What happens when people stop performing the roles they’ve been assigned? Step outside the social guardrails. Take exception to the rules.

In E4, we look at the power of refusal: the women making noise before they were invited in, artists rejecting respectability in favor of disruption, writers recovering the voices left out of official histories, and outsiders turning noncompliance into culture.

Voices of Protest, Season 2 of Destroy! The Influence of Punk explores how punk’s real force was not just rebellion, but the courage to show up differently, louder, messier, disrupt the script, and leave the gatekeepers scrambling.

Featuring:

• ​Audrey Golden, author of “I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records” and “Shouting Out Loud,” whose work documents the overlooked women who helped shape post-punk and independent music culture.
• ​Vivien Goldman, the legendary punk journalist, musician, and author of “Revenge of the She-Punks,” a landmark study of feminist resistance through music and DIY culture.
• ​Gina Birch, founding member of The Raincoats and acclaimed solo artist behind “I Play My Bass Loud” and “Trouble,” whose work continues to challenge convention through art, music, and activism.
• With contributions from Celeste Bell and Ana da Silva. Archive excerpts include Poly Styrene, Malcolm McLaren, Vivienne Westwood, Bill Grundy, Siouxsie Sioux, Miss World 1970, Women’s Liberation, Bob Hope, Abigail’s Party, Nick Knight, Ray Stevenson, and Kurt Cobain.

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