NORTHERN IRELAND endured its worst period of violence in the 1970s but the arrival of punk music gave young Catholics and Protestants a reason to defy the sectarian divide.
The impact of punk in Ulster will be examined in Beyond The Wire - The Story of Belfast Punk 1975 - 1985, a documentary by Cormac Staunton, to be broadcast on Flirt 101.3FM on Monday at 7pm.
The programme will explore the movements non-sectarian ethos and speak with many of the people involved in the scene, such as BBC Radio Ulster’s Stuart Bailie, who described punk as “the first peace process in a way”.
Beyond The Wire will feature music from Rudi, The Outcasts, Stiff Little Fingers, and also Derry band the Undertones, as Belfast’s Good Vibrations label originally released ‘Teenage Kicks’.
