Networks of sound, style and subversion: the punk and post-punk worlds of Manchester, London, Liverpool and Sheffield, 1975-80

Nick Crossley examines the birth of punk in the UK and its transformation, within a short period of time, into post-punk.

Dominant explanations of these developments have tended to focus upon strains and frustrations, both social and aesthetic, which are said to have provoked a generation of young people into rebellious action.

Crossley identifies a number of problems with such explanations, stressing in particular their failure to explore punk's 'micro-mobilisation'.