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The only way for me to answer this is 'only just'. The only connection I had with punk in the 80s was my big brother was a full on punk with a spikey, green Mohawk. I'm slightly too young to remember much more than sniggering at him and listening to his many arguments with my Dad.
But recently, I have started to appreciate it and understand it much more through reading 'Human Punk' by John King. 'Human Punk' tracks the life of Joe through school and into adulthood. This gripping story takes you through Joe's experiences as a punk in the 80s with a passionate tale of musical influences, girls, alcohol, drugs and violence. It helps you to understand what the music was really about, and how it was a direct result of the politics at the time. The story follows Joe into adulthood where he is faced with something difficult to deal with from his past as a young boy. It very cleverly shows how his thinking changed through maturation, but how his love for punk music and its influence upon him stayed constant. Ok I know it sounds a bit heavy, and although I definately learned a lot from this book I thoroughly enjoyed it as a story too. I've now got my brother reading it and have boughht a couple of classic punk CDs as a result. Brilliant stuff - enjoy it!
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