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Raw, confrontational, rowdy and often exhilarating, punk rock burst upon the music scene of the late 1970s, inspiring and offending in equal measure. A major exhibition marking the heyday of punk at Liverpool Central Library has been extended due to popular demand to Sunday 3 March 2019. The exhibition was developed jointly by the British Library, Liverpool John Moores University, and Liverpool Libraries.

Punk 1976-78 is a free exhibition revealing the extraordinary impact punk had on music, fashion and design across the UK between 1976 and 1978.

A fascinating series of talks, live bands and a disco has also now been developed in connection with the exhibition. The attitude and style of punk inspired a complete upheaval in artistic expression, fashion, design, media, and music. In a series of conversations led by Professor Colin Fallows, meet and hear some of those who both spearheaded the new spirit, or used it to unleash their own creative freedom. Colin Fallows is an artist, curator and Professor of Sound and Visual Arts at Liverpool John Moores University.

Will Sergeant is best known for his work as songwriter and lead guitarist with Echo and The Bunnymen, formed from the emerging post-Punk scene centred on Eric’s club in Liverpool in the late 1970s, and with whom he has recorded and performed world-wide for over forty years. Echo and The Bunnymen’s debut album, Crocodiles (1980) went into the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart. After releasing their second album, Heaven Up Here (1981), the band achieved mainstream success with the album Porcupine (1983), and Ocean Rain (1984) continued the band's success with the single The Killing Moon (1984). Will Sergeant also has long-term ties with the experimental side of life, in the fields of performance, recording and the visual arts.

John J. Campbell is a Liverpool based artist and musician whose multimedia work encompasses public art installation, electronic sound works, and group performance. He has published work nationally and internationally for over forty years under his own name and as the group It's Immaterial. It's Immaterial compositions and recordings include the internationally acclaimed CDs titled: Life’s Hard and Then You Die (1986, Virgin Records) and Song (1991, Virgin Records). A new collection of work titled House for Sale is due for release in March 2019. John also played in the early local bands Albert Dock and Yachts.

Jon Savage is a leading UK based writer and cultural historian. In 1976, he published the fanzine London's Outrage and during the following years he has written widely for British and American newspapers and magazines. His book England's Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock (1993) is now regarded as the definitive history of the late seventies. England's Dreaming: The Jon Savage Archive, the largest single collection of Punk related material in the world, is housed at Liverpool John Moores University.

This event is part of Liverpool Central Libraries ‘Punk 1976-78’ season