Damaged Goods

In our second beta test episode, punk rock pioneer Hugo Burnham, drummer for Gang of Four, the pioneering punk band Rolling Stone called “the best politically motivated band in rock and roll,” talks about the ever present violence in the early days of punk, about the time the decided to blow off officer training boot camp with Her Majesty’s Royal Navy to see the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and about how Gang of Four effectively sabotaged its career before the band ever really had a chance to take off.