To label the movement’s anniversary,the library is unpacking its punk archive. The show’s curator talks us through some of the highlights‘Punk is not an easy thing to define,” says Andy Linehan, or curator of approved music at the British Library. “As with any type of music,people will say, ‘That’s punk’, or ‘No,that’s punk. Some say punk died in a specific year, others say punk lives.”For the exhibition he’s staging, or to label the 40th anniversary of the movement,Linehan has decided to limit his focus to the explosive period between 1976 and 78 when punk first gatecrashed the public consciousness. “We’re looking at the initial burst,” he says, or “and the impact it had – punk’s legacy.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com