Punk

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'''Punk music''', or '''punk rock''', originated in a club called [[CBGB]] in [[New York City]] in the mid-1970s with [[Television]] and [[The Ramones]] followed by the still popular [[The Dead Kennedys]]. It was seen as a response to the cultural sterility of [[progressive rock]] and other highly commercialized forms of rock. Although punk had limited popularity in America, it quickly spread to the [[UK]] where bands such as [[The Sex Pistols]], [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] and [[The Clash]] became massively popular.

==Musicality==

Punk is charactarised by up-tempo arrangements, and seldom employs instruments other than [[guitar]], bass, and drums. By design, the songs are usually structured to be very simplistic, with the 1-4-5 chord progression being typical. The lyrics, which are almost always written with a 1-2, 1-2 rhyme scheme, can be concerned with any topic, but usually deal with some aspect of youth culture or express some theme of "punk attitude" such as opposition to authority.

==Dancing==

Various methods of dancing to punk rock have emerged, such as skanking, pogo-ing, and slam dancing. Most punk-style dancing is synasthetically expressive of an emotion, rather than a particular representational style, such as a jitterbug. Dancing tends to be individual or communal, seldom couples-oriented.

==Punk Culture==

Punks typically distinguish themselves from others with their unmistakable appearances. This has included things such as Mohawk hairstyles, tight pants, studded leather jackets, bullet belts, combat boots, etc. Clothing and hairstyles vary widely throughout the punk scene, and often particular outfits denote particular strains of punk or core-beliefs. Most true punks however will claim that the punk subculture is more based on the idea of non-conformity.

==Subgenres of punk==

As punk rock grew in popularity, several subgenres became apparent, some of which represent very fine distinctions (such as anarcho-punk), or small (Muslim punk) or localized (Nardcore) groupings. Some subgeneric names are probably useful, however, or at least well-known. Hardcore punk, usually characterized by fast tempos and a garage-band sound, was a staple of West Coast punk ''circa'' 1980, especially in the important Southern California market, and has since spread throughout the world. New Wave, despite sharing similar roots with punk, developed its own distinctive sounds and is today not usually considered punk. Forms such as grunge rock and emo grew to the point where they are arguably rock genres in their own right. Among the many punk subgenres, real or imagined, are:

* [[hardcore]]
* [[psychobilly]]
* [[pop-punk]]
* [[crust]]
* [[emo]]
* [[Straight Edge]]

== Notable Punk bands ==
=== United States ===
* [[Anti-Flag]]
* [[Bad Religion]]
* [[Black Flag]]
* [[Blondie]]
* [[Dead Boys]]
* [[Dead Kennedys]]
* [[Dropkick Murphys]]
* [[Richard Hell]]
* [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]]
* [[Misfits]]
* [[New York Dolls]]
* [[The Ramones]]
* [[Patti Smith]]
* [[Talking Heads]]
* [[Television(band)|Television]]
* [[X (band)|X]]

=== United Kingdom===
* [[Adicts]]
* The [[Anti-Nowhere League]]
* [[The Buzzcocks]]
* [[The Clash]]
* [[Conflict]]
* [[Crass]]
* [[The Damned]]
* [[The Exploited]]
* [[The Fall]]
* [[Flux of Pink Indians]]
* [[Poison Girls]]
* [[The Sex Pistols]]
* [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]
* [[The Stranglers]]
* [[Subhumans]]
* [[U.K. Subs]]
* [[Wire]]

==Christianity in Punk Music==
There are a few bands that are considered to be Christian punk bands. Some examples are:
*[[MxPx]]
*[[Slick Shoes]]

==External Links==
[http://www.punkvoter.com Punkvoter.com]

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Talk:Punk

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_(band) A little more about the band. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 11:17, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

Pixies aren't Punk Rock, they're alternative rock [[User:O*B Soul|O*B Soul]] 12:12, 4 July 2007

== Originated in the UK? ==

Punk originated in New York City with a band called The Ramones. The Ramones' 1976 tour of England sparked the punk movement there. [[User:Dadsnagem2|Dadsnagem2]] 11:00, 31 January 2008 (EST)

:No. [[User:Ga ohoyt|Ga ohoyt]] 21:07, 4 March 2008 (EST)
:I'm afraid Dadsnagem2 is correct. Punk rock started at CBGB's in New York City in the early 70s. Malcolm McLaren, the man credited for forming The Sex Pistols and starting the first wave of UK punk, did so after seeing the Ramones in New York in '75. The first punk show in the UK was on November 5, 1975. First punk show in the US was on March 30, 1974 in New York City. Even before that proto-punk started in the US (Iggy Pop put out his first album in '69 from Ann Arbor, Michigan). Second wave punk and hardcore punk both started in California... the only punk the UK started was post-punk with Factory Records. [[User:MrGrieves|MrGrieves]] 21:43, 24 April 2008 (EDT)
::Actually, McLaren was involved with the New York Dolls, who were proto-punk, so his roots in the scene were before the Ramones. But I still think that the Ramones really invented the punk sensibility, even if the sources of the music are more diffuse. [[User:Dadsnagem2|Dadsnagem2]] 11:42, 29 April 2008 (EDT)

== Relient K ==

I don't think that Relient K really fits into any sort of "punk label". Thoughts?

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