How long has punk music been around?

Answer 1

The Stooges are often cited as the forefather of punk music, though The Velvet Underground also planted the seeds of the genre with its seedy lyrical themes, minimalistic arrangements, harsh unschooled vocal approach (both in Nico and Lou Reed), and New York connections. The VU's John Cale also produced The Stooges' debut record. Bands such as MC5 and The New York Dolls have also been considered inspirations on punk.

The Ramones are generally considered the Ground Zero of the punk movement proper, with the prototypical punk sound -- short two-minute songs, heavy and simplistic Guitars, martial rhythms, droll "everyman" vocals.

The Ramones were an influence on The Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and The Banshees, X-Ray Spex, The Clash, The Damned, The Stranglers, Generation X and others in England. Many American punk bands actually branched out quickly and became more sophisticated, less "pure" -- such as Television's complex, extended guitar jams (more associated with progressive and stadium rock, the sworn enemy of punk) and Blondie's progression into New Wave dance/pop.

Answer 2

Well, the major influences in the start of punk was Iggy & The Stooges, Patti Smith, and the New York Dolls but The Ramones really started "punk". English punk grew when The Ramones played in England.

To improve on a somewhat errored answer, by the time the Ramones played in the UK, the "punk" scene there was already begining. The Ramones, although adopted and claimed by punks, were about as close as you could get to punk without being fully punk (yeah i hear your groans now, but you're wrong) A big debate over who started punk will never go answered, and is between two bands who were hugely influenced by the ramones. Hardcore fans of the Sex Pistols say they did, and hardcore fans of The Clash say they did. So pick who you want and run with it. But really since when was the U.K considered punk we know it all started in good old north america.

Answer 3

it was created between 1974-1976 in the UK USA and Australia.

Punk made fast, hard-edged, often anti-establishment lyrics.

Some of the main bands in the 1970's were The Ramones, Dead Kennedys and Sex Pistols.

Answer 4

Punk as a genre first appeared in the mid-1970s, and was at the height of it's popularity from around 1976 to '80.

Certain performers who had been around before punk became a recognised genre, such as Iggy Pop, were able to adapt to the new phenomenon and became popular as punk / New Wave icons. The first 'wave' of punk was most prominent in the late 1970s, when hardcore bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Stranglers, The Damned, The Ramones, The Exploited, The Adverts, Television, The Dead Kennedys etc etc. were at the vanguard of the scene. But a second wave, termed 'New Wave', continued into the early 1980s after the seriously hardcore scene had either split up or altered their genre to appeal to a wider audience. This overlapped with the die-back of bands such as the Pistols and The Clash, and included the likes of Blondie, Joy Division, Duritti Column, Hazel O'Connor, Theatre of Hate and so on. Whilst not being as overtly violent and physically offensive as their predecessors, this second wave was equally subversive in a more subtle way, having if anything a more unsettling effect upon the psyche of mainstream society- especially as they coincided with the release of a number of highly unnerving sci-fi films such as 'Scanners' and 'Deathwatch' as well as the resumption of international tensions between the superpowers after years of 'detente'. This caused them to remain labelled 'punk' in general parlance.

Punk has never gone away, and it's adherents can still be seen in the streets of London or New York sporting spikey hair, greatcoats, and heavy boots. Some claim that the punk scene ended when The Sex Pistols broke up, and that it was actually invented by their impresario and manager Malcolm McLaren, but this is pure balderdash- like rock & roll in the '50s, it was far too big a scene to have been created solely by one band or one person.

Teenagers and youngsters in their early 20s have their own definition of 'punk', but it is by no means punk rock as older generations understand it. When you hear a youngster of 22 saying that they like punk, they'll be referring to the comparatively soft and highly commercialised bands of their own era as oppose to the original, much more hardcore and violent scene of the late 1970s.

Answer 5

Punk music started in the late 70's and became very popular in the 80's.

Answer 6

Social alienation, being pissed at society, and rebellion.

Answer 7

The "generation x" got bored of the usual mainstream sound and other artistic musical outfits. Emergence was felt in the late 60's.

Answer 8

Punk music has been around for about 40 years.