''King of Punk'' is a documentary film directed and produced by Kenneth van Schooten and Julie van Schooten.
The documentary film includes interviews with members of bands involved in the Punk scene between 1976 and 1982 including Ramones, Adicts, Exploited, Avengers, Dead Boys, UK Subs, Zeros, Wayne County & the Electric Chairs and many other artists.
They talk about this music form and the music industry in general.
It also profiles OBGYN, an all-girl Punk band based in Fayetteville, NC, and Patrick Clement, owner of Boston's FNS Publishing.
The film's title, ''King of Punk'', is based on one of OBGYN's song titles and doesn't refer to any one person.
The ''King of Punk'' documentary was released on DVD in 2007.
Interviewees
Interviewees include:
*Shonna and Dave Ryan,
Abrasive Wheels
*Keith 'Monkey' Warren,
The Adicts
*
Penelope Houston
Penelope Houston (born December 17, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band the Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellin ...
,
Avengers
Avenger, Avengers, The Avenger, or The Avengers may refer to:
Arts and entertainment In the Marvel Comics universe
* Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes
**Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes of ...
*Jack Rabid,
Big Takeover
*
Jayne County
*Cheetah Chrome,
Dead Boys
The Dead Boys are an American punk rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The band was among the first wave of punk, and regarded by many as one of the rowdiest and most violent groups of the era. They were formed by vocalist Stiv B ...
*
Joe Keithley
Joseph Edward "Joey Shithead" Keithley ( né Keighley; June 3, 1956)
,
D.O.A.
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Wattie Buchan,
The Exploited
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Dave Dictor
Dave Dictor (born December 4, 1956) is an American musician, singer of the punk rock band MDC (of which he is a founding member), and founder of the band's label, R Radical Records. Dictor is known for his political lyrics, involvement in the ...
and Ron Posner,
MDC
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Marky Ramone,
Ramones
The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...
*Dave Parsons,
Sham69
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Jake Burns and
Bruce Foxton,
Stiff Little Fingers
*
Sonny Vincent
Sonny Vincent (born July 7, 1952, New York City, United States) is an American Rock musician. He has been active in music since the 60s and in particular the mid-1970s, when he was part of the New York City punk rock scene with his original band, T ...
, Testors
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Charlie Harper,
UK Subs
*Robert '
El Vez' Lopez, Zeros
External links
''King of Punk'' website''King of Punk'' on IMDB
2007 films
Documentary films about punk music and musicians
2007 documentary films
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