PUNK
Time Frame:
Punk emerged in the mid-70’s and has been around since then. Following the 70’s, several of the punk subgenres have become popular. The new millennium found commercial success for pop punk.
Description:
Punk is a genre of rock music that was often anti-establishment, with highly political or nihilistic lyrics. It can be identified as short, fast, and hard music with stripped down instrumentation. Punk music began in a DIY Washington DC and spawned an entire subculture.
Roots:
Punk rock emerged out of rock and roll, rockabilly, garage rock, psychedelic rock, and glam rock. It was the political answer to rock music.
Subgenres:
Anarcho-punk
Garage punk
Hardcore
Oi! Punk
Riot Grrrl
Skate Punk
Pop Punk
Christian punk
Punkabilly
Influential Artists:
60’s:
Sex Pistols
The Clash
Crass
Exploited
Dead Kennedy’s
Black Flag
70’s:
Patti Smith Group
Talking Heads
Television
The Ramones
New York Dolls
Suicide
Malcolm McLaren
Blondie
Iggy Pop
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Sid
Vicious
80’s:
Minor Threat
Devo
Sonic Youth
Social Distortion
The Police
The Misfits
The Cure
The Replacements
90’s:
Green Day
The Offspring
Pennywise
NoFX
Pop Punk (90’s Phenomenon)
Sum 41
Good Charlotte
Simple Plan
All American Rejects
Blink 182