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-->--'''Music/DeadKennedys''', "Nazi Punks Fuck Off"

The styles of these bands focused on a [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth stripped down aesthetic]] and a rejection of establishment thinking for their respective decades and by subverting audience's expectations of music and performance. How they accomplished this varied widely from performer to performer. Music/TheClash focused on political change, Music/SexPistols focused on generally disrupting modern ideas of propriety (as noted by their famed attempt to perform "God Save The Queen" on the Thames during [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Queen Elizabeth II's]] Silver Jubilee), and Music/GGAllin focused on throwing his shit at people. Music/{{Suicide|Band}} caused audiences to physically assault them ''simply by using a synthesizer.''

The styles of these bands focused on a [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth stripped down aesthetic]] and a rejection of establishment thinking for their respective decades and by subverting audience's expectations of music and performance. How they accomplished this varied widely from performer to performer. Music/TheClash focused on political change, Music/SexPistols focused on generally disrupting modern ideas of propriety (as noted by their famed attempt to perform "God Save The Queen" on the Thames during [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Queen Elizabeth II's]] Silver Jubilee), and Music/GGAllin focused on throwing his shit at people. Music/{{Suicide}} caused audiences to physically assault them ''simply by using a synthesizer.''

Since punk was a subculture focused on disappointment with the establishment and upsetting the standard order, it met with quite a big backlash from agents of the establishment. Local news stations, especially in America, painted punk as a subculture typified by violence and drugs (Sid Vicious didn't exactly help matters here). One famous example of such a backlash was the ''Series/QuincyME'' episode "Next Stop, Nowhere," which is actually somewhat infamous amongst music scholars and punks for getting nearly ''everything'' wrong about the subculture, coining the term "[[TheQuincyPunk Quincy punk]]" in the process. (Slightly less ridiculous but still laughable is the ''[[Series/{{CHIPS}} C.H.I.P.S.]]'' episode with punks vs. New Wave kids.) The tendencies actually carry on today; flip through your typical comic book, and odds are at least one member of a random group of thugs will have a mohawk or be wearing studded leather. Of course, naming your genre/movement/subculture after a slang word for juvenile delinquents kind of invites those sorts of stereotypes.

* Metalcore, combination of Punk and UsefulNotes/HeavyMetal sounds.
** Crossover thrash is an earlier version that used thrash metal instead of melodic death metal for the metal component of the sound. This largely extinct subgenre tends to be more popular with metalheads than metalcore.
* RiotGrrrl, feminist punk, typified by Music/BikiniKill.

* SkaPunk and Skacore, typified by Music/ReelBigFish or Music/TheMightyMightyBosstones. Also known as 3rd Wave Ska, this genre combined punk and hardcore with ska and its precursors, rocksteady and reggae and very big in TheNineties. Many bands with cred it other punk genres, like Music/{{Rancid}} or Music/{{NOFX}} were also inspired by the sound and some of it hit the mainstream. SkaPunk faced a heavy backlash and became DeaderThanDisco, though periodically people forecast a revival.

* PopPunk, as typified by bands like Music/GreenDay, Music/ScreechingWeasel, Music/TheRamones and Music/{{Blink 182}}.

* Folk punk, as typified by Against Me! or Music/AndrewJacksonJihad.

* Celtic punk, as typified by Music/FloggingMolly, ThePogues, and the Music/DropkickMurphys.

Since punk was a subculture focused on disappointment with the establishment and upsetting the standard order, it met with quite a big backlash from agents of the establishment. Local news stations, especially in America, painted punk as a subculture typified by violence and drugs (Sid Vicious didn't exactly help matters here). One famous example of such a backlash was the ''Series/{{Quincy}}'' episode "Next Stop, Nowhere," which is actually somewhat infamous amongst music scholars and punks for getting nearly ''everything'' wrong about the subculture, coining the term "[[TheQuincyPunk Quincy punk]]" in the process. (Slightly less ridiculous but still laughable is the ''[[Series/{{CHIPS}} C.H.I.P.S.]]'' episode with punks vs. New Wave kids.) The tendencies actually carry on today; flip through your typical comic book, and odds are at least one member of a random group of thugs will have a mohawk or be wearing studded leather. Of course, naming your genre/movement/subculture after a slang word for juvenile delinquents kind of invites those sorts of stereotypes.

Since punk was a subculture focused on disappointment with the establishment and upsetting the standard order, it met with quite a big backlash from agents of the establishment. Local news stations, especially in America, painted punk as a subculture typified by violence and drugs (Sid Vicious didn't exactly help matters here). One famous example of such a [[ReactionaryFantasy backlash]] was the ''Series/{{Quincy}}'' episode "Next Stop, Nowhere," which is actually somewhat infamous amongst music scholars and punks for getting nearly ''everything'' wrong about the subculture, coining the term "[[TheQuincyPunk Quincy punk]]" in the process. (Slightly less ridiculous but still laughable is the ''[[Series/{{CHIPS}} C.H.I.P.S.]]'' episode with punks vs. New Wave kids.) The tendencies actually carry on today; flip through your typical comic book, and odds are at least one member of a random group of thugs will have a mohawk or be wearing studded leather. Of course, naming your genre/movement/subculture after a slang word for juvenile delinquents kind of invites those sorts of stereotypes.

In the late '80s, the UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC Hardcore scene spawned the StraightEdge movement. This started out with the marking of underage clubgoers with black X's so that they wouldn't be served alcohol, but became a subculture within the subculture of not drinking, smoking or doing drugs; casual sex and eating meat were also frowned upon. The lunatic fringe, Hardliners, went even further. In Europe, Vegan Straight Edge became a norm in the PostHardcore scene during the nineties, alongside support for [[AnimalWrongsGroup ecoterrorism and animal liberation]]. The black-and-green flag was most fervently waved by the US band Earth Crisis. Meanwhile, the DC scene started concentrating on more personal, emotional songs, and became Emotive Hardcore, or Music/{{Emo}} for short.

* Folk punk, as typified by Against Me! or AndrewJacksonJihad.
* Anarcho-Punk, like DeadKennedys or Rudimentary Peni.

The styles of these bands focused on a [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth stripped down aesthetic]] and a rejection of establishment thinking for their respective decades and by subverting audience's expectations of music and performance. How they accomplished this varied widely from performer to performer. Music/TheClash focused on political change, Music/SexPistols focused on generally disrupting modern ideas of propriety (as noted by their famed attempt to perform "God Save The Queen" on the Thames during [[BritishRoyalFamily Queen Elizabeth II's]] Silver Jubilee), and Music/GGAllin focused on throwing his shit at people. Music/{{Suicide}} caused audiences to physically assault them ''simply by using a synthesizer.''

Punk rock, as a genre, is decided to have started in the mid-70s. Although preceded by '60s bands such as the Music/MC5, Music/TheStooges, the genre truly began to take root around 1974, with the slow ascendancy of bands such as Music/TheRamones, the Music/NewYorkDolls, and Music/{{Television}} in New York City.

It wasn't until Music/{{Nirvana}} hit it big in the '90s that punk saw a resurgence, as bands such as Music/BadReligion, Music/GreenDay, and Music/{{Rancid}} began coming to the forefront. This led to another problem for most punks, though; at the same time, bands such as Sum 41 and GoodCharlotte were also emerging, who skewed more towards "pop" than "punk" on the "[[PopPunk pop-punk]]" spectrum (yes, it's a subgenre) and represented a commercialization of the genre. Then Hot Topic emerged, and much bile was thrown, as it presented to kids the opportunity to become a rebel by... buying stuff at the mall and not ascribing to any certain philosophy. Hooray. Some social upheaval.

* PopPunk, as typified by bands like Music/GreenDay, ScreechingWeasel, Music/TheRamones and Music/{{Blink 182}}.

* Street punk, very working class and 'laddish' as typified by GBH and (at times) {{Rancid}}. Street punk is also closely related to Oi!, a genre that is almost entirely separated by the speed of the music, with Oi! being the slower of the two. See also UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}}.

The styles of these bands focused on a [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth stripped down aesthetic]] and a rejection of establishment thinking for their respective decades and by subverting audience's expectations of music and performance. How they accomplished this varied widely from performer to performer. Music/TheClash focused on political change, Music/TheSexPistols focused on generally disrupting modern ideas of propriety (as noted by their famed attempt to perform "God Save The Queen" on the Thames during [[BritishRoyalFamily Queen Elizabeth II's]] Silver Jubilee), and Music/GGAllin focused on throwing his shit at people. Music/{{Suicide}} caused audiences to physically assault them ''simply by using a synthesizer.''

Punk fashion was mostly popularized by Malcolm [=McLaren=], manager of Music/TheSexPistols, and his girlfriend, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Initially based off of the styles of Television bassist Richard Hell (who [=McLaren=] managed at one point and became better known as the frontman for The Voidoids), it focuses on torn T-shirts and jeans, tartan, animal print, leather jackets and other industrious clothes, and unconventional use of [[CasualKink everyday objects with a kinky subtext]], such as leather cuffs and dog collars. Thanks to the popularized [=DIY=] aesthetic, the modification of such clothes with everyday objects (such as chains, spikes, and safety pins) as well as band patches also became popular.

In the late '80s, the UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC Hardcore scene spawned the StraightEdge movement. This started out with the marking of underage clubgoers with black X's so that they wouldn't be served alcohol, but became a subculture within the subculture of not drinking, smoking or doing drugs; casual sex and eating meat were also frowned upon. The lunatic fringe, Hardliners, went even further. In Europe, Vegan Straight Edge became a norm in the {{Post-hardcore}} scene during the nineties, alongside support for [[AnimalWrongsGroup ecoterrorism and animal liberation]]. The black-and-green flag was most fervently waved by the US band Earth Crisis. Meanwhile, the DC scene started concentrating on more personal, emotional songs, and became Emotive Hardcore, or Music/{{Emo}} for short.

* PopPunk, as typified by bands like Music/GreenDay, ScreechingWeasel, Music/TheRamones and {{Blink 182}}.

Anyway. Back to the history. Like any musical genre that's been around long enough, punk began to stratify around the '80s, when such subgenres as HardcorePunk (focused on loud, fast, and abrasive music) and Oi! (otherwise known as street punk, focusing on the concerns of the working class and often appealing to [[{{UsefulNotes/Skinheads}} skinheads]]) began to develop. By the mid-'80s, punk had kind of lost the cultural zeitgeist, and new genres, such as PostPunk (more personal exploration, less anarchy) and Music/NewWave (more poppy, but still somewhat questioning of modern standards), began to take over. ''Spin'' magazine celebrated punk's 10th anniversary around this time, and famously said, "The worst thing that could happen to punk was having a 10th anniversary."

Punk fashion was mostly popularized by Malcolm [=McLaren=], manager of Music/TheSexPistols, and his girlfriend, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Initially based off of the styles of Television bassist Richard Hell (who [=McLaren=] managed at one point and became better known as the frontman for The Voidoids), it focuses on torn T-shirts and jeans, leather jackets and other industrious clothes, and unconventional use of [[CasualKink everyday objects with a kinky subtext]], such as leather cuffs and dog collars. Thanks to the popularized [=DIY=] aesthetic, the modification of such clothes with everyday objects (such as chains, spikes, and safety pins) as well as band patches also became popular.

It wasn't until {{Nirvana}} hit it big in the '90s that punk saw a resurgence, as bands such as BadReligion, GreenDay, and {{Rancid}} began coming to the forefront. This led to another problem for most punks, though; at the same time, bands such as Sum 41 and GoodCharlotte were also emerging, who skewed more towards "pop" than "punk" on the "[[PopPunk pop-punk]]" spectrum (yes, it's a subgenre) and represented a commercialization of the genre. Then Hot Topic emerged, and much bile was thrown, as it presented to kids the opportunity to become a rebel by... buying stuff at the mall and not ascribing to any certain philosophy. Hooray. Some social upheaval.

* PopPunk, as typified by bands like GreenDay, ScreechingWeasel, TheRamones and {{Blink 182}}.
* Horror punk, as typified by TheMisfits

Anyway. Back to the history. Like any musical genre that's been around long enough, punk began to stratify around the '80s, when such subgenres as HardcorePunk (focused on loud, fast, and abrasive music) and Oi! (otherwise known as street punk, focusing on the concerns of the working class and often appealing to [[UsefulNotesOnSkinheads skinheads]]) began to develop. By the mid-'80s, punk had kind of lost the cultural zeitgeist, and new genres, such as PostPunk (more personal exploration, less anarchy) and Music/NewWave (more poppy, but still somewhat questioning of modern standards), began to take over. ''Spin'' magazine celebrated punk's 10th anniversary around this time, and famously said, "The worst thing that could happen to punk was having a 10th anniversary."

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Punk fashion was mostly popularized by Malcolm [=McLaren=], manager of TheSexPistols, and his girlfriend, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Initially based off of the styles of Television bassist Richard Hell (who [=McLaren=] managed at one point and became better known as the frontman for The Voidoids), it focuses on torn T-shirts and jeans, leather jackets and other industrious clothes, and unconventional use of [[CasualKink everyday objects with a kinky subtext]], such as leather cuffs and dog collars. Thanks to the popularized [=DIY=] aesthetic, the modification of such clothes with everyday objects (such as chains, spikes, and safety pins) as well as band patches also became popular.

Since punk was a subculture focused on disappointment with the establishment and upsetting the standard order, it met with quite a big backlash from agents of the establishment. Local news stations, especially in America, painted punk as a subculture typified by violence and drugs (Sid Vicious didn't exactly help matters here). One famous example of such a [[ReactionaryFantasy backlash]] was the ''{{Quincy}}'' episode "Next Stop, Nowhere," which is actually somewhat infamous amongst music scholars and punks for getting nearly ''everything'' wrong about the subculture, coining the term "[[TheQuincyPunk Quincy punk]]" in the process. (Slightly less ridiculous but still laughable is the ''[[Series/{{CHIPS}} C.H.I.P.S.]]'' episode with punks vs. New Wave kids.) The tendencies actually carry on today; flip through your typical comic book, and odds are at least one member of a random group of thugs will have a mohawk or be wearing studded leather. Of course, naming your genre/movement/subculture after a slang word for juvenile delinquents kind of invites those sorts of stereotypes.

Punk rock, as a genre, is decided to have started in the mid-70s. Although preceded by '60s bands such as MC5 and Iggy Pop and TheStooges, the genre truly began to take root around 1974, with the slow ascendancy of bands such as TheRamones, the NewYorkDolls, and Music/{{Television}} in New York City.

The styles of these bands focused on a [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth stripped down aesthetic]] and a rejection of establishment thinking for their respective decades and by subverting audience's expectations of music and performance. How they accomplished this varied widely from performer to performer. TheClash focused on political change, TheSexPistols focused on generally disrupting modern ideas of propriety (as noted by their famed attempt to perform "God Save The Queen" on the Thames during [[BritishRoyalFamily Queen Elizabeth II's]] Silver Jubilee), and GGAllin focused on throwing his shit at people. Music/{{Suicide}} caused audiences to physically assault them ''simply by using a synthesizer.''

* Crust Punk, which contains elements of both anarcho-punk and extreme metal