Punk

Punk music originated in the late 1970s, primarily as a response to the cultural sterility of prog rock, in the United Kingdom with bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Buzzcocks. It quickly spread to the USA and has continued to rise in popularity.

Musicality

Punk is charactarised by up-tempo guitar/bass arrangements. The lyrics can be concerned with any topic, generally, but are almost always written with a 1-2, 1-2 rhyme scheme. By design, the songs are usually structured to be very simplistic rock songs of the 1-4-5 chord progression variety.

Dancing

Various methods of dancing to it have emerged, such as skanking and pogo-ing.

Punk Culture

The punk scene is supposedly characterized by rebellious styles and fashions; many punks wear their hair in styles such as mohawks, spiked or shaved into different patterns, in a pathetic attempt to get attention. The purpose, for punks, is to break from conformity (as they see it) so defining the cultural attributes can present difficulties. However, by adopting the styles common to a particular group, they actually embrace conformity rather than avoiding it. The original punks of the mid-1970s either dressed quite normally or modified their own clothes, rather than becoming slaves of consumerism.

Sub-Genres

• emo
• hardcore
• psychobilly
• pop-punk

Notable Punk bands

United Kingdom

• Sex Pistols
• The Buzzcocks
• The Damned
• The Clash
• The Anti-Nowhere League
• The Stranglers
• The Fall

United States

• The Ramones
• Blondie
• Television
• Pixies
• New York Dolls
• Bad Religion
• Death By Stereo
• Dropkick Murphys
• Green Day
• NOFX
• Black Flag

Some Christians claim punk to have satanic roots, although none of the mainstream bands admit that they adhere to such a faith. There are also many punk bands who claim to be Christian.

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