The 100 Club Punk Festival was a two day event held at the 100 Club, a (usually) jazz-oriented venue in Oxford Street, London, England on the 20th and 21st of September 1976. Arranged by Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, the gig showcased not only the aforementioned band, but a number of other acts aligned to the, at the time, very new UK punk rock movement. For many, it was their first opportunity to play before a live audience. It also marked a watershed for the movement, when punk began to move from the 'underground' to being recognised by the 'mainstream'. Partly this was due to very positive and extensive coverage of the event by Melody Maker journalist Caroline Coon. The 100 Club is a music venue situated at 100, Oxford Street, London W1, UK. The 100 Club has a legendary status within the history of modern British music, having played live music since 24 October 1942. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... Malcolm McLaren (born 22 January 1946) is an English impresario, musician and self-publicist who is best known as being the manager of the punk rock band Sex Pistols. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was (until its closure) the worlds oldest weekly music newspaper. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Caroline Coon is a British artist, journalist and political activist, born in 1945. ...

The full line up for the festival was:

• Sunday 20th; Subway Sect, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Clash and the Sex Pistols

• Monday 21st; the Stinky Toys, Chris Spedding & The Vibrators, The Damned and Buzzcocks

Now the stuff of legends, many who became involved in the punk scene claimed to have been there (unlikely as the venue has a capacity for no more than 600 persons), although amongst those 'faces' that definitely were, were Shane MacGowan (later of The Nipple Erectors and The Pogues), Shanne Bradley aka Shanne Skratch (of The Launderettes, Later of The Nipple Erectors and The Men They Couldn't Hang), Claudio Magnani aka Chaotic Bass (of The Launderettes), Ray Poulter aka Ray Pist (of The launderettes), Chrissie Hynde (later of The Pretenders), Vivienne Westwood (McLaren's then partner and co-manager of the Chelsea boutique SEX), Gaye Advert and TV Smith (later of The Adverts), as well as members of the Bromley Contingent, the punk fashion avant-garde. One of the original (and best) British punk bands, Subway Sects posthumous reputation has suffered because of their comparatively small output. ... Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band that formed in 1976. ... The Clash were an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986. ... Christopher John Spedding (born June 17, 1944) is an English rock and roll and jazz guitarist best known for his session work. ... The Vibrators are a British punk rock band, formed in 1976. ... The Damned are a punk rock/gothic rock band formed in London, England in 1976. ... Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Manchester in 1975[1] They are commonly regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent label movement and punk rock/post punk in general. ... Shane MacGowan on the cover of the 1994 album The Snake by Shane MacGowan and The Popes. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... The Pogues are a popular Irish-influenced band based in England. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... The Men They Couldnt Hang (TMTCH) are a British rock band whose mixture of folk and punk is not dissimilar to that of The Pogues (in fact founder member Shanne Bradley was a member of Shane MacGowans first band The Nipple Erectors), although they have not enjoyed the... Rock legend Chrissie Hynde. ... The Pretenders are an Anglo-American rock band. ... Dame Vivienne Westwood DBE (born Vivienne Isabel Swire in Tintwistle, Cheshire, on 8 April 1941) is an English fashion designer largely responsible for modern punk and new wave fashions. ... Statue of Thomas More on Cheyne Walk. ... Gaye Advert (born Gaye Balsden on 29 August 1956) is an English punk rock musician who played bass guitar in the band, The Adverts, in the late 1970s. ... The Adverts were an English punk rock band who formed in 1976 and broke up in 1979. ... The Bromley Contingent were a group of followers and fans of the Sex Pistols. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ...

The event was unfortunately marred by violence when a glass, reputedly thrown by then Banshees drummer and later Sex Pistols bass player Sid Vicious, shattered against a pillar during The Damned's set, blinding a young girl in one eye. Vicious also notoriously attacked NME journalist Nick Kent with a bicycle chain at the same event. John Beverly/Simon Ritchie (May 10, 1957 – February 2, 1979), better known as Sid Vicious, was an English punk rock musician, the bass player of the Sex Pistols (Replacment for Glen Matlock) . He was deeply involved in what many consider to be the birth of punk, being a close friend... For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... Nick Kent (born December 24, 1951) is a British rock critic. ...