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  INEX: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Music genre)
Electronic music that does not fall into the new age, techno or dance categories are often referred to as "left-field" or " electronica " (although there are critics who maintain that the term "electronica" is an invention of the media).
Melodic music is found in all parts of the world, overlapping many genres, and may be performed by a singer or orchestra, or a combination of the two.
Since punk bands were often ignored by major labels, the definitions of the many sub-genres, and the question of which groups belong in which sub-genres, is often a subject of heated debate.
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  punk rock - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Punk rock in Britain coincided with the rise of Thatcherism, and nearly all British punk bands expressed an attitude of angry social alienation.
Punk rock was also a reaction against certain tendencies that had overtaken popular music in the 1970s, including what the punks saw as superficial "disco" music and grandiose forms of heavy metal, progressive rock and "arena rock".
Punk rock emphasised simple musical structure and short songs, extolling a DIY ethic that insisted anyone could form a punk rock band (the early UK punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue once famously included drawings of three chord shapes, captioned, "this is a chord, this is another, this is a third.
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 Upto11.net - Album Profile for Punk Rock
Punk rock in Britain coincided with the rise of Thatcherism, and nearly all British punk bands expressed an attitude of angry social alienation.
Punk rock was also a reaction against certain tendencies that had overtaken popular music in the 1970s, including what the punks saw as superficial "disco" music and grandiose forms of heavy metal, progressive rock and "arena rock".
Punk rock emphasised simple musical structure and short songs, extolling a DIY ethic that insisted anyone could form a punk rock band (the early UK punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue once famously included drawings of three chord shapes, captioned, "this is a chord, this is another, this is a third.
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Punk rockers rejected what they saw as the pretension, commercialism and pomposity which had overtaken rock music in the 1970s, spawning superficial "disco" music and grandiose forms of heavy metal, progressive rock and "arena rock".
Punk fashion revolved around severe haircuts, such as the mohawk, body piercing (often with safety pins) and conversion of items such as bin liners and thrift store remnants into clothing.
Punk has had a lasting influence on all popular music and a thriving subculture can still be found almost anywhere in the United States.
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 Punk rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Punk rock emphasized simple musical structure and short songs (the early UK punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue in 1977 famously included drawings of three chord shapes captioned, "This is a chord, this is another, this is a third.
Punk rock was also a reaction against tendencies that had overtaken popular music in the 1970s, including what the punks saw as superficial "disco" music and bombastic forms of heavy metal, progressive rock and "arena rock." Punk also rejected the remnants of the hippie counterculture of the 1960s.
Punk rock in Britain coincided with the end of the era of post-war consensus politics that preceeded the rise of Thatcherism, and nearly all British punk bands expressed an attitude of angry social alienation.
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 Wikipedia: Punk rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Punk rock may have been influenced by the snotty attitude, on- and off-stage violence, aggressive instrumentation, overt sexuality and political confrontation of artists such as The Who, the Rolling Stones, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, The Velvet Underground, Alice Cooper, The Stooges, the MC5, The Deviants, and the New York Dolls.
Punk rock in Britain coincided with the end of post-war consensus politics that preceded the rise of Thatcherism.
Gradually, punk became more varied and less minimalist, with bands such as The Clash and The Police incorporating other underground musical influences like ska and rockabilly and even jazz into their music, but the message of the music remained the same; it was subversive, counter-cultural, rebellious, politically incorrect and often anarchist.
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 Punk rock - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Punk rock (from 'punk', meaning rotten, worthless, or a prison slang term for a person who is sexually submissive) was originally used to describe the primitive guitar based rock and roll of 1960s bands such as The Seeds, and later Detroit bands The Stooges and MC5.
"Punk rock" now largely tends to mean the anti-establishment musical movement of the period 1976-80, exemplified by the Sex Pistols, The Damned, The Clash, The Ramones and their descendants.
While the sounds of punk have spawned a host of superficial imitators, the ethos and attitudes of many of punk's innovators have also inspired a wider undergound of artists, musicians, and activists, many of whom are involved in progressive political, social, and environmental movements, embracing the ethics as well as aesthetics of punk.
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Punk rock represented a return to the simplicity of early rock and roll, reacting against the perceived over-virtuosity and bloated stage performances of 1970s progressive rock and heavy metal, both of which featured long, intricate solos that were difficult for amateur bands to play.
Punk rock emphasised simple musical structure and short songs, extolling a DIY ethic (the early UK punk fanzine ''Sniffin' Glue'' in 1977 famously included drawings of three chord shapes, captioned, "this is a chord, this is another, this is a third.
Punk bands were often accused of nihilism, reflexive anarchism, wilful stupidity, hooliganism, and of outrageous behavior and dress that existed merely for shock value.
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 Punk rock - Wikivisual
Punk rock is an anti-establishment rock music movement with origins in the United States, United Kingdom"The birth of punk". Independent News and Media Limited (UK). Retrieved on October 28, 2006. Savage, Jon, "England's Dreaming: The Sex Pistols and Punk Rock", Faber and Faber, 1991.
In London, punk interacted with the Jamaican reggae and ska subcultures."Reggae 1977: WhenThe Two 7's Clash". Punk77.co.uk. Retrieved on December 03, 2006. This reggae influence is evident in much of the music of The Clash, The Police and The Slits, for example.
Punk rock was a message to society that all was not well and all were not equal.
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 The Ultimate Punk rock Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Punk rock was also a reaction against certain tendencies that had overtaken popular music in the 1970s, including what the punks saw as superficial "disco" music and grandiose forms of heavy metal, progressive rock and "arena rock." Punk also rejected the remnants of the hippie counterculture of the 1960s.
British punk fashion deliberately outraged propriety with the highly theatrical use of cosmetics and hairstyles: eye makeup might cover half the face, hair might stand in spikes or be cut into a "Mohawk" or other radical shapes, and might also be drastically colored.
Punk bands and fans were often accused of nihilism, anarchism, willful stupidity, hooliganism, and of behavior and dress that existed merely for shock value.
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 ipedia.com: Punk rock Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Punk rock is the anti-establishment music movement of the period 1976-80, exemplified by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Damned.
This term is also used to describe subsequent music scenes that share key characteristics with those first-generation "punks." The term is sometimes also applied to the fashions or the irreverent "do-it-yourself" attitude associated with this musical movement.
Punk rock emphasised simple musical structure and short songs, extolling a "DIY" ("do it yourself") ethic that insisted anyone could form a punk rock band (the early UK punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue once famously included drawings of three chord shapes, captioned, "this is a chord, this is another, this is a third.
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 Punk rock - WikiRadish
Punk bands and fans were often accused of nihilism, reflexive anarchism, willful stupidity, hooliganism, and of behavior and dress that existed merely for shock value.
The punk rock of the early and mid-1990s was characterized by the scene at 924 Gilman Street, a venue in Berkeley, California, which featured bands such as Operation Ivy, and Rancid, who would later go on to be well-known among the punk scene.
Punk quickly became a label to sell commercial bands as "rebels", amid complaints from underground punk fans that, by being signed to major labels and appearing on MTV, these bands were buying into the system that punk was created to rebel against, and as a result, could not be considered true punk.
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 Punk rock - Gurupedia
Punk rock (from 'punk', meaning rotten, worthless, or snotty; also a prison slang term for a person who is sexually submissive) is the anti-establishment music movement of the period 1976 80, exemplified by the
The term "punk rock" was originally used by early-1970s rock music journalists and amateur historians it described the guitar-based rock and roll of untutored US bands of the mid-1960s such as The Seeds and The Standells.
In addition to the inspiration of those "garage" bands of the sixties, the roots of punk rock also feed on the abrasive, dissonant style of The Velvet Underground, the sexually and politically confrontational Detroit bands The Stooges and MC5, the UK pub rock scene, and glam rock groups such as The New York Dolls.
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 The punk resource
Punk rock is an anti-establishment rock music movement with origins in the United States and United Kingdom around 1974-1975, exemplified by bands such as the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Damned, and The Clash.
Punk rock in Britain coincided with the end of post-war consensus politics that preceded the rise of Thatcherism, and many British punk bands have expressed an angry attituded based on social alienation.
Gradually, punk became more varied and less minimalist, with bands such as The Clash incorporating other underground musical influences like ska and rockabilly and even jazz into their music, but the message of the music remained the same; it was subversive, counter-cultural, rebellious, politically incorrect and often anarchist.
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 PUNk - meaning of word
DIY punk ethic - List of forerunners of punk music - List of musicians in the first wave of punk music - List of musicians in the second wave of punk music - List of punk cities - list of punk movies - Skinhead - List of Skinhead films - Ska } Punk
The music was therefore 'rock for punks.' More recently, many variants on the punk sensibility have resulted in the word ''punk'' being combined with other terms - for example, "eco punk," meaning a person with punk attitudes who is dedicated to environmentalism or concerns about ecology.
In Shakespearean slang ''punke'' is used as a word for a prostitute, interchangeable with the word ''"croshabell"''.
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 Anarchism   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Anabaptist s of 16th century Europe are sometimes considered to be as religious forerunners of modern anarchism.
In Britain this was associated with the punk rock movement; the band Crass is celebrated for its anarchist and pacifist ideas; of note is also the Sex Pistols ' hit Anarchy in the UK In Denmark, the Free City of Christiania was created in downtown Copenhagen.
Punk rock is one movement that has taken much inspiration from the often potent imagery and symbolism associated with anarchism and situationist rhetoric, if not always the political theory.
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 Music Genres-History
In the early 1960s, California was the scene of "surfing music" (popularized by the BEACH BOYS), but over the course of the decade the music changed to parallel the trends of hippies (the Mamas and the Papas), student protest (Country Jose and the Fish), and a countercultural affair with drugs.
Their music was as eclectic as the work of their predecessors, the Beatles, but it drew from a far narrower range: punk, disco, pop-rock, reggae.
Punk Rock, the unconventional, rebellious, and emotionally charged contemporary music genre, pushed beyond the accepted boundaries of rock n roll in the mid 1970s and caused a revolution within the recording industry.
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Skiffle music led directly to the tremendous worldwide success of the Beatles and the subsequent British Invasion of the U.S. record charts.
Jefferson Airplane which had survived the 1960s were regarded by most punks as having become fatuous and an embarrassment to their former claims of radicality.
Gang of Four, each with their own distinctive sound, contributed to a musically adventurous era, although their influence on later 'punk rock' is debatable.
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 Punk rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Smith's group, and her first album, released in 1975, directly inspired many of the mid-70s punk rockers, so this suggests a path by which the term migrated to the music we now know as punk.
In the mid-1970s, influential punk bands emerged in three different corners of the world: The Ramones in New York, The Saints in Brisbane, Australia, and the Sex Pistols, in London.
Thus, some maintain that the punk scene has lost the very heart of its former nature as one of explosive creativity, rebellion, anger, hate, and individualism and that it is a mere caricature of what once was.
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 Punk music: punk rock music   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement that began around 1974-1975 (although transitional forms can be found several years earlier), exemplified by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Clash.
Nirvana cited punk as a key influence on their music, though they never referred to their own work as punk; their music was equally akin to other forms of garage- or indie-rock that had existed for decades.
Punk created a furore in the United Kingdom press, some of it caused by the behavior of punk fans at shows, which often appeared to the uninitiated to be more of a small-scale riot than a music concert.
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 List of forerunners of punk music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1965-1976) and individuals that were influential on the development of punk rock;
- Pop punk - Post-punk - Psychobilly - Riot grrrl - Ska punk - Streetpunk - Two Tone
DIY - Protopunk - Punk pioneers - First wave - Second wave - Punk cities - Punk movies - Skinhead - Skinhead films - Ska
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 Anarchism - InformationBlast
The Anabaptists of 16th century Europe are sometimes considered to be as religious forerunners of modern anarchism.
Gerrard Winstanley, who published a pamphlet calling for communal ownership and social and economic organization in small agrarian communities in the 17th century, is considered one of the forerunners of modern anarchism.
In Britain this was associated with the punk rock movement; the band Crass is celebrated for its anarchist and pacifist ideas; of note is also the Sex Pistols' hit Anarchy in the UK In Denmark, the Free City of Christiania was created in downtown Copenhagen.
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See list of musicians for a structured list.
List of musicians in the first wave of punk music
List of musicians in the second wave of punk music
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 Daft Punk Music
Was punk just another moment in music history, a flash in time when a group of young rebels exploded in a fury of raw sound, outrageous styles, and in-your-face attitude?
While shallow celebrities dominate the headlines, pundits bemoan the death of the music industry, and the government decries teenagers for their morals (or lack thereof) earnest, heartfelt bands like Dashboard Confessional, Jimmy Eat World, and Thursday are quietly selling hundreds of thousands of albums through dedication, relentless touring and respect for their fans.
List of forerunners of punk music - List of Pre-Punk Bands or Proto punk groups (ca.
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 Music genre
Melodic music is found in all parts of the world, overlapping many genres, and may be performed by a singer or
punk music kept the raw, visceral energy of the original punk bands.
Keeping the anti-corporate stance of punk music, alternative rock is a broad grouping, referring to multiple styles.
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