But, in general, there’s something reassuring about the very ephemerality of subcultures. If you didn’t catch the first UK punk wave in 1976 (London) or 1977 (elsewhere), it was gone before you could manufacture an affiliation – though many have tried to do just that. To have attended Woodstock, seen Joy Division in a northern venue, been to an illegal rave: all these are proofs that once upon a time you were young and quite cool.