British punks then and now

The Guardian featured essays by UK punks who made the scene when it first emerged in the late 1970s. Above, Terry Chimes, 59, original drummer for The Clash, now a chiropractor.

"I just wanted to be in a band, and this was the most exciting band I could find," he writes. "Everyone else in The Clash was angry at the world and the establishment. I wasn't. That's why I left, actually. I felt like the odd one out.

Below, Jordan, 60, Sex Pistols stylist, Adam and the Ants, manager, now a nurse.

"A lot of the major music moguls were extremely sexist," she writes. "An A&R guy once said to my face, 'This is not a woman's job. You should be cooking and laying on your back.' I didn't want to be there any more, so I came home to Seaford."

"Never mind the bus pass: punks look back at their wildest days" (The Guardian)