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As part of 6 Music's Punk Britannia season, Tom Robinson invites listeners to collaborate on a playlist celebrating the influential New York scene.

As part of 6 Music's Punk Britannia season, Tom Robinson invites listeners to collaborate on a playlist celebrating the influential New York scene.

From Television to the New York Dolls, via The Ramones and The Misfits, New York played a pivotal part in the worldwide punk explosion in the late 1970s.

Revolving around the now legendary venue CBGBs in the lower east side of Manhattan, the movement took its roots in the economic and crime problems of New York in the 1970s.

Unlike its UK counterpart however, the New York scene offered a more nuanced, experimental style of music, producing seminal albums including Marquee Moon, Horses and Blondie's Atomic.

As one of its key figures - Patti Smith - releases a new solo LP, Tom asks listeners to share their memories and favourite records of the era. He also plays tracks by bands the scene influenced, from the new wave of Talking Heads to the modern US punk groups including Green Day, Rancid and The Gaslight Anthem.

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Sun 17 Jun 2012 18:00

Music Played

  • Ramones

    Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?

    • Rhino.
  • Dead Boys

    Sonic Reducer

  • The Gaslight Anthem

    The '59 Sound

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Side One Dummy.
    • 1.
  • Dead Kennedys

    Holiday In Cambodia

    • Cherry Red Records.
  • Television

    Venus

  • Rancid

    TimeBomb

  • Blondie

    Rip Her To Shreds

    • Telstar.
  • The Stooges

    Search And Destroy

    • Essential.
  • Richard Hell & Voidoids

    Blank Generation

    • Polygram TV.
  • DEVO

    Jocko Homo

    • MCA.
  • Reel Big Fish

    Sell Out

  • Pere Ubu

    Modern Dance

  • Talking Heads

    Psycho Killer

    • EMI.
  • Green Day

    Basket Case

  • New York Dolls

    Personality Crisis

    • Mercury.
  • Bad Religion

    What Can You Do

  • Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

    Roadrunner (Twice)

    • Essential.
  • Suicide

    Jonny

  • The Dictators

    I Live For Cars & Girls

  • The Velvet Underground

    I'm Waiting For The Man

    • Global Television.
  • The Strokes

    The Modern Age

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • The Standells

    Dirty Water

    • RHINO.
  • Patti Smith

    P*** Factory

  • Bad Brains

    Pay To Come

  • Liquid Liquid

    Cavern

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Jun 2012 18:00