To reconstruct the early days of punk in The Netherlands, we largely depend on oral history. On interviews with the people who were part of the scene – played in the bands, saw the concerts, made the fanzines. But when looking back on our lives, we always try to make sense of it in retrospect. This means we (unconsciously) fit past experiences into a single coherent life story. Meanwhile, a writer tends to seek out the voices that fit the story s/he wants to tell. How to navigate a history entwined with personal myth making?