Punk Rock Flashcards
1
Q
What is Punk Rock?
A
a rock music genre
reaction against disco and other rock styles
against the mind altering approach of psychedelia
sound of punk-‘back to basics sound’
Punk ideology-music should be for the masses and playable by unskilled performers who had had a message to get across.
2
Q
Decade?
A
mid 70s
3
Q
Features?
A
aggressive lyrics 'back to basics sound' avoidance of keyboards basic line up of guitars, bass and drums vocals were shouted,spoken,muttered limited range of chords very loud dynamics punk sub-culture had close links to fashion
4
Q
Examples of Bands/Artists
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The Ramones Malcolm Mclaren-impresario,artist and performer The Sex Pistols-Anarchy in the UK The Clash-White Riot The Damned-Smash it up
