Not every band can reach Blink 182 levels of super stardom, but these pop-punk bands deserve to be treated better.

More than just a musical genre, punk music, or punk rock ... Despite all this hysteria, The Pistols reached No. 2 on the British charts with their controversial single God Save The Queen.

In 1982 the alternative music was punk or new wave ... it probably features the widest range of music of any programme on British Radio. Get the Weekly Playlist here. In addition to these styles ...

6 Music is celebrating the pioneers ... and got it out quick for the first British punk record out. Marc Riley: Nick Kent was an NME journalist who championed Bowie and was mad on the Stones.