History of Punk

Punk rock is a genre of rock music which started between 1974 and 1976 in the US, UK and Austrailia. They created the fast, typically short songs and their lyrics often focused on political and currents affairs, for example The Clash's song 'Career Opportunities' which dealt with the unemployment. They also had a DIY ethic with many bands producing and distributing their own recordings. By late 1976, bands such as The Ramones (New York City) and The Clash and Sex Pistols (London) had formed and were becoming more well known and nowadays when people think of punk rock, these bands come to mind. By the 1980's, faster and more aggressve styles such as hardcore and Oi! had become the more popular style of punk. There were then many more variations such as post-punk and alternative rock, and by the 1990's pop punk had become mainstream with bands such as Green Day and The Offspring. Recently there are new bands such as the Gallows and Alexisonfire which come under the genre of screamo/punk, however people are starting to listen to the original versions of punk, this is the kind of audience we aim for.