... and gain popularity in the 90's mostly hailed from California (Green Day, the Offspring, etc.). Punk coming from the 70's hailed from the East Coast and from Great Britain (the Ramones, the Clash, etc.). The Sex Pistols emerged in the late 70's as one of the first politically charged punk bands, supporting anarchy in most of their tunes. The band embraced ... again, is that punk? I replied no. That's just trendy". As a fan of punk music myself, that quote is totally true. Proper punk bands were the bands like Iggy Pop, The Ramones, The Clash and The Sex Pistols. Later bands were just ev...

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... to do things they normally wouldn't indulge in. It was born as a reaction to the bland, corporate rock of the 1970s. Early exponents of punk include Sex Pistols, The Clash, Ramones and Buzzcocks. Punk's recent revival is attributed to the dominance of sound-alike "alternative" bands. Punk started in the 1970's as a thorn in mainstream music's side. The reason punk is ... . There is an argument about where punk music started and why it did. Some people think it was the Sex Pistols in the UK, while others think it was the Ramones in New York. Punks will actually argue for hours over this. ...

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... of the punk rock music has lost its political meaning in the attempt to be commercially viable. Although punk music technically started in the USA with artists such as the Ramones, Television, Patti Smith, Blondie, and Talking Heads, punk caught on with much more force in England. Bands such as the Sex Pistols, Clash, Damned etc. came to the fore and ... ...

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... and gain popularity in the nineties mostly hailed from California (Green Day, the Offspring, etc.). Punk vanguards from the seventies hailed from the East Coast and from Great Britain (the Ramones, the Clash, etc.). The Sex Pistols' "Liar- and Blink182's "What's My Age Again?- demonstrates how conditions " social, political, and physical " are reflected in the nature of the music ... ...

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... it is also a lifestyle and a brotherhood to the majority of punk rockers. Punk-rock originated in the late seventies with a few breakthrough bands such as the Sex Pistols and the Ramones. Although it did not catch on right away with the people of the time, that is what has helped punk-rock to stay the way it is and has for ... ...

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