On this day in 1976 occurred the Sex Pistols’ poorly attended but highly influential performance at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester. Here they are performing “Anarchy in the U.K.”

Ed Kilgore

Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.