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Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll [2] [3] [4] and 1960s garage rock, punk bands ...
Punk aesthetics determine the type of art punks enjoy, usually with underground, minimalistic, iconoclastic, and satirical sensibilities. Punk artwork graces album covers, flyers for concerts, and punk zines. Usually straightforward with clear messages, punk art is often concerned with political issues such as social injustice and economic ...
The history of the punk subculture involves the history of punk rock, the history of various punk ideologies, punk fashion, punk visual art, punk literature, dance, and punk film. Since emerging in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia in the mid-1970s, the punk subculture has spread around the globe and evolved into a number of ...
DIY Punk Rock label Dischord Records was founded by key figure in the development of hardcore punk Ian MacKaye. Ian Curtis, Joy Division lead singer, commits suicide 18 May 1980 at age 23. The rest of the band become New Order; Malcolm Owen, the Ruts lead singer, dies of a heroin overdose 14 July 1980 at age 26.
David Johansen, the former lead singer for the New York Dolls, whose unvarnished sound and flamboyant style helped inspire punk and glam rock in the 1970s, has died at age 75, his wife Mara ...
Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock, often playing down the former's R&B roots. Ska-core is a subgenre of ska punk, blending ska with hardcore punk. The more punk-influenced style often features faster tempos, guitar distortion, onbeat punk-style interludes (usually the chorus), and nasal, gruff, or shouted vocals ...
The Filipino punk band the Wuds which was formed in the early 1980s is the first known punk band who composed songs dedicated to Hare Krishna movement. [51] In the 1990s, some notable members of the New York hardcore scene, including Ray Cappo ( Youth of Today , Shelter and other bands), John Joseph ( Cro-Mags ) and Harley Flanagan (Cro-Mags ...
Punk, a 1970s American punk music magazine; The Punk, a 1993 British film, based on the novel of the same name; P.U.N.K.S., a 1999 American science fiction comedy film; Punks, a 2000 African-American LGBTQ comedy film "Punk", a song from the 2001 Gorillaz self-titled debut album "Punk", a song from the 2003 Ferry Corsten album Right of Way