Punk blues began in the late 70s and early 80s with bands like The Gun Club, but got closer to the mainstream in the 1990s with the emergence of bands like the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and perhaps most successfully, The White Stripes. Here is a hand-picked selection of leading Brits (Holly Golightly, The Jim Jones Revue), some key influences (R.L. Burnside, T-Model Ford) and just one or two success stories (Seasick Steve, The Black Keys).
