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Adding information about left-wing AntiFa and Racist Skinhead involvement in genre; contrasting with conservative Straightedge
'''Punk music''', or '''punk rock''', originated in the United States in a club called [[CBGB]] in [[New York City]] in the mid-1970s with [[Television (band)]] 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.
'''Punk music''', or '''punk rock''', originated in the United States in a club called [[CBGB]] in [[New York City]] in the mid-1970s with [[Television (band)]] 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.
While many punk bands are apolitical, or may even be conservative, a number of punk bands are associated with far-left movements such as [[AntiFa]] or racist [[skinheads]].<ref name="Horn2017">{{cite book|author=David Horn|title=Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 11: Genres: Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WKc0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA598|date=5 October 2017|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|isbn=978-1-5013-2610-3|pages=598–}}</ref> Examples of AntiFa punk bands include the anthemic Los Fastidios,<ref name="Kuhn2011">{{cite book|author=Gabriel Kuhn|title=Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWj7BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA246|year=2011|publisher=PM Press|isbn=978-1-60486-053-5|pages=246–}}</ref> while among left-wing racists the band Blue Eyed Devils is prominent, with explicit album titles such as ''Aryans vs. Aliens''.<ref name="Dyck2016">{{cite book|author=Kirsten Dyck|title=Reichsrock: The International Web of White-Power and Neo-Nazi Hate Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sREVDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA116|date=3 October 2016|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-7473-8|pages=116–}}</ref>
However, some punk bands embrace a more uplifting and conservative message, particularly as scene in the [[Straightedge]] movement which eschews alcohol, smoking, drugs, and premarital sex as well as liberal social engineering (c.f. [[Minor Threat]]'s "Guilty of Being White" which rebuts the "white privilege" narrative).<ref name="Kuhn2010">{{cite book|author=Gabriel Kuhn|title=Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rp_tVcHOV0oC&pg=PA272|date=1 February 2010|publisher=PM Press|isbn=978-1-60486-343-7|pages=272–}}</ref>
==Musicality==
==Musicality==
==Subgenres of punk==
==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 stripped-down/minimalist sound was a staple of West Coast punk during the 1980s, especially in the important Southern California-region and has since spread throughout the world. New Wave, despite being descended of punk, developed its own distinctive sounds and subculture respectively. Forms such as [[Grunge]] and [[Emo|Emotive Hardcore]](both descended of the Post-Hardcore punk movement) each developed largely into their own subcultures respectively in their own right.
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 stripped-down/minimalist sound was a staple of West Coast punk during the 1980s, especially in the important Southern California-region and has since spread throughout the world. New Wave, despite being descended of punk, developed its own distinctive sounds and subculture respectively. Forms such as [[Grunge]] and [[Emo|Emotive Hardcore]](both descended of the Post-Hardcore punk movement) each developed largely into their own subcultures respectively in their own right.
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.punkvoter.com Punkvoter.com]
* [http://www.punkvoter.com Punkvoter.com]
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