>> the ramones were one part of a wider new york scene. >> you had people like patty smith. >> i'm an artist. this is my art. >> the new york dolls. >> the dead police. >> rock and roll anybody can play. >> and richard hell. >> richard hell cut his own hair. ripping his clothes and safety pinning them together. >> the king of the punks. the safety pin thing is his. it is pretty clear that he invented that. >> funk in the united states is an aberration of music, a statement of what music is. in england punk rock is not a musical statement, it's a social one. >> if punk has a home territory it's here on king's road, in the middle of london and launched the miniskirt and the swinging '60s. >> what's this like? >> nothing. >> there isn't any future for a kid now.