1976 - I was fourteen and the punk thing was just exploding. Eddie and The Hot Rods werenever considered "punk, more like pub rock as someone mentioned earlier.
I bought the Damned, Damne, Damned album, which is generally considered the first punk album released. The Sex Pistols were pretty much the thing the papers vented their rage onto.
Just remember something, one of my friend's at school asked me "have you heard the Sex Pisols new single? It's calledCrispy Pancakes!". Turned out he was referring to "Pretty Vacant"!! Hahaha. And still to this day, whenever I hear Pretty Vacant, I think "Crispy Pancakes"!! Hahaha