What started as classic teenage rebellion ignited when it got tangled up with the social and musical environment of 70s London and became the movement we know as Punk. But Punk isn't just a musical style, it's an attitude expressed through song, art, fashion and video. Our Punk Professor Vivien Goldman was there from the beginning. She knows all the legends, from John Lydon to Chrissie Hynde to The Clash and beyond. She's here to answer your questions about what makes Punk? Is it swagger, studs, or Stiv? Ask her now! Vivien Goldman is a British journalist, writer and musician. She was born in London, the child of two German-Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. She studied English and American literature at the University of Warwick. She began her career as a PR officer for Island Records.
Goldman wrote for the music magazines NME, Sounds and Melody Maker about reggae, punk and post-punk. She was a founding member of The Flying Lizards, shared a flat with fellow NME journalist and Pretenders singer Chryssie Hynde, wrote songs for artists such as Massive Attack, launched the video career of Flava Flav, and penned the first biography of Bob Marley. Goldman is also an accomplished documentarian and adjunct professor of punk and reggae at New York University's (NYU) Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music.
