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'''Punk music''', or '''punk rock''', originated in a club called [[CBGB]] in [[New York City]] in the mid-1970s with [[Television]] 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.
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'''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.  
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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>
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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==
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Punk is charactarised by up-tempo arrangements, and seldom employs instruments other than [[guitar]], bass, and drums. By design, the songs are usually structured to be very simplistic, with the 1-4-5 [[chord]] progression being typical. The lyrics, which are almost always written in a 1-1, 2-2 [[rhyme scheme]], can be concerned with any topic,  but usually deal with some aspect of youth culture or express some theme of "punk attitude" such as opposition to authority.
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Punk is characterised by up-tempo arrangements, and seldom employs instruments other than [[guitar]], bass, and drums. By design, the songs are usually structured to be very simplistic, with the 1-4-5 [[chord]] progression being typical. The lyrics, which are almost always written in a 1-1, 2-2 [[rhyme scheme]], can be concerned with any topic,  but usually deal with some aspect of youth culture or express some theme of "punk attitude" such as opposition to authority.
    
==Dancing==
 
==Dancing==
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==Subgenres of punk==
 
==Subgenres of punk==
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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:a genre of hardcore) 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 1980's, 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 [[Emotive-Hardcore]](both descended of the Post-Hardcore punk movement) each developed largely into their own subcultures respectively in their own right.Among the many punk subgenres, real or imagined, are:
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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.
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* [[Art-Punk]]
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* [[Post-Punk]]
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* [[New-Wave]]
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* [[Gothic-Rock]]
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* [[Hardcore-Punk]]
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* [[Anarcho-Punk]]
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* [[OI!]]
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* [[Horror-Punk]]
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* [[Crust-Punk]]
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==Notable Punk bands==
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===United States===
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* [[Against Me!]]
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* [[Anti-Flag]]
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* [[Bad Religion]]
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* [[Black Flag]]
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* [[Blondie]]
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* [[Dead Boys]]
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* [[Dead Kennedys]]
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* [[Dropkick Murphys]]
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* [[Richard Hell]]
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* [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]]
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* [[Misfits]]
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* [[New York Dolls]]
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* [[The Ramones]]
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* [[Patti Smith]]
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* [[Social Distortion]]
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* [[Talking Heads]]
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* [[Television(band)|Television]]
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* [[X (band)|X]]
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===United Kingdom===
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* [[Adicts]]
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* The [[Anti-Nowhere League]]
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* [[The Buzzcocks]]
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* [[The Clash]]
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* [[Conflict]]
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* [[Crass]]
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* [[The Damned]]
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* [[The Exploited]]
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* [[The Fall]]
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* [[Flux of Pink Indians]]
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* [[Poison Girls]]
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* [[The Sex Pistols]]
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* [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]
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* [[The Stranglers]]
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* [[Subhumans]]
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* [[U.K. Subs]]
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* [[Wire]]
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==Christianity in Punk Music==
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==References==
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There are a few bands that are considered to be Christian punk bands.  Some examples are:
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{{reflist}}
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*[[MxPx]]
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*[[Slick Shoes]]
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*[[Dogwood]]
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*[[Audio Adrenaline]]
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*[[Hawk Nelson]]
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*[[Stellar Kart]]
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==External Links==
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==External links==
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[http://www.punkvoter.com Punkvoter.com]
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* [http://www.punkvoter.com Punkvoter.com]
    
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[[Category:Punk| ]]
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