Best UK Punk band 1977

[bosshoss]

At least according to this evidence, the Rich Kids easily blow away my previous favorites, the Damned. And Generation X. Check them out at 7:20 through to 15:30

 

[Sebastian]

Wow. How have I never seen this before? And it's been up for 9 years! Fabulous!

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

They sound pretty ordinary until they get wound up and... Biff, Bang, POW!

 

[massb]

The Rich Kids: such a pity their album soundwise is pretty lame (produced by Mick Ronson btw).
The Adverts: one my fave of the '77 class (Gaye Advert ....)

Great clip anyway!!!

 

[mr. splendid]

To me the Rich Kids were a great power pop band , but the Damned for me had the best '77 punk song - New Rose - and Neat , Neat , Neat is not far behind . I always liked the Adverts , but seeing Howard Pickup with his receeding hairline singing background on Bored Teenagers is pretty hilarious .

 

[jprackets]

Great stuff. Hadn't seen it before. Sounds so much better that Ghosts of Princes in Towers. As for The Damned, not much beats the Machine Gun Etiquette LP. And yeah, Crossing The Red Sea with the Adverts is also a banger.

 

[Rythmn Boy]

Maybe not the best, but a classic clip of a 77 punk song

Penetration - Don't Dictate

 

[massb]

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Maybe not the best, but a classic clip of a 77 punk song

Penetration - Don't Dictate

I really like their 1977 demos:

 

[13th Floor Garage]

I like it. Although I'd heard/read of the Richs Kids before, I would not have been able to identify any of their music.

After hearing Saints - "(I'm) Stranded" for the first time, most UK bands (familiar to me) suddenly... no longer sounded as exciting. I confess that here it is... decades later, and this Rich Kids music does indeed sound good to my ears. I'm late on this one, but look forward to further checking them out.

--- update. Hard to believe that this group contained an (s)ex pistol and future members of ??? Visage and Ultravox. I would never have guessed.

 

[Michael W]

--- update. Hard to believe that this group contained an (s)ex pistol and future members of ??? Visage and Ultravox. I would never have guessed.

Yeah, they had their fingers in a few pies. To me they sound similar to the Real Kids from that era.

 

[Ned]

UK punk bands 1976 / 1977 ?
In my book Eater had one of the top sides "Outside View", sometimes overlooked. The essence of raw amateur teens blasting out a few minutes of brilliance. A real experience to see live, I think they ranged in age from 15 - 17 or so. None of that soon to be "jump on the bandwagon" trite !

Ned

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

I saw The Rich Kids supporting Generation X - Billy being the most gobbed on man ever usually with the cry of "WANKER" hitting before the green glob began running down his body. Poor guy. I don't remember The Rich Kids really, hair too long and trousers not tight enough? I don't know, but I wasn't impressed.

The Adverts are the one punk band I still regularly listen to. T.V. Smith's lyrics and weaselly vocals still seem relevant.