-Late 60's early 70's
-Ramones, Television, Patti Smith, and Blondie (influences)
-Adolescents became angry and showed their frustration and dissatisfaction of situations or conditions. In 1975, the poor working class youths of Britain began to use the style of the New York punk scene. Adolescents were angry because they seemed domed to living out an existence on the dole. This, coupled with normal adolescent feelings of isolation and estrangement gave rise to the punk movement. Punk music became a strong way in which pinks could give vent to their feelings and identify themselves as a counter culture. Their dress also became a means of identification. “Punk as a subculture was beginning to take shape, conformity was what punk stood against” (Cahill 1998: 1)
-Original punk movement reacts against racism and inequality
-There is no doubt the punk culture is different to what it once was.
I think P!NK is a good example of a type of Punk style that is still around today. It's the whole sort of 'i dont care what you think' image. You dont see quite so many people going around with massive punk hair in groups together now. Punk has changed and there are many different varieties of Punk style out there, depending on your location and age.
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