When the punk rock band Sex Pistols stormed onto the British music scene, they forever changed the music world. Though their run only lasted from 1975 to 1978 initially, they helped kickstart the punk movement in the United Kingdom, and when they took to the stage in Manchester in 1974, they inspired an entire generation of upcoming bands. Without Sex Pistols, there would be no Joy Division or The Smiths. Their influence bleeds far and wide in contemporary punk culture, too, and many bands, including Green Day, can trace their artistic origins back to this one band.