Punk Music Description

Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom / Western Europe, and Australia. Rooted in 1960s garage rock and other forms of what is now known as "proto-punk" music, punk rock bands rejected perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. They typically produced short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self- produce recordings and distribute them through independent record labels.


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