Punks Not Dead is the debut studio album by the Scottish
punk rock band
The Exploited, released in April 1981 on
Secret Records. Strongly
working class and loyal to the first impulses of the 1970s
punk movement, the album was a reaction to critics who believed the punk rock genre was dead, and went against popular trends such as
new wave,
hardcore and
post-punk. The album is a reaction to the punk rock band
Crass' song "Punk is Dead". It contains the double A side singles "Army Life/Fuck the Mods" and the later follow up "I Believe in Anarchy". "Army Life" details the experiences of Wattie Buchan when he was a 17-year-old
squaddie on a tour of duty in
Belfast in the 1970s.