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Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. Punk bands created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produced recordings and distributed them through informal channels.
By late 1976, bands such as the Ramones, in New York City, and the Sex Pistols and The Clash, in London, were recognized as the vanguard of a new musical movement. The following year saw punk rock spreading around the world, and it became a major cultural phenomenon in the United Kingdom. For the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. - Wikipedia
By late 1976, bands such as the Ramones, in New York City, and the Sex Pistols and The Clash, in London, were recognized as the vanguard of a new musical movement. The following year saw punk rock spreading around the world, and it became a major cultural phenomenon in the United Kingdom. For the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. - Wikipedia
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154 imagesBlondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.[5] The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s. Their first two albums contained strong elements of these genres, and although successful in the United Kingdom and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the United States until the release of Parallel Lines in 1978. Over the next three years, the band achieved several hit singles[6] including "Call Me", "Atomic" and "Heart of Glass" and became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incorporating elements of disco,pop,rap,and reggae,while retaining a basic style as a New Wave band.%0ABlondie broke up after the release of their sixth studio album The Hunter in 1982. Deborah Harry continued to pursue a solo career with varied results after taking a few years off to care for partner Chris Stein, who was diagnosed with pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease of the skin. - Wikipedia -
75 imagesThe Ramones - An American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the punk rock movement both in the United States and the United Kingdom. These photos were all taken in the UK during the 70's -
13 imagesBad Brains is an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1977. -
10 imagesCBGB was a music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal at 315 Bowery, intersecting Bleecker Street, in the East Village. CBGB soon became a famed venue of punk rock and new wave bands like the Ramones, Television, Patti Smith Group, Blondie, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and Talking Heads. -
18 imagesCourtney Michelle Love is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actress and artist. Love initially gained notoriety in the Los Angeles indie rock scene as vocalist and rhythm guitarist of alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989. Love was married to Kurt Cobain, frontman of the grunge band Nirvana, with whom she has a daughter. These images were taken on the set of the Alex Cox film Straight to Hell in 1986. -
26 imagesDevo is an American punk rock/new wave band formed in 1972 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. -
32 imagesIggy Pop (born James Newell "Jim" Osterberg, Jr.; April 21, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Considered an innovator of punk rock. -
11 imagesJust Water was one of the very first mainstays of the New York Punk Rock scene, 1974-1979. -
4 imagesMarty Thau is an American rock 'n' roll and Punk Rock entrepreneur / music producer. He is best known as the founder of Red Star Records in 1977. -
31 imagesPatricia Lee "Patti" Smith ( is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist and a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement. Photographed live at London's Roundhouse in 1976 -
7 imagesPere Ubu is an experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Despite many long-term band members, singer David Thomas is the only constant. -
12 imagesRichard Hell was an innovator of punk music and fashion. He was one of the first to spike his hair and wear torn, cut and drawn-on shirts, often held together with safety pins -
65 imagesSuicide is an American electronic protopunk musical duo, intermittently active since 1970 and composed of vocalist Alan Vega and Martin Rev on synthesizers and drum machines. They are an early synthesizer/vocal musical duo. - Wikipedia -
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37 imagesThe Runaways were an American all-girl punk rock band that recorded and performed in the second half of the 1970s -
10 imagesThe Waitresses were an experimental New Wave band from Akron, Ohio. The group was led by guitarist/songwriter Chris Butler with lead vocals performed by Patty Donahue. -
6 imagesWayne County & the Electric Chairs were part of the first wave of punk bands from the 1970s. The band is headed by Georgia transgender woman, Wayne County, who later changed her name to Jayne County. -
11 imagesBanned in London, busted in Cleveland and Milwaukee, the legendary Wendy O. Williams (aka "Queen of Shock Rock", "Queen of Punk," "Dominatrix of the Decibels", and "High Priestess of Metal") and the Plasmatics, the band of changing musicians built around her by radical anti-artist Rod Swenson, -
10 imagesEllen Foley is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom Night Court. In music, she has released four solo albums but is best known for her collaborations with rock singer Meat Loaf.