‘I knew it was over for us’: the bands who got left behind when punk exploded
- Posted on June 5, 2026
- By The Guardian
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‘I knew it was over for us’: the bands who got left behind when punk exploded
Fifty years ago this week, the Sex Pistols played their first Manchester gig and caused a sonic revolution. What happened to the other bands that were tipped for big things that year – and why did the rock’n’roll dinosaurs survive?