Freak Face's definitions

New Wave

Watered down punk rock. It was started by CBGB bands Television, Talking Heads and Blondie. Although these bands were originally known as punk, they were renamed new wave because they didn't share punk's negative image and were more experimental. Eventually new wave evolved into a bunch of bullcrap like The Romantics.

"We're not a punk rock band, were a new wave band which means we're shit. ha ha ha!"
Pull My Strings- Dead Kennedys

New wave- U2, Go-Go's, Echo & The Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, INXS, Devo, Oingo Boingo, Human League, Soft Cell, Duran Duran, Tears For Fears, A Flock Of Seagulls.

by Freak Face July 2, 2005

Industrial Rock

A type of rock started in the mid to late 70's by Throbbing Gristle. It was different from other rock because it incorporated the sounds of machinery into the music. It also had very heavy lyrics. It has traces of techno and electronica.

Industrial bands are
Throbbing Gristle, Suicide,
Cab Voltaire, Einsturzende Neubauten, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, Nine Inch Nails, Mesh, Front 242, Wumpscut, VNV Nation, Ministry, Gothminister, Pig, Dkay, Skillet, Mortar, and Newlydeads.

by Freak Face February 10, 2005

Straight Edge

Started by Ian Mackaye, the lead singer of Minor Threat. Edge kids wore X's on thier hands. The rules of Straight Edge was that you did not have one night stands, you did not drink any form of alcohol, you did not do drugs and you did not smoke. The earlier skinheads were mostly Straight Edge.

Minor Threat was a Straight Edge band. Ian Mackaye amazingly also had a strong part in the creation of emo, except in his time itwas called emocore.

by Freak Face April 29, 2005

Skatecore

Skatecore is any hardcore band that is absolutely addicted to skateboarding. Some skatecore bands went so far that to be in the band you had to skateboard.

Some skatecore bands were: McRad, The Joneses and JFA.

by Freak Face April 29, 2005

Punk Rock

Punk rock was originally about an uncontrollable rage and a rebellion against anything and everything. It got it's name from a music critic that said it reminded him of the 60's music he used to listen to. In the late sixties The Velvet Underground was around. They brought rock and roll back to what it started as. They laid the stones for all future punk and alternative bands. They inspired bands such as Iggy And The Stooges, ? And The Mysterians, The Ramones, New York Dolls, and U2. The Ramones started the punk phenomena. They inspired The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Blondie, Television, and Talking Heads. The Ramones went to England on tour and said it was a freak show with all of the colored hair. While there a bunch of kids appeared and told them that they were the guys that turned them on. Those guys were Johnny Rotten and Joe Strummer. Punk inspired a new genre called hardcore. Hardcore bands included Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion, and Bad Brains. Punk almost died in the 80's. It was brought back to life by Green Day, The Offspring, MXPX, Nirvana, and Tripl3 Thr3at.

Punk has been ruined. Now there are many fake punk bands. These are Blink 182, 311, Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte, and FM Static.

by Freak Face February 8, 2005

Policore

Political hardcore, or any type of punk that deals with politics. Many policore bands and supporters were anarchists.

Crass, Subhumans, Dead Kennedys, The Exploited, Sham 69, Sex Pistols, Relient K(some) and The Unseen.

by Freak Face May 27, 2005

Cleveland Punk

Punk Rock that came from Cleveland, Ohio. There were only two citys that had bands that were considered first and second wave punk.

Cleveland punk was Cinderella Backstreet, Cinderella's Revenge, Rocket From The Tombs, Pere Ubu, Friction, Iggy And The Stooges, The Dead Boys, Mirrors, Electric Eels, X-Blank-X, Pagans, Chronics, Styrenes, Lepers, Kneecappers, AK-47's, Wombats, The Invisibles, Backdoor Men, Human Switchboard, Wild Giraffes, Insanity & The Killers, Baloney Heads, Impalers, and Devo.

by Freak Face February 28, 2005