The Punk Rock Movie was assembled from Super 8 camera footage shot by Don Letts, the disc jockey at the Roxy club during the early days of the UK punk rock movement, between 1977 and 1979. Super 8mm film is a motion picture film format that was developed in the 1960s and released on the market in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older 8mm home movie format. ... Don Letts is a British film director and musician. ... 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. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

The film captures the energy and vibrancy of this period, and features archive live footage of the bands The Clash, the Sex Pistols, Wayne County & the Electric Chairs, Generation X, Slaughter and the Dogs, The Slits, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Eater, Subway Sect, X-Ray Spex, Alternative TV and The Heartbreakers. The Clash was one of the most successful British punk rock groups that existed from 1976 to 1986. ... The Sex Pistols were, despite their short existence, one of the most influential English punk bands. ... Wayne County & the Electric Chairs is one of the original first wave of punk bands from the 1970s. ... Generation X was a punk rock band that was formed in 1976 by Billy Idol. ... Slaughter and the Dogs were an early British punk band in the late 1970s, best remembered today for having Steven Morrissey as their singer for a brief period. ... The Slits were a mostly all-women band. ... Siouxsie and the Banshees, from Peepshow album art. ... Eater were a British (English) punk band with a youthful - 14 year old drummer named Dee Generate. ... One of the original (and best) British punk bands, Subway Sects posthumous reputation has suffered because of their comparatively small output. ... This article is about a punk band. ... Alternative TV was an influential British punk rock band. ... This article is about the protopunk group. ...

All live footage was shot at the Roxy except the Sex Pistols, which was filmed at the Screen On The Green Cinema in London on April 3, 1977 (Sid Vicious' first concert with the band). Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... Sid Vicious in a 1978 mugshot related to his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. ...

Of his movie Letts wrote;

Every generation needs its own soundtrack. In 1977 punk rock was it. It inspired some people to pick up guitars, I was inspired to pick up a movie camera... It was all so new, I realised it wasn't about being just a fan, it was about getting involved... A good idea attempted is better than a bad idea perfected.

The Punk Rock Movie was released on video in 1992 by Studio K7. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

External link

Interview with DON LETTS http://www.fodderstompf.com/ARCHIVES/ARTS/greg2.html

• Interview with Don Letts