What is punk?

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

Punk is not only a form of music, but also a kind of culture, so it is better to regard it as a revolution to the current living conditions. Rock music has experienced a period of prosperity of existence and nothingness. In that era of living by Platonic ideals and drugs, people lived too depressed and Mu Na. With a large number of top bands playing high and low music, the younger generation finds that there is no music suitable for them, and their anger and emptiness are increasing day by day. In 1970s, punk music spread all over the British Isles and America. You can hear the cries of cynicism almost everywhere. It was not until the late 1970s that punk craze passed. In 1980s, heavy metal replaced punk as the dominant music in this period. And punk is still accumulating strength underground, waiting for a complete outbreak. In the 1990s, the garbage volcano finally broke out in the United States, and several bands became idols of the public overnight. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. A gunshot in Kint Cobain's apartment ended the life of a generation of great garbage men and the glory of a garbage age. At this time, the "punk revival" movement also rose in England on the other side of the ocean, and a group of new generation bands carved up the declining punk market.

Punk is revolutionary because it will never yield to anything around it, although most of the time, the opposite is always so powerful.

Punk's intransigence in music is manifested in its opposition to business. Since the business world entered the art world, vulgarity and popularity have flooded the art world. I tried to gild myself with art and put the art label on the container. The entry of commerce has never provided any help for the development of punk, but has killed many talented musicians. When the Grucci volcano erupted in the United States, Gint Cobain climbed to the top with a sentence "Never mind". In fact, the album that sold the most was not very good. In the face of fans' madness about people and music, he lost his way. After a period of thinking, I finally released the famous punk "In the womb", and the fate of this album is to applaud and not be a box office. In front of the music I love, there won't be so many underground bands like punk. Punks abandoned by the market are still angry. At this time, business and punk reality, Cobain chose to leave this cursed world many times. A punk genius died under the pressure of business. About punk, a rose with thorns, business is at a loss. In addition, punk has gradually become a chicken rib in the market, and the final result is that business is quietly away from punk. There is almost no communication between any music. The appearance of indie music indicates the appearance of a brand-new punk road. Doing it yourself has become the album mode of many punk bands. There is our hope underground, there is a real world underground, and punk has entered the new Millennium underground.

Punk has never given in to reality since the day it was born. It is precisely because of social oppression that most Lekeren were born at the bottom of society, and they felt deeply about the darkness, poverty and violence at the bottom since childhood, leaving irreparable wounds in their hearts. They tried to destroy the whole disappointing reality with music, subvert many existing habits, disciplines and rules, break the shackles of old traditions, find the true nature of freedom, and find a group of people to become the creators of punk. There are too many injustices in this world, ugly and rusty rules and regulations, which often make us have to accept them willingly. In the process of acceptance again and again, the light of life is covered by secular clouds, the armor of conscience is corroded by hypocritical filth, and the only 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. However, punk makes us dare to fight with people and heaven, subvert everything that binds human nature, put aside secularism and gain human freedom. "Real warriors dare to face the bleak life", and the price they may pay for it is not only reputation, time, even future and life, but also punk's ridicule of contemporary civilization and denial and destruction of all established things. This is not the amazing power of punk to destroy everything. Authority is just a big joke to punk. Punk never needs authority, affirmation of mainstream culture and praise from several celebrities. Friends find a clean space and let themselves really live and die. I'm glad to see that many bands are struggling with it. Some bands can't hear their works for well-known reasons. One day, when their works appear in front of us, it may be the long-awaited voice of our punk.

The development of punk seems to have reached a dead end. The music of many bands can be said to be dirty, chaotic, poor, fuzzy and indistinguishable instrumental music, just like a pot of inedible pig food. There are also a few loafers who buy different kinds of clothes from fashion shops, covered in messy metal parts and full of dirty words to see who is not pleasing to the eye. They suddenly picked up their guitars and solemnly shouted "We are punk". In fact, many of us also agree with this criterion. Such a "punk revival" can only bring about the extinction of punk. Punk needs to be rebellious, but not frivolous. If it's just to show their avant-garde and flaunt their own otherness, punk asks these people to get out. The in-depth analysis of punk shows the deepest essence of punk soul, which is a clean and bleeding conscience. Let punk return to long-lost sincerity and conscience!

Punks will never stop fighting as long as there is injustice, darkness and ugliness in the world. When all the fake, evil and ugly rubbish is buried, punk will be as far away from the world as a lonely master. If punk dies, the premise is that punk must first destroy the darkness. Punk is angry and sober. It wants to shake people's conscience and sleeping thoughts, induce people to spurn vulgar business culture and re-examine ethics and humanity. Maybe this is the responsibility of punk.

Never compromise for punk, willing to bleed for punk. Long live punk! Long live punk lovers!

Punk is just a musical vocabulary, but it is always presented with profound social phenomenology, showing a critical responsibility spirit of reviewing the past, facing the reality and never being discouraged. The concept annotation of the latter is my understanding and experience of punk thought. Punk is the only way of thinking and the only cultural means that truly belongs to the general public regardless of national boundaries, boundaries, knowledge levels, categories and methods. It is an uncompromising critical attitude towards elite culture, rejecting the false and retaining the true, and opposing ideology.

Today, however, the punk in China is just tired of shrinking into a thin pop song magazine whose cover is full of fancy computer design, and has sublimated into a fashionable guitar friend! Punk is the noise of adolescence? Punk is an exaggeration? Punk is fierce provocation? Punk is to smash a blockbuster? Punk is just a curtain call in China's music scene? Punks don't talk about technology? Punk is fashion? -Lies, all lies! This is the most vicious and insidious false accusation made by the so-called music elites, cultural gangs and media tycoons who have knowledge and no culture. This is their strategy. In this way, the only pronunciation tube of the general public was deprived by them in an instant and reasonably.

Singers and fans, please don't forget the people around you, the poor and helpless, the desperate and the silent majority! In China, there are countless unknown people at the bottom who are fighting to the death with the enemy in every corner of society and life. They are selling their blood and souls for a moment's respite. Did you get a look at him? In the dark night, there will always be a weak, red eye flashing: do you hear it? Accompanied by the quiet breathing from the depths of darkness, they will not go to bars and discos to listen to songs and dance, but will be angry, shout and retaliate! They include all people with conscience and consciousness, including workers, peasants, students, citizens, teachers, soldiers, police, civil servants, self-employed, all laid-off middle-aged and unemployed youth, all insulted and trampled women, and all the calls for discipline and punishment.

The arrival of desperate ghosts. They are all over the backcountry of urban and rural areas, streets and alleys, inside and outside the wall, and any messy corner may become a street fortress. During the day, they work hard for this society in order to solve three meals a day. As night falls, his (her) bloodshot eyes are full of hatred, and the word "revenge" is deeply engraved on their insulted faces. They personally defend the flag of China pop punk, never stand, never fly over this decadent and desperate city, and never look down on all abstract and concrete enemies and accomplices. They are irreplaceable by baseball caps, skateboard pants, sandals, metal bracelets, Latin beards, tight T-shirts and golden hair. They are always just a pair of walking shoes that can cross mountains and rivers. Punk culture is facing unprecedented difficulties and misunderstandings in China. Time and time again, fashion waves, group shows and media lackeys are played in the palm of your hand again and again. Because of these strong rivals, China's pop punk has been jealous and pounced from all directions. "Chinese punk is finished, and Chinese punk is hopeless." Yes, that's right. Compared with those musicians who sing monkey tricks, punk is just a coat to show off their ignorance and youth, just a box of accompaniment to accompany them in coquettish dancing. They know nothing about punk. They only know how to use people and kill themselves. They are enemies of the people and the masses. It is this kind of boring voice that reminds us that punk culture is not only a flash in the pan in China, but also shows no signs of success for at least a long time. It is always immersed in the long night and does not emit a light. It is precisely because of this that the real punk will endure extremely cruel exercise and develop an indelible fighting spirit and extremely tenacious fighting capacity. At the same time, let us tear open a mask of human cruelty. Yes, there are always more cunning and powerful opponents, which will stimulate our fighting enthusiasm more.

It's no use talking. Punk is a constant struggle. As can be seen from the fashion tide all over the street, the literary elites used the mass media to carry out extremely arbitrary propaganda, which made the revolutionary mass punk not allow to wait a little. Pop punk culture should start practical work immediately. This huge and arduous movement should start from here, and all problems should gradually approach its solution from here. Therefore, I hereby appeal to all young people with consciousness and conscience to fulfill our obligations and responsibilities with the working attitude of pop punk culture. We should really do it and continue to do it forever, and don't expect anything from others, because society will bring you more complete despair. Believe that a single spark can start a prairie fire. Start from yourself, start from bit by bit. The pen in your hand is your guitar, the broom in your hand is your bass, the rotten barrel is your drum, the belt is your microphone, and your thoughts are your style. Punk has different modes, diverse means and the same purpose. My guitar is my woodcut knife, and I write my punk thoughts with it every day. I want to compete with all the guys who call themselves punk, and fight to the death with all the fake artists, shadows in the circle, media experts and literary slaves who sell dog meat. The battlefield is in the street, in the society, in this protracted tug-of-war, we.

In view of the current situation, I am gearing up for war. I want to be a punk with the most ordinary appearance, and my clothes are simple, neat and generous, which is subject to looseness. Work and rest on time every day, read books and newspapers on time, know all the information, and then work hard. Don't take part in group activities, but in nightlife, don't gang up, don't drink, don't smoke, don't go whoring, don't be arrogant, don't flatter yourself, be modest and friendly to people, always be alert to the enemy and be ready to kill him at any time. Actively unite for all the people, severely crack down on the middle elements, and be wary of those who shoot you in the back.

I don't make music, I do it in my own way. I have a formal job, but it doesn't interfere with my thoughts. On the contrary, I love my job more, treat my colleagues better and defend my thoughts more. I believe that practicing strong control will condense stronger combat effectiveness. Break the restrictions and constraints of so-called means and methods. As long as the punk heart lasts forever, you should stand up and fight on the spot. I am afraid that I will fail in the end. I am afraid that others will say that you are backward. I am afraid that there are only a few old guns left. I am afraid that times have changed and we will continue to fight without hesitation.

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Real punk music is a kind of rebellious rock music that is not planned and packaged by the recording industry, expressed by young people from the working class who are dissatisfied with society and protest against reality, and created by destroying, denying and destroying all values. The word "punk" itself is very annoying. Punk often refers to people who live aimlessly, dirt, waste, rubbish, stale and all things that are mediocre and worthless-even prostitutes. Punk rock is naturally disliked. Musically, punk rock is chaotic, disorderly, rough and primitive. Designed to deny rock music. It denies and resists all rock and roll. In the eyes of punk rock musicians, the recording 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 listen to can't be heard, and the music they don't want to listen to can be seen everywhere; On the other hand, unemployment and economic crisis were the most intractable problems in Britain in the middle and late 1970s, which caused a large number of teenagers to have doubts about the ruling class and dissatisfaction with rock music. Suspicion of capitalism makes it possible for them to vent their dissatisfaction to some extent.

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. Even punk rock with horns and thorns on its head. In just two or three years, the edges and corners of punk rock have been worn away, and punk rock is just a seasoning in rock music. Punk rock has changed from the original anti-business and anti-pop 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.

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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 It Up" was established in Cheshire, 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.

165438+ 197516 October, a group of young people dressed in strange clothes gathered outside St. Martin's Art School in London, England. The hair on both sides is shaved, and the hair in the middle is dyed colorful and stands up like a comb; Face painted with all kinds of pigments; A thick chain hung around his neck. It turned out that Sex Pistols held his first concert here, and these young people dressed as "punk" came here to watch. But even art school teachers are surprised that sex pistols don't sound like singing at all, but growl like wild animals. Leiden, known as "Johnny with bad teeth" because of his mouth full of bad teeth, cursed and spat wildly on the stage, picked up things at random and scraped his face, and even shouted "I hate you" to the audience. A communication secretary of the art school couldn't bear it, and turned off the electricity when they sang the fifth song.

1976 On September 2 1 day, Sex Pistol and the Clash held the first punk music festival at the 100 Club in Oxford Street, London. For a time, hundreds of punk youths blocked the famous commercial street before the concert began. They are colorful, and passers-by are dumbfounded by their fancy makeup, hairstyles and accessories such as rags, underwear, chains, blades and dog collars. It is by taking advantage of this rare opportunity to show his face that he has achieved the effect of angering society. After this music festival, the sex pistol was also called "the most vulgar and musicless in history" by the press.

1976, Sex Pistol 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.

But by 1980, the new wave music suddenly swept all the big cities from Europe to the Pacific coast. In order to save themselves and achieve commercial success, Blonde, The Talking Man, The Pretender, patty smith and Conflict all appeared on the radio and sold a lot of records. Then, the strangest thing happened. Most of these bands suddenly broke up in a short time.

Punk in the 1970s was a drama. Although it was a flash in the pan, it was brilliant. In fact, this is true of any kind of rock music. 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.

Punk music in the early 1980s was really underground music, and punk itself was 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.

In the early 1980s, after the birth of punk music on the West Coast, a punk band named Minutemen 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.

1985, British journalist Dave Riemel published a book about punk culture-if punk was never 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.

By the end of 1980s, punk gradually "disappeared" and the punk spirit gradually faded from the minds of teenagers. However, this rock monster is not dead. The days of galloping underground make its muscles stronger and its feathers fuller. One day, it will jump out of the underground jack-o'-lantern and make a shocking roar.