LO2 Task 3 Script

Name of production: Punk is Dead

Presenter names: Alex Raynes, Will Hewitt

Punk is Dead	Dialogue/ FX/ MUSIC information
	Jingle Fades in then out
Alex	Welcome to Punk is Dead on Sheffield Live! Sheffield Lives! Only show dedicated to punk rock. I’m Alex
Will	And I’m Will
Alex	We’ve got a lot planned for todays show
Will	There’s going to be some great tracks from all the decades today to kick off our first show
Alex	We’ve got our first quiz on the show, I’m gonna be asking 15 questions to Will about modern punk and you can try your best to beat him in the next 3 shows.
Will	All you have to do to take part is submit your name, address and phone number via email to punkisdead@sheffieldlive.com
Alex	And you could be in with a chance to win tickets to the gig of your choice at the leadmill.  This months category is Modern punk, and it’ll change every month. But anyway, today
Will	Today we’re gonna be talking about a band that are regarded as one of the best ever in Punk rock
Alex	Yeah, London Calling often put at the top of Punks best albums, so it’s the Clash that we’ll be talking about
Will	We’re also gonna ask you a question that we want some of your feedback to later in the show.
Alex	Right the first track is from one of the most infamous bands that have ever been around
Will	These guys stormed the scene when they first came under the spotlight, but not always in a positive way
Alex	Criticised heavily by some people high up in the government for being a detrimental influence to modern society
Alex	There only studio album got a ton of record shops in trouble because of the obscenities on the front
Will	But for us punk fans they’ve been one of the largest influences on the genre and modern punk owes a huge amount to them
Alex	They helped make people realise you don’t need to be as talented as Jimi Hendrix or Paul McCartney to be in a band and have an influence on society
Will	Most people would watch Jimmy Page on TV and dream of being in a band like him, but didn’t think they could because they weren’t insane guitarists
Alex	But the Pistols showed that you only need a few power chords to blast out some songs
Will	And every one of them on their album is one to remember, even having a dig at a record label on their last track. Not a song that EMI will forget
Alex	Unfortunately for us they only lasted one album before the death of their bassist Sid Vicious in New York in 1979
Will	Yeah that marked the end of the band but not the end of their legacy
Alex	It might have taken a bit of time for people to see that they were more than just anarchists and actually had quite a bit to say on current affairs, but they do seem to get the credit they deserve
Will	Haha, the politicians that called them idiots probably feel a bit daft themselves now anyway
Alex	For you Pistol fans we’ll talk more about them in detail on a later show
Will	But here they are, this is Holidays in the Sun
	MUSIC: Holidays in the Sun- Sex Pistols
Alex	Always a good way to start a show
Will	Incredible talent, written by a combination of the band members
Alex	Their first track on their debut album,
Will	From the 70’s and still has an impact now
Alex	Well the pistols had an influence on our next band too
Will	Unfortunately these guys might be the last of the big punk bands, well for now at least
Alex	Formed as long back as 1986, their first album was released in 1990 called 39/Smooth
Will	But you’ll probably know them for their first big album, Dookie in 1994
Alex	Of course it’s Green Day
Will	Started off in their early career as a real punk band, some argue that they went off the genre in their later albums, but Dookie is definitely one of the definitive punk albums of the later punk years
Alex	Their best selling album was American Idiot, but I think Dookie blows it out the water
Will	Yeah I think I’d agree with you, I prefer it over American Idiot too, let us know on our Twitter which your favourite Green Day album is
Alex	We’ll check out some of your comments later in the show so keep em clean guys
Will	Right the song we’re going to play is When I Come Around
Alex	Love this song, love the intro, one of my favourites on the album
Will	Same here, definitely one that people recognise, really grungey punk guitaring, seems lazy like the image they put across
Alex	Here it is then
	MUSIC: Green Day- When I Come Around
Will	What a great song, could listen to that one again
Alex	Right, it’s the time in the show where we ask you guys a question
Will	What was your favourite decade for Punk Music?
Alex	Was it the start of it with the Seeds and The Kinks in the 60’s, Or is it the modern stuff of the 90’s and 2000’s
Will	I reckon my favourite is the 90’s I think it was a good decade for punk revival
Alex	Nirvana, Blink, Green Day, yeah I can see where you’re coming from
Will	And the Pixies too, I just think these bands gave something new and different to punk that hadn’t been done before
Alex	See I think my favourite was the 70’s. The Clash, Sex Pistols, Joy Division, all my favourite classic artists
Will	Yeah I think it’s between those two for me, some great albums from the 70’s
Alex	I just think albums like London Calling, Raw Power and Unknown Pleasures are hard to beat by any forms of music