciousness. While the angry, reductive music and do-it-yourself attitude was snatched up by continents of disenfranchised youth, it struck fear into media and government.

The product of youth rebellion, the punk movement had its originators, its intellectuals, its trendsetters and its burnouts. It inspired an entire generation of filmmakers, poets, photographers, fashion designers and graphic artists. And then punk disappeared…or did it?

In 'PUNK: attitude', pioneers of the 1970s/80s punk movement rock us and shock us with their stories. Contributors include Tommy Ramone (The Ramones), Glen Matlock and Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols), Mick Jones and Paul Simonon (The Clash), Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders), Henry Rollins (Black Flag), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), David Johansen (New York Dolls), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Siouxie Sioux (The Banshees), Captain Sensible (The Damned), John Cale (The Velvet Underground), Howard Devoto and Pete Shelly (The Buzzcocks), writer Legs McNeil, rock photographer Bob Gruen and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch.

'PUNK: attitude' premieres on IFC Saturday July 9 at 10pm ET/11pm PT, as part of IFC’s “God Save IFC” night. This will be followed by:
11:30pm Jesus of Suburbia (IFC Original short film)
11:45pm SLC Punk! (1999, Dir. James Merendino, starring Matthew Lillard)
1:30am special episode of Henry’s Film Corner, hosted by Henry Rollins

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