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Lost its initial cultural impetus and fragmented
- From the late 1970s, punk lost its initial cultural impetus and fragmented (as is always the case with musical and cultural waves), into such styles as anarcho-punk, street-punk and gothic-punk. These movements subsequently gave rise to further new movements (including the new wave).
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Following the lead of first-wave British punk bands Cock Sparrer and Sham 69, in the late 1970s second-wave groups like Cockney Rejects, Angelic Upstarts, the Exploited, and the 4-Skins sought to realign punk rock with a working class, street-level following.
Dec 19, 2023 · Much of the politics of punk can be traced back to the 1960s counterculture and parts of the radical left; punk’s praxis bore resemblance to creative practices rehearsed previously through an array of modernist artforms.
Aug 2, 2024 · In the late 1970s, however, punk in the United States was eclipsed by disco and went underground in movements such as hardcore, which flourished from the early to mid-1980s and further accelerated punk’s breakneck tempo.
Jul 16, 2006 · In the mid-1970s the country was still dominated by a suffocating conservatism inherited from the 1950s. Young people were bored, resigned to their fate in Britain's declining,...
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May 8, 2013 · In the beginning, punk happened on the streets — a rebellious embodiment of disillusioned British youth, expressed through style and music. Where once its images were reproduced in stapled...
Sep 17, 2020 · Punk, as a subculture, was a rebellion against the social conditions of the 1970s through its openly confrontational and aggressive style and aesthetics. The vulgarity of punk clothing and obscene artwork was a purposeful attempt to shock and offend mainstream culture and figures of authority.
May 16, 2012 · The rising popularity of the punks provided a snarling, spitting, sometimes swearing outlet for some of the angry youths disillusioned with 1970s Britain - a time of strikes, economic hard times...
