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In October, The Damned became the first UK punk rock band to release a single, the romance-themed " New Rose ".

The Vibrators followed the next month with " We Vibrate " and, backing long-time rocker Chris Spedding, " Pogo Dancing ".

The latter was hardly a punk song by any stretch, but it was perhaps the first song about punk rock.

On 26 November, the Sex Pistols ' " Anarchy in the U. K ." came out — with its debut single the band succeeded in its goal of becoming a " national scandal ".

Jamie Reid's " anarchy flag " poster and his other design work for the Sex Pistols helped establish a distinctive punk visual aesthetic.

On December 1, an incident took place that sealed punk rock's notorious reputation: On Thames Today, an early evening London TV show, Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones was goaded into a verbal altercation by the host, Bill Grundy.

Jones called Grundy a " dirty fucker " on live television, triggering a media controversy.

Two days later, the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, and The Heartbreakers set out on the Anarchy Tour, a series of gigs throughout the UK.

Many of the shows were cancelled by venue owners in response to the media outrage following the Grundy confrontation.