Whether you love the look of the original punk rock style, or just love the music, no one can argue that both the Sex Pistols from England and The Ramones from the US, formed a new genre of music in the mid 70's. There has been much deliberation as to which band had become the true founder's of the punk movement, but both bands started coming into their own in 1976.
A new wave of music hit society. The message was clear that the individualistic tendencies of teens would be encouraged and that music, poetry and showmanship ruled over mainstream thought. In fact, the Sex Pistols didn't care what people thought. Lead singer John Lydon was founded by (mis) manager Malcom McLaren in McLaren's clothing shop, supporting a hacked up, green haircut, leather jacket and homemade "I HATE Pink Floyd" shirt, considered Sacrilege at the time. He sounded like no one else, and had a style of dance all on his own, but the band knew at that time, they had found their lead man. They first started out playing anywhere that would take them, but with style being something that could get you into serious trouble, they were often finding themselves in physical danger. They often had to physically fight their way back to their van after their show had been unplugged. It took a while, and everywhere the Pistols would play the audience just didn't "get it", but they soon attracted like-minded individuals and started a small following. Some of these people included Susan Dallion (aka Siouxsie Sioux) and William Broad (aka Billy Idol).