The development history of punk rock

In a sense, it is natural that rock music in the 1960s was anti-commercial, anti-capitalist, radical or simply served the entertainment industry. It opposes old traditions and old values and creates a new value concept and lifestyle. However, the punk movement in the 1970s was destroyed but not built. With punk rock becoming a variety in the catalogue of record companies, punk rock has also become the object of hype of record companies.

In fact, rock music is like this. A kind of music is the most authentic and original when it is not controlled by business. Once it becomes a commercial lubricant, it becomes a nondescript commodity. In just two or three years, punk's edges and corners have been worn away. Punk rock is only a seasoning in rock music. Punk rock has changed from the initial anti-business and anti-popular image to a fashionable pop music. On the one hand, record producers use the radical, rebellious and disgusting side of punk rock to attract young listeners, on the other hand, they "transform" punk rock through commercial means.

"Sex Pistol" and "Clash" were the two most representative punk bands at that time. Faced with commercial manipulation, they each chose their own destiny. The "sex pistol" was dissolved at the peak of punk development. The "collision" lasted until the second half of the 1980s, but they were no longer punk. The word "punk rock" may be continued by some rock musicians, but the punk spirit has disappeared. After The Beatles attacked the United States in the late 1960s, a kind of rock music called garage music appeared in the United States, which can be regarded as the embryonic form of punk rock. Among them, the famous bands are MC5, clown, knight's shadow and underground velvet. Most of these bands are unruly and domineering, but they rarely succeed in business.

Take MC5 as an example. John Sinclair, the leader of this team, was a member of the American White Panther Party at that time. In the famous Bai Bao Party's Position, Mao Zedong's Speech at Yan 'an Forum on Literature and Art was quoted out of context. Sinclair once declared categorically: "On earth, we must create a paradise for people. Everyone there is equal and happy, and we will never stop until we reach this goal. "However, MC5' s rock music is just a flash in the pan. They only have one album on the charts. Far from their original intention of encouraging the world revolution, MC5 soon became a band with an early simple and generous temperament.

In 1970s, a music club named CBGB appeared in new york, and many early punk bands were members of it, such as Ramones, Talking Heads, Television, the Voidoids, Blondie, the Dictators and so on. This club made punk music begin to have an impact on the outside world. If these bands had just stayed in bars at that time, they would still be great today; But if so, punk is nothing to the world.

Television is the first band of CBGB, which is composed of four members: guitarist and lead singer TomVerlaine, guitarist RichardLloyd, drummer BillyFicca and bassist RichardHell. From 65438 to 0974, the master of electronic music Briano made an audition tape for TV, but the band was very dissatisfied, so it was not recorded as an album. 1975, they released their first single "Little Johnny Jewel", and soon the band joined CBGB. From 65438 to 0977, television came to Britain with the help of malcolm mclaren. Television was the first punk band, which played an important role in the future of sex pistols, conflict bands and those formed in Liverpool, England. Such as Echo and Bunnymen and Teardrop Explodes have great influence.

The first punk album recognized and accepted by the music industry was "Horse" released by patty smith in 1975. When Smith sang "It's not my fault that someone killed Jesus" in the first song of "Horse", the door of rock music opened. The future of punk is really broad. On the stage of the concert, Smith is like a goddess of prophecy.

Although punk absorbed the essence from African music such as soul songs and reggie, it was the first song sung by white youths living in the suburbs, and it was the most white rock music. Punk is more sensitive to history than any other music in the past, and it is destined to conquer the whole world instead of staying underground.

The appearance of British punk means that the era of punk shock has finally arrived. British rock and roll in the 1970s embarked on the road of grandstanding. DoobieBrother's songs bore young Englishmen. Pink Floyd and Quinn, who are tall and widowed, make them want to find the feeling of the 1960s. The second half of the 1970s was a period of despair in Britain. 1977, the unemployment rate of young men aged 0/8 in Britain reached 28.6%, the unemployment rate of young women reached 29.6%, and the inflation rate was as high as 10%. The wave of strikes swept across the country, and desperate children of workers and descendants of immigrants were caught in a civil war-like struggle with the police because of their most difficult situation. In this case, punk, a horned monster, was finally born in Britain and made its first roar to the world.

Speaking of English punk, we can't help but mention malcolm mclaren, who is known as the "father of English punk". 1974, a shop named "Shake Up" was established in Chelsea, London, and the owner was malcolm mclaren. In the same year, NewYork Dolls, a former American punk band, came to Britain, but it didn't have a big impact on me. McLaren fell in love with them at first sight, recommended themselves as their agents and flew to new york with them. After the death of New York Doll 1975, McClaren returned to London, renamed the store "Sex", and joined hands with the famous avant-garde fashion designer vivienne westwood to ask her to design various punk costumes. Business was booming at that time. So he just picked a few "punk" partners and formed the world-famous Sex Pistols. The lead singer he chose was john lydon. The reason is that young people love to stroll around the store, often scream like mentally retarded children and like to make trouble. The other three members of the Sex Pistol are Glenn matlock, Paul Cook and steve jones. Sex pistols released 1 single Anarchy in Britain. 1 On May 27th, 977, the band released1and the only studio album "Never mind the nonsense, here is the sex pistol" (the title of the album comes from a line on a bright yellow T-shirt that McLaren saw on the street in new york. In the same year, the single "God Save the Queen" was released. On the cover of the album, the Queen's eyes and mouth are sealed by the notes "God Save the Queen" and "Sex Pistol" respectively. Leiden cursed unscrupulously in the song: "God bless the queen/you have no future." Ironically, when Britain celebrated the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, the album Sex Pistol rose to the top of BBC Radio at the same time, which was contrary to the festive atmosphere. After that, the band was driven out of Britain, but this band, which was very popular in Britain, was not popular with Americans. Desperate, Leiden disbanded the sex pistol in time, leaving a good reputation for this punk band.

Another band that plays an important role in English punk music is Clash, whose style is directly influenced by patty smith, New York Doll, Clown, MC5 and The Ramones. The band was formed in 1976, with mick jones as the guitarist, joe strummer as the lead singer and paul simon Nong as the bass player. Topper Headon is a drummer. When they first formed a team, they put advertisements in Melody Maker, a famous British music weekly, every week, hoping that more punk music lovers would contact them. The manager of the band is Bernie Rhodes, McClaren's close friend.

At first, the band recorded some demos with Guy Stevens, but they were never released. 1In mid-976, they signed a contract with CBS Records for 654.38+10,000 pounds to record and release their debut album "Collision". At this time, Reggie of Jamaica entered the British music scene. Singers and bands, such as led zeppelin, eric clapton, stevie wonder, Eagles, Police Band, etc. Follow suit, and confrontation is no exception. Later, Clash became the first punk band to perform in Jamaica. Because of their strange clothes, the locals nicknamed them "Martians". 1978, the band released the album Give' e m other Rope, which was produced by Americans and released in the United States. In the late 1970s, they released the album The Call of London, which was a success. Punk is a drama. Although it was a flash in the pan, it was brilliant. In fact, any kind of rock music is like this It was primitive before it was corroded by commerce. Once it becomes the object of speculation in business and record industry, it will wither because it goes against its original intention.

:::: underground flickering ghost fire-80 years of underground punk music:::: punk music is real underground music, and punk itself is destined to go through this stage.

Punk smells of death underground, so people won't go to see it and certainly won't pay for it. The entertainment circle has completely abandoned its original reserve and turned its attention to pillow bands such as Loverboy and Quarterflash. After the birth of punk music on the West Coast, a punk band named "Militia" appeared in Southern California. Composed of guitarist D.Boon, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. They signed a contract with SST, an independent record company founded by Black Flag guitarist Greg Silver. Compared with hardcore music from punk, militia music is more regional. Most of the bands under SST only have bass, drums and guitars, but their main styles are different, among which Minutemen is a band that pays more attention to melody. But on the Christmas Eve of 1985, because D.Boon died in a car accident, people suddenly disintegrated in one minute.

Not many people in America liked punk music at that time. Except Southern California, every middle school has only three or four punk fans. Parents and teachers warn these "walking dead" from time to time and give them a whole set of psychological tests and psychotherapy. These children usually have high IQ and creativity, but they have difficulties in learning, such as ADHD and dyslexia. They often treat themselves with drugs. They hate each other as much as they hate the whole world. They constantly accuse each other of being pretenders and fashionistas.

In fact, it is self-contradictory to separate sub-cultural groups. If you can only prove that you are not a pretender by overdosing, then as long as you are alive, you are hypocritical. Dave Riemel, a British journalist, published a book about punk culture-If Punk hadn't been born: Cultural Clubs and New Pop Music. The book tells the story of a generation of young people who "debuted in the punk era, learned its essence, learned its methods, but abandoned its ideals", including boys George, Spandau Ballet and Wittmann! DuranDuran and adam ant.

Whether pursuing fame or self-destruction, for most punk musicians, "punk" also means "disorder", which once appeared in newspapers at that time with high frequency. The most famous "chaos" in the United States in the 1980s was the death of the Kennedy family. The name of the band represents their position and shows that they are a blasphemous and dangerous band. The dead Kennedy family inspired a large number of children who believed in * * * and socialist fraternity. The lead singer, Jello Biafra, expressed his confusion in the song NaziPunks Fuck Off. Today, he still quotes the sentences in this song from time to time. By the mid-1980s, dk had gathered 65,438+05,000 fans in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and thousands in other big cities. In this way, many people understand DKs music, but some people just want to dance to their music rhythm. So the strange phenomenon of punk music in dance halls and skating rinks appeared.

After DKs, anti-war, anti-social and anti-class bands such as Dead Police, DOA, False Prophet and Nausea Missing Foundation appeared in the United States, and some drug-taking bands also appeared, such as Minor Threat, which was later renamed Fugazi. Greg Silver, the guitarist of the famous Black Flag Band, and henry rollins, the lead singer, are the models of punk music in 1980s. This band later became the core of hardcore and developed the playing skills of punk music. The bad brain band rubbed Reggie into punk. Three bands, the Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law and Carnivore3, rallied against "peaceful punk" and advocated nihilism, which attracted many young people. In addition, Paul Weller, the leader of Jam Band, and Paul westerberg, the lead singer of the replacement band, also made great contributions to the development of punk.

One similarity of punk music is its aversion to heavy metal music. In fact, if there are both punk bands and heavy metal bands at the same concert, it will be difficult for them to get along. Punk musicians only like death metal, such as Motorhead.

Punk also brought a revolution to magazine publishing. Since the general media generally don't make introductions and rarely go to the radio, punk band members must communicate directly in the club. On the contrary, I will occasionally find fierce arguments about punk in some obscure small magazines, including Maximum Rock &；; Roll and Flipside, of course. These two magazines are quite famous today. The unemployment crisis in the United States reappears. Even college graduates find it difficult to find a job, and even if they have a job, it is difficult to buy a house. As a result, this generation of young people think that their life is not as good as their parents', and more and more people no longer miss the university, thinking that it is better to commit suicide than to have a meaningless formal job. These young people who are extremely disappointed and tired of life, family and society get together, so punk music becomes their spiritual sustenance.

Punk has challenged American values, traditional ethics and music form since its birth, but now it has caused endless controversy about what is real punk music. The Times injected a lot of nutrients into Punk's artery, but it blocked its vein. In the 1980s, people who played punk music on university radio stations already held important positions in major record companies, such as KCMU University Radio in Seattle. Its DJ includes Faith Henschel, deputy general manager of Elektra, Jonathan Poneman, partner of Sub Pop, and Damon Stewart of Sony, making Grunge a new way for punk music to enter the market. If the new punk music in Seattle leads a new market. If Mudhoney's first album "Superfuzz Bigmuff", a new force of Seattle's new punk, hadn't stayed on the British list for a year, if Mudhoney hadn't become popular, perhaps Nirvana wouldn't be where it is today. In the late 1980s, the commercialization of the music industry led to the heresy of the new junk music in the 1990s: industrialized priests, popular nirvana and Green Day, heavy metal sound garden bands and descendants, psychedelic dinosaurs Jr and Screaming Trees, folk songs Baker and Mary Lou Lord, all of which were freaks who combined punk and business. After the British industrial revolution, its glory was dim in World War II. The whole British economy is in recession and the unemployment rate is at a new high. In this context, a shining cultural renaissance appeared in the ruins, which was worse than garbage at that time.

This is the familiar punk revival.

The earliest punk was completely derogatory. It is a derogatory term for hooligans by the upper class or ordinary people. Just like "gangsters" and "hooligans" in Chinese. This is not wrong, because the young people who set off huge waves are such a group. No one in Britain in the sixties and seventies thought that such a group of "punk" created today's miracle, and even these "ancestors" could not imagine it.

Due to the economic depression, the unemployment rate has risen. The whole of England is dead. Drugs, alcohol, etc. It is also burning violently. In this case, young people in the society hold great dissatisfaction and express their inner dissatisfaction in a naked way. It is in great contrast with the image of a gentleman in Britain. This is unpretentious and naked swearing, which insults the traumatized society. Without any melodic noise, anti-social, anti-human, uncivilized and extreme factors merged into the original "punk". The original "punk" had no internal content, just a way of venting. It's like you bought a fake in the store, and you swear to God or something. It doesn't make any sense. The earliest "punks" stood on the street, beating rhythmic drums, making noises and shouting their dissatisfaction with society and the government. Everyone shunned them in disgust. In such an environment, the original "punk" people have a behavior that is incompatible with society. The idea is simple. Since you don't like us, let's be us, and you can't influence us.

Then, these noises, these naked acts of bearing the image of a British gentleman, aroused more and more painters, musicians, clothing, workers, farmers and other social discontent. Some people in the normal group have abandoned hypocritical costumes and joined the ranks of "punk" under the offensive social tone.

Their efforts gave punk a body. If "hooligans" created the soul of punk, then these "normal" people created the flesh and blood of punk. They found a unique way of playing from the noise, citing a lot of music components of rock drums, bass and electric guitars. Let punk music evolve from noise to exciting songs.

Their purpose is only one, to let the society hear dissatisfaction, naked dissatisfaction. Not a patched editorial in the newspaper news. With the rise of punk music, punk thought has been positioned. It's not profound at all. It's simple. Express my dissatisfaction in my words, in what I want to say. With my behavior, with the behavior I want to do, to cause the audience to sing. ...

The appearance of soul and body doomed him to have a shell.

Suits and ties are the symbols of Britain, which are deeply loved by fashion designers under the influence of punk thought. Abandoned the stability in the traditional sense. Strong red and black are added to the Scottish plaid, which has a strong national style. Under the elements of rock and roll, metal is even more essential. Under the influence of Goth, dismal clothing has also become a punk's own element. Add more street factors, waste, rotten and broken, and become the shell of punk.

When the wind blows, no one even thinks that it will hit the whole Britain like a tornado. Under the original punk thought, there have also been more extreme and naked ones. Anti. Oppose everything, anti-society, anti-religion, and even anti-humanity. Androgyny, advocating waste, drugs and alcohol. Make punk seem more crazy and absurd.

Punk, like a shining diamond in the garbage, has attracted more people's attention. Punk is also like a beast that constantly strengthens itself, devouring metal elements, gothic elements, rock elements and everything that can be swallowed. And it has developed to this day under the torrent of time. Today's punk is not really a primitive punk. Although the dreary extreme period has been covered by today's gorgeous elements, pop punk, rock punk, heavy metal punk, Gothic punk and rap punk. ...

They may be so different that they don't even recognize each other.

But it is undeniable that the supreme "creed" of "speaking your own words in your own voice" baptizes every punk enthusiast.