This appeared in the inbox from at least three different directions and is well worth a look:

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of...what, exactly?

<a href="http://www.strangeattractor.co.uk/further/archives/Not so punk 1.pdf">Not so Punk</a> (230k pdf)

And in the interest of fairness, here's the <a href="http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article324977.ece" target="new" >official version</a>:

"The birth of punk
Thirty years ago this weekend, a group of scruffy kids calling themselves the Sex Pistols blagged their way on to the bill at a college gig. And so began the story of punk. John Robb tracks down those who were there the night rock history was made"...