What is punk?

What is punk? (Note: Punk here is by no means a general term.)

Punk is a form of music and a culture. It is better to regard it as a revolution against the current state of existence. Rock music has experienced the prosperous age of existence and nothingness, and the era of relying on Platonic ideals and drugs to survive. People's lives were too depressed and too indifferent. With a large number of top bands playing highbrow music, the younger generation found that there was no music suitable for them. At the same time, their anger and emptiness were growing day by day. In the 1970s, punk music spread across the British Isles and the United States. The cries of cynicism can be heard almost everywhere. By the end of the seventies, the punk craze had passed. In the 1980s, heavy metal replaced punk and became the dominant music of this period. And punk is still gathering strength underground, waiting for a complete explosion. In the 1990s, the Grunge volcano finally erupted in the United States, and several bands became idols that attracted much attention overnight. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. A gunshot in Kint Cobain's apartment ended the life of a generation of Grunge greats and the glory of a Grunge era. At this time, the "Punk Revival" movement also emerged in England on the other side of the ocean, and a new generation of bands jointly divided the declining punk market.

The revolutionary thing about punk is that it never compromises with anything around it, even though most of the time, the opposite always seems so powerful.

The uncompromising nature of punk music is reflected in its irreconcilability with business. Since the commercial world entered the art world, vulgarity and popular cancer have filled the art world. Strive to use art to gild yourself, label art and put it in the container. The commercial world has never provided any help to the development of punk. On the contrary, it has killed many talented musicians. When the Grunge volcano in the United States erupted, Kint Cobain reached the top with "Never MIND". In fact, the best-selling album was not very good. Faced with fans' craziness about people and music, he also lost his direction. After a period of thinking, I finally released the punk-famous "In Utero", but the fate of this album was to be well-received but not a hit. Facing the music that we love, the ruined modern world will not have so many underground bands like punk. Abandoned by the market, punk is still burning with anger. At this time, business and punk were real, and Cobain chose to leave this world that he had cursed many times. A punk genius died young under the pressure of business. Business is no longer at a loss for the thorny rose of punk. In addition, punk has gradually become a tasteless thing in the market. The final result is that business has quietly moved away from punk. There is almost no communication between any music. The emergence of independent music heralded the emergence of a new punk path. Do it yourself has become the album-making model for many punk bands. There is our hope in the underground, there is a real world in the underground, and punk enters a new millennium underground.

Punk has never compromised with reality since the day it was born. It is precisely because of social oppression that most Kele people are born at the bottom of society. Since childhood, they have been deeply aware of the darkness, poverty, and violence at the bottom. feelings and left irreparable wounds in their hearts. They attempted to use music to destroy the entire disappointing reality, subvert many existing habits, disciplines, and rules, break the constraints of old traditions, search for the true nature of freedom, and find a group of people who became the creators of punk. There are too many injustices in this world, the ugliness has become rusty, and the moldy rules and regulations often force us to accept it willingly. In the process of acceptance again and again, the light of life is obscured by the secular clouds, and the armor of conscience is obscured. Corroded by the filth of hypocrisy, the remaining hope is crushed by ruthless reality. Day after day, month after month, year after year, after countless mechanical repetitions, we are forced to leave this world. But punk allows us to dare to fight with people and heaven, to subvert everything that binds human nature, to put aside the secular world, and to gain the freedom of human nature. "A true warrior dares to face a bleak life." The price he may pay for this is not only reputation, time, and even future and life. Punk's ridicule of contemporary civilization and the denial and destruction of all established things are not punk's destructiveness. of amazing power. Authority was a big joke to punk. Punk never needs authority, does not need the affirmation of mainstream culture, and does not need the praise of a few well-known figures to rise to the top. Find a clear and clean space where you can live and die in a real way. It's great to see that there are many bands who are here and working hard. Some bands cannot hear their works due to well-known reasons. One day, when their works appear in front of us, it may be the sound that we punks have been waiting for.

The development of punk seems to have reached a dead end. The music of many bands can be said to be dirty, messy, and poor, with vague sounds and indistinguishable instrumental music, like a pot of inedible pig food. There were also a few idle hooligans who bought a few offbeat clothes from a fashion store, hung them with messy metal parts, and uttered obscenities. When they looked at whoever they were displeased with, they suddenly picked up a guitar and said in a serious manner, "We are punks." . In fact, many of us agree with this distinction. Such a "punk revival" can only bring punk to its demise.

Punk requires rebellion, but not frivolity. If it is just to show their avant-garde and flaunt their alternative, punks ask these people to go away. A thorough analysis of punk reveals the deepest essence of punk's soul, which is a clean and bleeding conscience. Let punk return to its long-lost sincerity and conscience!

As long as injustice, darkness, and ugliness exist in the world, punks will not stop fighting for a day. After burying all the fake, evil, and ugly garbage, punk will stay away from the world like a lonely master. If punk is to perish, the prerequisite is that punk must first perish darkness. Punk is both angry and sober. It wants to awaken people's consciences and sleeping thoughts, and induce people to spurn vulgar commercial culture and re-examine ethics and moral humanity. Maybe that’s what punk is responsible for.

For punk, we will never compromise, and we will shed our blood for punk. Long live punk! Long live punk lovers!

Although punk is just a musical term, it always presents a profound social phenomenological attitude, showing a critical spirit of duty to look back, face reality, and never be discouraged. The conceptual annotation of the latter is my understanding and experience of punk thought. Punk is the only remaining way of thinking and the only cultural means that truly belongs to the general public regardless of territory, boundaries, knowledge levels, categories, methods. It is an uncompromising critical attitude that is anti-elite culture, eliminating falsehoods while retaining reality, and anti-ideology.

But today, Chinese punks are just shrinking in the thin "Popular Songs" magazine with a cover full of fancy computer designs in front of me, and it has been sublimated into the fashionable "Guitar Friends" Got it! Is punk just the noise of adolescence? Is punk all about exaggerated display? Punk is fierce provocation? Punk is just about hitting a big blockbuster? Is punk just a dying flower in the Chinese music scene? Punk doesn’t care about technology? Punk is fashionable? ——Lies, all lies! This is the most vicious and insidious false accusation concocted by the so-called music industry elites, the cultural youth and red gangs, and media operatives who are knowledgeable but uneducated. This is their strategy. The common people's only voice was deprived of them in an instant and in a reasonable manner.

Singers and music fans, please don’t forget the people around you, the poor and helpless people, the people in dire straits, the silent majority! In China, there are countless unknown people at the bottom who are fighting life-and-death battles with the enemies in life in every corner of society at this moment. They are selling their own blood and guilt, and they are selling themselves. soul in exchange for a moment of respite. Did you see it? In the dark night there will always be a faint, blood-red gaze: Did you hear it? The calm breathing sounds coming from the depths of darkness. They will not go to bars or discos to listen to music and dance, but they will be angry, shout, and take revenge! They (she) include all ordinary people with conscience and consciousness, including workers, farmers, students, citizens, teachers, soldiers, police, civil servants, self-employed people, all laid-off middle-aged and unemployed young people, all people who are employed The women who have been insulted and downtrodden, all the desperate and helpless ghost people who are waiting for the cry of discipline and punishment

to arrive. They are located in remote urban and rural areas, in streets and alleys, inside and outside walls, and any dirty corner can become a street fortress. During the day, he (she) works for this society in obscurity to solve the problem of three meals a day; at night, his (her) bloodshot eyes are filled with hatred, and "revenge" is deeply engraved on their insulted faces. Two words. They (she) personally defend the flag of Chinese popular punk. This big flag will never stand. This big flag will always fly over this rotten and desperate city. This big flag will always be proud of everything. Abstract and concrete enemies and accomplices. They cannot be replaced by baseball caps, skateboard pants, sneakers, metal bracelets, Latin beards, tight T-shirts, and golden hair. They will always be just a pair of walking shoes that can travel through mountains and rivers. China's punk culture faces unprecedented difficulties and misunderstandings. Time and time again, fashion waves, collective performances, and media lackeys have been manipulated time and time again. Because of these powerful enemies, China's popular punk has encountered jealousy and arbitrary judgment from all directions. "Chinese punk is over, Chinese punk is out of business." Yes, that's right. Compared to those people in the music scene who sing monkey shows and juggle, punk is just a coat for them to show off their ignorant youth, and it just accompanies them to show off their looks. A box of accompaniment tapes for dancing. What do they know about punk? They only know how to use the people and destroy themselves. They are enemies of the people and the general public. It is this kind of crooked voice that reminds us that China's punk culture is not only a flash in the pan, it will not even show any signs of success for a long period of time. It is always immersed in the long night, never It emits a glimmer of light, and it is precisely because of this that real punks will endure extremely cruel training and develop their everlasting fighting spirit and incomparable tenacity. At the same time, it also allows us to tear off the ferocious mask of one person. Yes, there are always more cunning and stronger opponents, which will stimulate our fighting enthusiasm even more.

Just talking about it is of no practical use. Punk is a constant struggle. From the fashion wave covering the walls on the street, we can see that the literary and artistic elite have used the mass media to carry out extremely arbitrary propaganda. The revolutionary popular punks cannot wait any longer. Popular punk culture should begin its real work immediately.

This huge and arduous movement should start from here, and all problems will gradually come to their solution from here. Therefore, I hereby call on all awakened young people and conscientious people to fulfill our obligations and responsibilities with a working attitude of popular punk culture. We must work hard and continue to do it forever. Don't have any expectations for others, because society will bring you more complete despair. You must believe that a single spark can start a prairie fire. Start from yourself, start bit by bit. The pen in your hand is your guitar, the broom in your hand is your bass, your bucket is the drum, your belt is your microphone, and your thoughts are your style. Punk does not distinguish between modes and fields. The means are diverse and the purpose is the same. The guitar in my hand is my wood carving knife. I use the knife to compose my punk thoughts every day. I want to compete with all the guys who call themselves punks. The pseudo-artists, the catchers in the circle, the media masters, and the literary and artistic minions who are trying to sell sheep over others are fighting to the death. The battlefield is on the streets, in society. In this protracted tug-of-war, let’s see who gets killed by whom. Let’s see. Whoever becomes a lackey depends on who persists in living, and who is the last punk.

In view of the current situation, I am working hard and actively preparing for war. I want to be a punk with the most ordinary appearance, wearing simple, neat and elegant clothes, whichever is looser. Work and rest on time every day, read and read newspapers on time, understand all the information, and then work hard. Do not participate in group activities, do not live in nightlife, do not form gangs, do not drink, do not smoke, do not go whoring, do not gamble, do not do business, do not engage in romantic affairs, do not be arrogant or belittle oneself, be humble and friendly to others, always be vigilant against enemies, and be prepared to take pains at any time. Prepare to destroy the enemy. Actively unite and fight for all the people, severely crack down on the middle elements, and strictly guard against comrades who shoot you behind the scenes.

I don’t make music, I do it in my own way. I have a formal job, but it has no interference or influence on my thoughts. On the contrary, I love my work more, treat my colleagues better, and defend my thoughts better. I believe that developing strong control will gather stronger people. combat effectiveness. Break the limitations and constraints of the so-called means and methods. As long as the heart of punk lasts forever, we should rise up and fight on the spot. Even if you fail in the end, even if others say you are lagging behind, even if there are only a few old guns left, even if times have changed, we will still fight on without hesitation as always.

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The real punk music is the kind of music that has not been planned and packaged by the record industry and is expressed by teenagers from the working class. A highly rebellious rock music created by dissatisfaction with society and protest against reality and by destroying, denying and destroying all values. The word "punk" itself is very annoying. Punk often refers to people who live aimlessly, filth, waste, garbage, staleness and all mediocre and worthless things - even prostitutes. Punk rock is naturally unflattering. Musically, punk rock is chaotic, disorderly, rough, and primitive. It's about negating rock music. It must deny and rebel against everything rock and roll. In the eyes of punk rockers, the record industry is a big scam.

The proliferation of commercial music in the 1970s (the most obvious example is the rise of disco music) made teenagers tired of pop music. The music they want to hear cannot be heard, and the music they don’t want to hear can be heard everywhere; on the other hand, unemployment and economic crisis were the most troublesome problems in the UK in the mid-to-late 1970s, which made a large number of teenagers suspicious of the ruling class and dissatisfied with rock music. . Doubts about capitalism make it possible for them to vent their dissatisfaction in a way.

It is natural for the rock music of the 1960s to be anti-commercial, anti-capitalist, radical or purely serving the entertainment industry in a sense. It opposed old traditions and old values ??and created A new value and lifestyle. But the punk movement of the 1970s only destroyed but did not build. As punk rock became a genre on the record company's catalogue, punk rock also became the target of record dealer speculation. In fact, rock music is like this. A kind of music is the most authentic and original when it is not subject to commercial control. Once it becomes a commercial lubricant, it becomes a featureless product. This is true even for punk rock, which has horns on its head and thorns on its body. In just two or three years, the edges of punk have been worn away. Punk rock is just a spice in rock music. Punk rock was originally anti-commercial and anti-commercial. The popular image metamorphoses into a hipster pop sound. On the one hand, record dealers used the radical, rebellious and hateful aspects of punk rock to attract young audiences; on the other hand, they "transformed" punk rock through commercial means. "Sex Pistols" and "Crash" were the two most representative punk bands at the time. In the face of commercial manipulation, they each chose their own destiny. The Sex Pistols disbanded at the height of punk's development. "Clash" lasted until the second half of the 1980s, but they were no longer punk. The term "punk rock" may be perpetuated by some rock musicians today, but the spirit of punk is gone.

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After the Beatles hit the United States in the late 1960s, the United States emerged It created a type of rock music called the Garage Music, which can be considered the prototype of punk rock. Among the more famous bands are MC5, the Stooges, Shadows of Knight and the Velvet Underground. Most of these bands were unruly and domineering, but few were commercially successful. Take MC5 as an example. Team leader John Sinclair was a member of the "White Panther Party" in the United States at that time. The famous "The Standpoint of the White Panthers" quoted Mao Zedong's "Speech at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art" out of context. Sinclair once declared categorically: "On earth, we must create a paradise for people. Where everyone is equal and happy, and we will never stop until we achieve this goal." However, MC5's rock music was only short-lived. They only had one album enter the charts. Far removed from their original intention of instigating revolution around the world, MC5 soon became a band with the austere heavy metal temperament of their early days.

After entering the 1970s, a music club called CBGB appeared in New York. Many early punk bands were members of it, such as the Ramones, Talking Heads, Television, the Voidoids, Blondie, and the Dictators. wait. This club helped punk music begin to have an impact on the outside world. If these bands had just stuck playing in bars, they would still be great today; but if that were the case, punk would have been of little importance to the world.

Television is the first band of CBGB, consisting of 4 members: guitarist and vocalist Tom Verlaine, guitarist Richard Lloyd, drummer Billy Ficca and bassist Richard Hell. In 1974, electronic music master Brian Eno produced a demo tape for Television, but the band was not satisfied, so it was not eventually recorded as an album. In 1975, they released their first single "Little Johnny Jewel" (Little Johnny Jewel), and soon after the band joined CBGB. In 1977, Television came to the UK to perform with the help of Malcolm McLaren. Television was the first punk band, and was influential to later bands such as the Sex Pistols, the Clash and those formed in Liverpool, England. Such as Echo and Bunnymen and Teardrop Explodes etc. have great influence.

The first punk album recognized and accepted by the music industry was "Horses" released by Patti Smith in 1975. When Smith sang in the first song of "Horse": "Someone killed Jesus, it's not my fault," the door to rock music opened. The future of punk is indeed bright. On the stage at the concert, Smith is like a prophetic goddess who predicts the future.

Although punk drew the essence from spirituals, reggae and other African music, it was first sung by white youths living in the suburbs. It is the whitest form of rock music. Punk's impact on history More sensitive than any music before, it was destined not to remain underground but to conquer the world.

The emergence of British punk means that the era of punk's great shock has finally arrived. British rock music in the 1970s took the road of sensationalism. The DoobieBrother songs bored young British people. And the highbrow Pink Floyd and Queen made them want to get back to the feeling of the 1960s. The second half of the 1970s was a period of despair for Britain. In 1977, the unemployment rate for 18-year-old British males reached 28.6%, and for female youth it reached 29.6%. The inflation rate was as high as over 10%. A strike wave swept across the country. Desperate workers' children and immigrants' children were in the most difficult situation, and they were locked in a civil war-like struggle with the police. Under such circumstances, the horned monster of punk was finally born in the UK and roared for the first time to the world.

When it comes to British punk, one cannot fail to talk about Malcolm McLaren, known as the "Father of British Punk". In 1974, a store called "Shake It Up" specializing in 1950s clothing was established in London's Chessey district. The owner was Malcolm McLaren. In the same year, the American pre-punk band the New York Dolls came to the UK but did not make a big impact on me.

McLaren fell in love with them at first sight and flew to New York with them after recommending himself as his agent. After the New York Dolls died in 1975, McLaren returned to London, renamed the store "Sex", joined hands with the famous avant-garde fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, and asked her to design a variety of punk clothing, and the business was booming. . So he simply stepped forward and selected a few "punk" buddies to form what became the world-famous Sex Pistols band. The lead singer he singled out was John Lydon. The reason is that this young man loves to hang out in stores, often screams like a retarded child, and likes to cause trouble. The other three members of The Sex Pistols are Glen Matlock, Paul Cook and Steve Jones.

On November 6, 1975, a group of strangely dressed young people gathered outside St. Martin's School of Art in London, England. They wore tattered clothes that had long been out of date; their hair was shaved on both sides and dyed in the middle. They are colorful and stand up like cockscombs; their faces are painted with various oil paints; and thick iron chains hang around their necks. It turned out that the Sex Pistols band was holding its first concert here, and these young people dressed in "punk" clothes came specially to watch it. But even the teachers at the art school were surprised that the Sex Pistols didn't sound like singing at all, but like wild beasts roaring. Lydon, who was called "Johnny with bad teeth" because of his bad teeth, was arrogant and arrogant on the stage. He cursed and spat indiscriminately, picked up things and scratched his face randomly, and even shouted "I hate you" at the audience. A social secretary from the art school couldn't bear it, and after they sang the fifth song The switch was turned off.

On September 21, 1976, the Sex Pistols, the Clash and other bands held the first punk music festival at the "100 Club" on Oxford Street, London. For a time, hundreds of punk youths blocked the famous commercial street before the concert. They were colorful, with colorful makeup, hairstyles, and rags, underwear, chains, blades, dog collars and other accessories covering their bodies to give way to passers-by. They were stunned, and they took advantage of this rare opportunity to show their faces to achieve the effect of irritating society. After this music festival, the Sex Pistols were also called "the most vulgar and unmusical band in history" by the press. .

In 1976, The Sex Pistols released their first single "Anarchy In The U.K.". On May 27, 1977, the band released its first and only studio album "Never Mind The Bollock, Here's Sex Pistols" (the album's title came from a bright yellow T-shirt McLaren saw on the streets of New York). One Line. ) also released the single "God Save The Queen" in the same year. On the album's sleeve, the Queen's eyes and mouth are covered with the words "God Save The Queen" and "Sex Pistols" respectively. Lydon curses unbridled in the song: "God save the Queen/You have no future." Ironically, when the whole country in the UK is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, the Sex Pistols' album is also At the same time, it rose to the top of BBC Radio, singing against the festive atmosphere. After that, the band was kicked out of the UK, but this popular band in the UK was not welcomed by Americans. The frustrated Lydon promptly disbanded the Sex Pistols, leaving a legacy for the punk band. Good reputation.

Another band that occupies an important position in the British punk music scene is the Clash. The band's style is directly influenced by Patti Smith, the New York Dolls, the Stooges, MC5 and the Ramones. The band was formed in 1976, with Mick Jones as guitarist, Joe Strummer as vocalist, and Paul Simonon as bassist. Topper Headon is the drummer. When they first formed a band, they placed an advertisement in the famous British music weekly "Melody Maker" every week, hoping that more punk music fans would contact them. The band's manager was McLaren's close friend Bernnie Rhodes.

At first, the band made some demo tapes with Guy Stevens, but they were never released. In mid-1976, they signed a ￡100,000 contract with CBS Records, recorded and released their first album "Clash". At this time, Jamaican reggae music entered the British music scene. Singers and bands such as Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Steve Wonder, the Eagles, and the Police followed suit, and the Clash was no exception.

Later, the Clash became the first punk band to perform in Jamaica. Because of their strange costumes, the locals nicknamed them "Martians". In 1978, the band released the album "Give' Em Enough Rope" (Give' Em Enough Rope), which was produced by Americans and published in the United States. In the late 1970s, they released the album "London Calling" (London Calling), which won the achieved success.

But by 1980, New Wave music suddenly swept through all major cities from Europe to the Pacific Coast. In order to maintain themselves and achieve commercial success, bands such as Blondie, Talking Heads, the Pretenders, Patti Smith and the Clash all appeared on the radio and sold a large number of records. Then, the strangest thing happened, most of these bands suddenly called it quits within a short period of time.

Punk in the 1970s was a mythical drama. Although it was short-lived, it was dazzling. In fact, this is true for any kind of rock music. Before it was corroded by commercialism, it was original. Once it became commercial With the speculative goals of the record industry, it will wither because it violates its original intention.

The punk music of the early 1980s was truly underground music, and punk itself was destined to go through this stage.

Punk exudes the aura of death in the underground, and all living beings will not take a second look at it, and certainly will not pay for it. The entertainment industry has also completely abandoned its original subtlety and focused its attention on pillow-like bands like Loverboy and Quarterflash.

In the early 1980s, after the birth of West Coast punk music, a punk band called Minutemen appeared in Southern California. It consists of guitarist D.Boon, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. They signed with SST, an independent record label founded by Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn. Compared with the hardcore music from which punk originated, Minutemen's music is more regional. Most of the bands under SST only have bass, drums and guitar, but each performs a different style. Among them, Minutemen is a band that pays more attention to melody. But on Christmas Eve 1985, Minutemen suddenly disintegrated when D. Boon died in a car accident.

At that time, there were not many people who liked punk music in the United States. Most middle schools did not have people who liked punk music. Except for Southern California, there were only 3 or 4 punk music fans in each middle school at most. Parents and teachers warn these "walking zombies" from time to time and give them a complete set of psychological tests and psychotherapy. These children usually have high IQs and are very creative, but they have learning difficulties, such as ADHD and dyslexia. They often treat themselves with medications. They hate each other as much as they hate the world, and they constantly accuse each other of being pretenders and hipsters.

In fact, dividing subculture groups is contradictory in itself. If the only way to prove that you are not a pretender is to die from a drug overdose, then you are a hypocrite as long as you live.

In 1985, a British journalist Dave Rimmer published a book discussing punk culture - "If Punk Never Was Born: Culture Club and the New Pop". The book talks about a generation of young people who "came out in the punk era, absorbed its essence, learned its methods, but abandoned its ideals", including Boy George, Spandau Ballet, Wham! , DuranDuran and Adam Ant.

Whether it is the pursuit of fame and fortune or self-destruction, for most punk musicians, "punk" also means "disorder", and the latter appeared in newspapers at the time with extremely high frequency . The most famous "disorder" band in the United States in the 1980s was the Dead Kennedys. The band's name represents their position, indicating that they are a blasphemous and dangerous band. The Dead Kennedys led a large number of children who believed in pacifism and fraternity. Lead singer Jello Biafra expressed his confusion on "NaziPunks Fuck Off," and to this day he still quotes lines from the song. By the mid-1980s, the DKs were able to gather 15,000 fans in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and thousands more in other major cities. In this way, many people understand the DKs' music, but there are still some who just want to dance to their music. So there was this weird phenomenon of punk music being played in dance clubs and skating rinks.

After the DKs, anti-war, anti-corporate, and anti-hierarchy bands such as Dead Cops, DOA, the False Prophets, and Nausea Missing Foundation appeared in the United States. There were also some drug-addicted bands, such as It was later renamed Fugazi's Minor Threat.

The famous Black Flag band's guitarist Greg Ginn and lead singer Henry Rollins can be regarded as role models for punk musicians in the 1980s. This band later became the core of Hardcore and developed the performance techniques of punk music. The Bad Brains brought Reggie into punk. Three bands, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law and Carnivore, came together to oppose "peace punk" and advocated nihilism, attracting many young people. In addition, Paul Weller, the leader of the Jam band, and Paul Westerberg, the lead singer of the Replacement band, also made great contributions to the development of punk.

One thing that punk music has in common is its hatred of heavy metal music. In fact, if there was a punk band and a heavy metal band at the same concert, it would be difficult for them to get along. Punk musicians only like death metal, such as Motorhead.

Punk also brought about a revolution in the magazine publishing industry. Since they are generally not introduced in the ordinary media and rarely appear on the radio, punk band members must communicate directly in the clubs. On the other hand, you can occasionally find heated polemics about punk in some obscure little magazines, including "Maximum ROCK&Roll" and "Flipside". Of course, these two magazines are quite famous today.

By the late 1980s, punk gradually "disappeared", and the punk spirit was gradually forgotten in the minds of young people. However, this rock monster did not die. The days it spent galloping underground made its muscles stronger and its feathers plumper. One day, it will jump out of the will-o'-the-wisp underground and let out a roar that will shock the world.