8.043 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestDespite itself, punk breaks big, highlighting the talents of Nirvana, Bad Religion and Green Day while women roar onto the scene in defining bands such as Bikini Kill and L7, establishing punk as an enduring force, its spirit living on in the broader culture as we know it today.
Featuring original interviews with America’s punk pioneers and the U.K.’s most notorious bands, alongside a seamless blend of rare and unseen photos, gritty archival film and video, a crackling soundtrack of punk hits and misses, this documentary series explores the music, the fashion, the art and the DIY attitude of a subculture of self-described misfits and outcasts.
Editing
Jagged cuts that mirror punk's refusal to play nice.
Sound
Rare tracks that'll send you down a 1977 Spotify spiral.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Iggy Pop's interview was shot in a single take because he kept wandering off set. They kept it.
The series notably excludes Green Day and pop-punk entirely—director John Varvatos wanted to gatekeep 'real' punk, which is exactly the kind of elitism the movement supposedly rejected.
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