A major exhibition is being planned to mark next year's thirtieth anniversary of the punk explosion, which is all good, except I can't help thinking that if back in 1977 the early punk bands had known that in thirty years time they'd be being remembered at respectable exhibitions at esteemed arts centres, they might have given up there and then.
Still, the exhibition, called Panic Attack, which will run at London's Barbican Centre from 7 Jun to 9 Sep 2007, could be good, featuring, as it does, all kinds of artwork and stuff related to the likes of The Clash and the Sex Pistols and everything else that occurred in the punk genre in the summer of 1977.
Commenting on the exhibition, a spokesman for the Barbican told the BBC: "Punk is most closely associated with music, fashion and graphics, but it can also be seen as part of a much broader cultural episode. Panic Attack looks at British and American art of this time, much of which is informed by the same spirit of iconoclasm which characterises punk."