Is there a punk scene anywhere in Britain ?

[TheFutureOfThePublic]

Been wanting to put together a punk band for a while but nobody seems to like it.Is ther any place in Britain with a punk scene ?

[Pirate Utopian]

I'd say probably London.

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

Talk to militant anarchist pronto

[ls]

Glasgow should be sufficient......

[nuisance]

There's punk scenes in most big cities.

[Sam_b]

Been wanting to put together a punk band for a while but nobody seems to like it.Is ther any place in Britain with a punk scene ?

There's one right under your nose, just get yourself along to the right gigs. Especially with regards to hardcore: was at an excellent gig at the Flying Duck on Wednesday featuring November 13th, Glasses and Altars.

Keep your nose out for gigs in the local area and you'll find a 'scene' to tap into eventually.

[TheFutureOfThePublic]

Punk as in real punks.Not emo bands tht get classed as punk by the mainstream

[Stranger Than Paradise]

Punk as in real punks.Not emo bands tht get classed as punk by the mainstream

Sadly I think you will only find a marginalised and very small scene, but here in London I think you would have more luck. I would say as Joe said ask MilitantAnarchist.

[communard resolution]

London has several punk scenes. What subgenre are you looking for?

Best thing to do: go to 12 Bar in Denmark Street on a Friday night. Depending on what bands play, you will find all kinds of punk rockers there (not so much of the crusty/anarcho-punk variety though - these tend to have gigs in squats in the East End).

[thejambo1]

GAPC find them on myspace put on gigd in glasgow,there are tons of punk bands out there just search for them. still a big zine and diy scene going on, just dig down a bit for it. plenty of bands in lanarkshire and ayrshire too and over on east coast in edinburgh and surrounding areas.

[Palmares]

I agree for one, big cities. Two, which subgenre? In London, street punks do the "punk jobs" in Camden. Crusties hang out at that pub in Brixton, the Grosvenor (or at least alot of crust gigs happen there). Check out the eroding empire site for everything punk in London.

[Fawkes]

Any good British punk bands from the last decade worth listening to? That wasn't an insult or anything, I'm actually wondering because I haven't heard much from there in a long time.

[communard resolution]

Any good British punk bands from the last decade worth listening to? That wasn't an insult or anything, I'm actually wondering because I haven't heard much from there in a long time.

I'm not really down with the hardcore punks at this point, but every other punk I see in London has this band's logo painted on their leather jackets:

The Restarts (http://www.myspace.com/therestarts)

[Louis Pio]

Punk's not dead, it's just in a miserable state and deserves to die...

[Chicano Shamrock]

I guess you are lucky that punks are hard to come by there. Less kids purposefully looking like shit. Now some of the music is good if done with skill a la Pennywise, Propagandhi etc...

[Small Geezer]

The Exploited were from Scotland (am I right?). And weren't Oi Polloi also from Scotland?

[jaffe]

Punk's not dead,they just smell like it

[communard resolution]

If punk means non-conformism and creating something different, it's been dead since the late 70s or so. If it just means a community of people who are into similar music and fashions, it's alive and well.

[Small Geezer]

Nah man, There were some wicked punk scenes in the 80's and the 90's as well. Like Anarcho punk and shit.