3.21 British Culture and Society in the 1970s (Youth and Culture)

Question 1

What major British bands were there by the mid-1970s?

Answer 1

Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Rolling Stones

Question 2

What was Glam Rock?

Answer 2

Bowie and Queen

Combined theatricals, glitter and androgyny

Question 3

Which band was a famous punk band?

Answer 3

Sex Pistols

Question 4

What was the punk style?

Answer 4

Unisex
Incorporating leather, torn clothing, safety pins, swastikas, zips, clips, studs, chains, and brightly dyed spiked hair

Question 5

Which fashion designer helped to influence the punk image?

Answer 5

Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren

They opened a boutique called Sex

Question 6

What was indicative of a punk concert?

Answer 6

Performers and audiences spat at each other and there were violent scuffles

Question 7

What was the punk philosophy?

Answer 7

Nihilistic

Question 8

Why did punk create a moral panic?

Answer 8

It was anti-social behaviour
Local authorities banned performances

Question 9

Which band swore live on TV?

Answer 9

Sex Pistols

Question 10

What headline did the Sex Pistols inspire?

Answer 10

The Filth and the Fury

Question 11

What did the Sex Pistols sing during the Silver Jubilee?

Answer 11

God Save the Queen (their version - not the national anthem)

Question 12

What ultimately stopped the Sex Pistols?

Answer 12

Sid Vicious had a heroin overdose

Question 13

Give examples of women fronted punk bands

Answer 13

Siouxsie and the Banshees

The Slits

Question 14

What made punk more commercially viable and softened its image?

Answer 14

Major record labels

Question 15

What were skinheads a reaction to?

Answer 15

The long haired hippie movement of the 1960s

Question 16

Who tended to adopt skinhead imagery?

Answer 16

Members of groups like the National Front

Question 17

What was the skinhead ‘uniform’?

Answer 17

Doc Marten boots, braces with check shirts - all developed from mod culture

Question 18

Which class did skinheads tend to be from?

Answer 18

Working class

Question 19

The skinheads later become the Rudies, what was their uniform?

Answer 19

Pork pie hats and growing their hair to a suede cut

Question 20

How did football hooliganism develop in the 1970s?

Answer 20

It became a worsening problem

Question 21

Give examples of football hooligan groups

Answer 21

Chelsea Headhunters

Newcastle Gremlins

Sunderland Seaburn Casuals

Question 22

Football hooliganism became known as the English ______

Answer 22

Disease

Question 23

What was the response when Man U were relegated in 1974?

Answer 23

The Red Army hooligan firm caused mayhem at grounds up and down the country

Question 24

What did a football hooligan supporting Bolton Wanderers do?

Answer 24

Stabbed a Blackpool fan to death

Question 25

How did football hooliganism impact ground safety?

Answer 25

Led to crowd segregation in football grounds

Question 26

What event was organised in 1976 with the Socialist Workers Party to fight racism?

Answer 26

Rock Against Racism

Question 27

Which multi racial bands expressed an anti-Thatcher manifesto between 1979 and 1982?

Answer 27

UB40 and The Specials

Question 28

The embracing of subcultures helped what kind of music become established in British culture?

Answer 28

Rap and reggae