Punk is the English street jargon for prostitutes. This meaning is found in the plays of Shakespeare. In America at the beginning of the twentieth century, it changed its meaning, then it was called prisoners. In the middle of the twentieth century, it once again changed its meaning and began to mean "waste" and "dirt".
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American punk rock is one of the genres of rock music. It originated in the United States in the mid-1970s, after which it spread to other countries. This music combined a violent rejection of contemporary punk rock forms of music and social protest. It bizarrely intertwined the fervor of early "primordial" rock'n'roll and primitive performance. By 1977, punk rock, largely due to the scandalousness, had become one of the brightest phenomena in rock music. Over time, this genre has received many varieties, many of which attract young performers to this day.
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American punk rock is characterized by short duration of compositions, fast tempo, aggressive even rhythm, very simple accompaniment, cheeky and rarely technical manner of singing. In punk rock, lyrics are almost always imbued with socio-political themes, nihilism, and aggression. Different types of punk rock have their own distinctive characteristics. This genre is directly related to the punk subculture with its non-conformism, outrageousness and hooliganism.
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In fact, both the punk and punk rock subcultures formed at the same time. By this time, there were already many musical recordings that can be attributed to proto-punk. Some experts believe that the song You Really Got Me, written by the Kinks back in 1964, has a characteristic punk rock sound. Many researchers attribute the late experiments of The Beatles to proto-punk. Most experts consider the first albums of the Velvet Underground and Stooges to be "classic" early punk rock.
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The first really notable punk bands in the United States were the Ramones and the New York Dolls. A huge number of young musical groups followed their example. In the United States, punk rock became an underground sensation, but it gained a public outcry in the UK, where it was seriously considered a threat to the well-being of society. The most famous punk rock band in Britain were the Sex Pistols, in fact they became the real initiators of the punk revolution in the cultural consciousness.
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In the late seventies, one of the subgenres of punk rock, hardcore, gained popularity. It was characterized by a very fast tempo, primitive aggressive riffs (short characteristic pieces of music around which the whole composition was built), deliberate non-melodiousness and overly politicized lyrics. The first hardcore punk bands appeared only in 1978 in the USA, such as Fear and The Germs. The hardcore movement spread across the USA and Canada in record time.
