HIST105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Hardcore Punk, Punk Subculture, Alternative Tentacles
11 Sep 2016
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Debate as to when this sub-genre began (highly debated) Attitude as much as music: a world view, stick it to the man , a philosophy, threaten the status quo. Rebellion against 1970s" trends: grabbed suburbia kids, hated country and disco genres. Short songs: music was too self-indulgent, too many drum/guitar solos, short, fast, and aggressive songs. Punk apparel: tattered jeans, paint on jackets, buttons of bands, combat boots) Punks & nihilism: dim view of humanity, cold war, watergate, poverty, and inflation, rejection of all values extreme scepticism, opposite of the 60s" hippies. Bands tend to be male dominated but women are visible in punk sub-culture: patti smith, huge icon. Anarchist & socialist punks: government should be overthrown, the clash believed in a socialist society. Straight edge: refrained from alcohol, drugs, and vegans. Nazi punks: skinheads and neo-nazi bands, reviled in the sub-culture.
