The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Buzzcocks - Screen on the Green show (Aug. 29, 1976)

Last century, on August 29th, 1976 (35 years ago today), there was a midnight rock show in London at the Screen on the Green cinema in Islington. The concert featured three young gangs of musical misfits - The Sex Pistols, The Buzzcocks and The Clash>.

According to the mighty Black Market Clash site, this gig was the third-ever Clash gig and the first known recorded Clash gig. For Clash diehards, it's a good audio boot. "This recording reveals the The Clash of 1976 were a very exciting band. The punk snarl has not quite been added yet and the songs destined to be recorded lack their later subtleties but they are already playing tight and fast. The Ramones album is an obvious influence with the 1,2,3,4’s and drum and bass patterns owing a lot to the brudders. The set ends with warm applause and calls for more."





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Here's a song apiece from the three bands and threw them into this audio clip below - The Buzzcocks doing "Orgasm Addict", the Clash doing "1977" and The Sex Pistols with "I Wanna Be Me". Early punk rock history:



If you're interested in hearing the entire set from the Clash, click this.