‘It gave me a superpower – question everything’: as punk turns 50, bands from China to Greenland explain how it fires up their lives

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center · Published: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:00:41 GMT

Whether on the frontline in Ukraine or skate parks in Soweto, the genre is still a vital outlet for disaffected people everywhere. Here, musicians explain how they rage against the machineAndriy Zholob, vocalist/guitarist, Beton: When MTV arrived in Ukraine, I heard Nirvana, the Offspring, Bad Brains, Social Distortion and thrash metal, and realised that all this started from punk rock. Our drummer and I were in a ska-punk band first, but when our vocalist became pregnant we started Beton in 2017 and played lots of festivals. Continue reading...

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