Punk Rock Research Paper

Punk rock is a loud and fast moving form of music that emerged in the 1970’s. It has its roots in garage rock and is generally an aggressive form of music. I chose this genre because I would hear it mentioned all the time with how it has influences in other bands that I listened to and I like their music and sound. Therefore I chose to examine the origins of punk and its influence.
The genre has its roots in garage rock which came about in the 1960’s. Garage rock was a raw form of Rock and Roll having more aggression and less sophistication in the music. The “British Invasion” gave garage rock more of a national audience so as to promote its music. After some time this form of music faded somewhat in popularity. In the 1970’s it began to be described as “punk” rock by some critics. By 1976 it was described as a new musical movement, appealing to a younger crowd with most of the lyrics being anti-establishment. One of the major bands leading this movement was “The Ramones”. When punk rock first …show more content…
Punk rock is rebellious in nature and also anti-establishment. It goes against the main political and cultural wave. Much of the music really emerged from underground movements and when it started growing in popularity there were many who were against it. A great deal of the music expressed an anger at society and the current culture. As soon as this became fairly evident I think it started to become quite popular. With anger focused in the music it showed some listeners that they were not alone in disliking certain parts of society or culture. I can see how it would have united them so to speak against a common foe, in this case the government or establishment. I believe that just the basis of what the music was about and the emotions involved in it were the most instrumental to its rise in its popularity, its initial nonsuccess being caused simply by people not understanding the