Punk Rock Here Today Gone Tomorrow Love it; hate it, Punk Rock made its debut in the 70’s starting with a simple beat, a tap on the drums or a guitar strumming, and there it was. Punk rock is born. This rock music genre fad came to reality during a time of frustration among the young generation. Rooting in a garage rock band imagery with the deliberate cultivation of violence, deviance, loud, vulgar, and rebellious lyrics, this style of music can be distinguished as hard-edged (Charlton ).
Unfortunately, this movement was relatively short-lived. Punk concerts usually took place in small areas. Seemingly, where crowds would be jammed together. Performers, for the most part, had little or no technical training and possessed only very cheap and unsophisticated equipment (Beginners Guide to Punk Rock). …show more content…
As an NBC News report from 1977, quoted on CNN's "The Seventies," put it, "This is punk rock and its purpose is to promote violence, sex, and destruction, in that order." Punk music is about expression, individuality, and creativity. This form of music erupted as a resistance to the economic and social excesses of mainstream music. As with all things, music continually expanded and with this configuration. Punk Rock shocked the world
(Bergeron, CNN). The theme focus for these songs was surrounded with sexual topics, drugs, political and social issues. These topics caused uneasiness and frustration among adults due to the fact, that it motivated the youth to stand strong together against adversity.
Webb 2 Punk Rock seems to be a perfect path to other classifications of music. From hip- hop, rock and roll, reggae, and heavy metal no matter what you listen to it all means music in general. This form of music seemed to hone in on those who felt that no one understood
Unfortunately, this movement was relatively short-lived. Punk concerts usually took place in small areas. Seemingly, where crowds would be jammed together. Performers, for the most part, had little or no technical training and possessed only very cheap and unsophisticated equipment (Beginners Guide to Punk Rock). …show more content…
As an NBC News report from 1977, quoted on CNN's "The Seventies," put it, "This is punk rock and its purpose is to promote violence, sex, and destruction, in that order." Punk music is about expression, individuality, and creativity. This form of music erupted as a resistance to the economic and social excesses of mainstream music. As with all things, music continually expanded and with this configuration. Punk Rock shocked the world
(Bergeron, CNN). The theme focus for these songs was surrounded with sexual topics, drugs, political and social issues. These topics caused uneasiness and frustration among adults due to the fact, that it motivated the youth to stand strong together against adversity.
Webb 2 Punk Rock seems to be a perfect path to other classifications of music. From hip- hop, rock and roll, reggae, and heavy metal no matter what you listen to it all means music in general. This form of music seemed to hone in on those who felt that no one understood