Genre of
music and lifestyle.
Characteristic of a genre
music that focuses more on the message than the actual the
music. Punk Rock arose in the 1970s from early punk rockers such as the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and the
Police. Punk Rock reached its heyday in the 1980s, but also experience a split between the "skinhead" scene and the classic punk rock scene. The skinheads were racists who used punk rock to express their message of
hate and nazism. The classics stuck to the message of
peace, love, understanding and an end to the establishment.
Today, punk rock is no longer a specific sound. No longer can you listen to a song and say whether it is punk or not. Because it is all about the message. Most punk bands have a social or political undertone. Modern punk bands include (although most members of the punk rock scene will argue as to what qualifies as punk) Rancid, the Offspring,
Green Day, Weezer, the White Stripes, Rich Kids on LSD, NOFX, etc. All these bands have very distinct sounds, but most have very deep, message-centered songs, generally characteristic of punk.
That song sounded
good, but there was something else, it sounded important.
Well yeah, it was a punk rock song, it was trying to protest the injustice in Darfur and stir up
feelings of excitement to make you want to help the suffering people in Darfur. Punk Rock has to have a
major underlying message, otherwise it's just "rock'n'roll"
