30 years of Punk

Sid Vicious on stage with his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Photograph: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty

Adam Ant and Jordan make for unlikely guests at the premiere of 'Saturday Night Fever' in 1977. Photograph: PA

A shot from the film Christiane F, directed by Uli Edel. Christiane F became the symbol of the mid-70s junkie generation. A heroine addict at 13, Christiane was part of an infamous group of teenage addicts and prostitutes who made Bahnhof Zoo in Berlin their home. Photograph: Maran/Popular/Hans H Kaden/TCF/Kobal Collection

A punk hairdresser puts the finishing touches to a Mohican hairstyle Photograph: Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty

A policeman arresting a punk in Sloane Square, London. Photograph: Homer Sykes/Getty

Siouxsie Sioux, De La Rosa and Luciana Martinex star in the 1977 cult hit Jubilee, directed by Derek Jarman. The sporadically coherent film depicts life in 1970s Britain as seen through the eyes of Queen Elizabeth l and starred a number of the day's infamous punks. Photograph: Whaley-Malior/Megalovision/Kobal Collection

Sid Vicious, left, and Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols perform in front of a capacity crowd at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, 1978. Photograph: AP

Sid Vicious, AKA "the Gimmick", in Julien Temple's punk mockumentary The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

Sid Vicious in another scene from The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

The Clash line-up in their earliest inception. Pete Howard was to be replaced as the band's drummer several times before they settled on Topper Headon in 1977. Left to right: Paul Simonon, Mick Jones, Pete Howard, and Joe Strummer Photograph: Getty

Ingred, a Swedish punk Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis

The back of a leather clad Punk Rocker with 'God Save The Queen', a swastika and a Union Jack decorating his jacket. Photograph: Chris Moorhouse/Getty

A group of punks colonise a street corner. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty

Young punks at a CND rally in Brockwell Park, London in 1981. Photograph: Richard Olivier/Corbis