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Punk rock was a message to society that all was not well and all were not equal. While it is thought that the style of punk from the 1970s had a decline in the 1980s, many subgenres branched off playing their own interpretation of punk rock. Anarcho-punk become a style in its own right. Nazi punk arose as the radical right wing of punk.
New wave became a catch-all term, [183] encompassing disparate styles such as 2 Tone ska, the mod revival inspired by the Jam, the sophisticated pop-rock of Elvis Costello and XTC, the New Romantic phenomenon typified by Ultravox, synthpop groups like Tubeway Army (which had started out as a straight-ahead punk band) and Human League, and the ...
Punk seemed to allow people to sexualise themselves and still be taken seriously. The nature of punk allowed many to create a non-gender-conforming style. Punks could be free to use femininity or masculinity to make what they were doing even more shocking to their audience. It became popular for some punks to accentuate societal norms. [50]
The Decline of Western Civilization is a 1981 American documentary filmed through 1979 and 1980. The movie is about the Los Angeles punk rock scene and was directed by Penelope Spheeris . In 1981, the LAPD Chief of Police Daryl Gates wrote a letter demanding the film not be shown again in the city.
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.
Daft Punk — Thomas Bangalter, left, and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo — at the 56th annual Grammy Awards, January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.
American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980–1986 is a documentary directed and produced by Paul Rachman and written by Steven Blush. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is based on the 2001 book American Hardcore: A Tribal History also written by Blush. [ 3 ]
D.O.A.: A Right of Passage is a 1980 rockumentary film directed by Lech Kowalski (his premiere film as a director) about the origin of punk rock.The rockumentary takes interview and concert footage of some of punk rock's earliest bands of the late 1970s scene.