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Punk rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the overproduction and corporate nature of mainstream arena rock. They typically produce short, fast-paced songs with rough, stripped-down vocals and instrumentation, and anti-establishment themes. Artists also embraced a DIY ethic, with many bands self-producing and distributing recordings through independent labels. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Punk rockA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Creating a safer space: Being safe and doing safety in queer and feminist punk scenes*Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Ker-bloom!The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Punk’s Not Dead: The Continuing Significance of Punk Rock for an Older Generation of FansCited 146 times
- Go sideways: Sex PistolsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Pub rock (United Kingdom)A closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun One who engages in sexual intercourse, particularly: A female prostitute.
Noun A female prostitute.
Noun A boy or younger man who engages in sexual intercourse by an older man as a (usually passive) homosexual partner.
Noun A passive or effeminate homosexual man.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Punk’s Not Dead: The Continuing Significance of Punk Rock for an Older Generation of Fans
Scissors and Glue:: Punk Fanzines and the Creation of a DIY Aesthetic
The Raw and the Rotten: Punk Cuisine
'Being' Versus 'Doing' Punk: On Achieving Authenticity as a Member
Is there rock after punk?
Postmodernism and Punk Subculture: Cultures of Authenticity and Deconstruction
The man whose web expanded: Network dynamics in Manchester's post/punk music scene 1976–1980
Constructing personality and social reality through music: Individual differences among fans of punk and heavy metal music
🆕 Influential since 2022
Creating a safer space: Being safe and doing safety in queer and feminist punk scenes*
Getting punk and personal: creating and evaluating podcasts and zines as pedagogy for teaching and learning in critical geographical methodologies
Beyond boundaries? Disability, DIY and punk pedagogies
Radical Solidarities in Punk and Queer Refusals of Safety and Inclusion Narratives in Planning
Punk Activism and Its Repression in China and Indonesia: Decolonizing "Global Punk"
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Ker-bloom!artnoose · 1996
A Visit from the Goon SquadJennifer Egan · 2010
Lipstick tracesGreil Marcus · 1989
England's dreamingJon Savage · 1991
Ghost WorldDaniel Clowes · 1997
Iggy PopPaul Trynka · 2007
RottenJohn Lydon, Kent Zimmerman · 1994
CyberpunkKatie Hafner, John Markoff · 1991
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