The 1970s: The New Punk Order
Although never a seminal punk venue, the Marquee nevertheless embraced the burgeoning punk rock movement of the late 1970s and regularly promoted punk and new wave nights into the 1980s. Bands such as The Boys, Eddie and the Hot Rods, The Stranglers, Generation X, London, The Police, XTC, skrewdriver, The Sinceros, Buzzcocks, The Jam, Joy Division, The Sound and The Cure all trod the famous Wardour Street stage. Mainstream rock acts like Dire Straits (in the first tour, July 5 and 6, 1978), Alexis Korner, Steve Hillage, Rory Gallagher. Racing Cars, The Enid, Hanoi Rocks and The Tyla Gang also appeared regularly at the venue.
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God Save the Queen”
—The Sex Pistols, British punk band (1976-1979)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)