The United Kingdom has played a huge role in inventing and popularizing the punk rock sound and the punk movement in general. British punks disdained the overproduced blandness of BBC music and took inspiration from the pub rock movement, the transgressive theatrics of glam rock, and the classic rock n roll of the 50s. Anti-establishment New York punks such as Ramones and the New York Dolls also struck a chord in a very class-divided and economically depressed Britain. Groups such as the Sex Pistols, the Jam, the Adicts, and the Clash (along with many, many more bands) produced loud, fast, and angry songs that shocked 70s mainstream sensibilities. By the early 80s, the punk sound had matured into a variety of sub-genres, and the British punk movement continues to this day. .
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