Punk Rock Research Paper

TAlthough Punk Rock was a movement centralized in the late seventies and early eighties, the beginnings of punk started in Detroit, Michigan in the 1960s. The punk scene was later brought into fruition in New York city. The term ‘Punk’, initially used as an insult, was used to put a name to unskilled and loud garage bands of the sixties. The loud and anti-conformist music was a direct reaction to the peaceful and kind natured hippie movement. While the hippie movement was centered around peace and nonviolence, the punk scene was politically charged and often about anarchy. In 1977, an NBC news report states, “This is Punk Rock and its purpose is to promote violence, sex, and destruction in that order,”(Punk). Bands like The Stooges, Velvet Underground, and the Ramones were all a part of the movement and all found their place in a small club in New York. Club CBGB (Country Bluegrass Blues), established in 1973, was an instrumental part in the beginning of punk in New York. The club promoted a ‘come as you are and play what you like’ motto and it was where many of the early punk bands found their sound. …show more content…
London was in a time of political unrest and the economy was in a particularly bad state of affairs. The youth in London were angry and looking for a way to rebel. This sparked the beginning of punk fashion. Malcolm McClaren was an integral part of making this possible. He owned a shop in London that carried often times ‘inappropriate’ and rebellious fashion choices. Malcolm wanted the scene to expand and took it upon himself to take up a project he thought could spread punk fashion. This project was the Sex Pistols. The Sex Pistols were a thrash punk band that wore copious amounts of leather and spiked their hair. In a short amount of time they gathered a large following, including the