Degeneration Punk (1997)

Director: Claude Santiago

Amusing ARTE Special with SEX PISTOLS, CLASH, GENERATION X, DEAD BOYS, DAMNED, and more This rare documentary covers three very influential years in the shaping of punk rock: 1976-1979. more... Punk rock music was emerging as a solid genre, standing apart from the fuzzed out garage rock that came before it. This video documents the bands that pushed the envelope--The Clash, Sham 69, Generation X, The Dead Boys, X-Ray Spex...Some cool footage...newsreels on Sid Vicious' killing of Nancy Spungen, overdose... and more!

Cast

Siouxsie Sioux

Malcolm McLaren

Joe Strummer

Jimmy Pursey

Nancy Spungen

Margaret Thatcher

Becki Bondage

Billy Idol

John Lydon