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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.
'''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==
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.
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==
==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 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 [[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.
==External Links==
[http://www.punkvoter.com Punkvoter.com]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.punkvoter.com Punkvoter.com]
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