Punkrock History

49 years ago
The first all-female punk rock group The Slits made their live debut, opening for The Clash at the Harlesden Coloseum (often cited as the Roxy Club) London, March 10 & 11, 1977

Buzzcocks and Subway Sect were also on the bill

📸 Ian Dickson

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Mar 11 at 4:11amWeb
Show threadDavid ArnoldMar 11
@historyofpunkrock ok, I’m curious: what’s with the “uncensored kung-fu films”?
Show threadklu9Mar 12

@__d 

The British Board of Film Censorship was often quite heavy-handed re violence. Also for a while, any scenes with nunchaku or throwing stars had to be cut to get a BBFC rating, & most cinemas wouldn't show anything without a BBFC rating.

Here's what they did to Enter The Dragon
https://melonfarmers.co.uk/bbfc_cuts_enter_the_dragon.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Board_of_Film_Classification 

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Enter the Dragon: Detailed BBFC cuts

Enter the Dragon: Detailed BBFC cuts

Show threadPeter KesslerMar 11
@historyofpunkrock where the films intended as educational, because of all the violence on the streets?
Show threadPunkrock HistoryMar 11
@pke?
Show threadPeter KesslerMar 11
@historyofpunkrock I was referring to the Kung Fu films and asked myself if they were a Community upskilling project to enable the punks if they got involved in fights. I remember that Viv wrote about some clashes in her book.
Show threadkhmMar 11
I think it's more to do with the British Board of Film Censors being unrelenting twats, to the degree that their overreach in the 1970s is nowadays a topic of academic study

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