"Punk is a movement that serves to refute social attitudes that have been perpetuated through willful ignorance of human nature," at least according to Greg Graffin, a man who has a Ph.D. and is also the lead singer of the punk band Bad Religion. This idea of social change in music is not new, by ...

The British rock band manager, Malcolm MacLaren, once remarked that rock music remained the only form of culture that youth - those most receptive to radical ideas, who hold the most potential for social action - cared about. For the young, everything flowed through rock'n'roll: fashion, slang, sexu...

"Sex, drugs, and rock and roll" was the rallying cry for a movement that changed American culture forever. Rock and roll first startled the American scene in the mid-1950's, but no one then could have predicted the remarkable vitality and staying power of this new music. The early t...

The most challenging and frustrating thing about attempting to discuss women in punk is that, by nature, punk is impossible to pin down. In the twenty-five years that have passed since women in punk first shook its fist at the world, fact and fiction, truth and legend, have become intertwined. Punk...

What do most people think of when they hear the words Punk Rock? Some people may think of delinquents sporting dyed hair, leather jackets, and chains. Although this may be true among some punk rock enthusiasts, there is much more to punk music and culture. Punk rock is believed to have originated in...

What do most people think of when they hear the words Punk Rock? Some people may think of delinquents sporting dyed hair, leather jackets, and chains. Although this may be true among some punk rock enthusiasts, there is much more to punk music and culture. Punk rock is believed to have originated...

Punk music Punk music and culture have greatly impacted many different aspects of culture, both in its own right and by fundamentally changing the social environment that other western cultures share with it. Despite the wide variety of modern elements of punk, it is generally agreed that the cultu...

I. INTRODUCTION The date was xxxx, radio stations were saturated with the sounds of bands like Foreigner, the Eagles, and disco acts. The 70s' megabands were in full force, packing huge arenas with elaborate stage effects. Underground music had taken a back seat, as music took a commercia...

I like cucumbers mmmmm....yummy. with salt i love everyone so everyone must love me so how can you hate one another when you are united by both your love for me, and your love for cotton: the fabric of our live slackjaw is good YAYAYAYAYAY asbestos is good YAYAYAYAYAY being mean is BAD boo b...

Punk began over in britin in the 1960 what most of us know to be the "Hippy ara". Britin was not as america at the time, peace, love, and happy ness. Britan's bums dresses in mohaks and leather gakets with a ragy look full of hatred had a message to send to every one. they did this through music...

Growing up, there are many unexplainable feelings and emotions a teenager may face. A good way of dealing with these emotions is to relate to a literary or sports figure that has had success in their life. I would never imagine how Kurt Cobain could embody my adolescence's frustration and express ...

The Beastie Boys are one group whose portrayal of femininity has changed over the years. In their first albums they viewed women as objects there for their pleasure so their portrayal was negative. In their latest albums they apologize for their actions and for the actions of all men so their por...

BS2000: The Art of Production Dealing almost strictly with the production of beats and creation of rapping over sampling, Adam Horovitz and partner Amery "AWOL" Smith of the group BS2000 have put out a unique blend of music in a genre that cannot simply be titled. Their recently relea...

SKINHEADS Skinheads are working class citizens that enjoy music and beer, yet they are continually portrayed as racists and bigots. Skinheads are constantly called Nazis, but skinheads originated as working class men from England many years earlier. Skinheads spend most of their time with ot...

Throughout history, the music of the era has oftentimes reflected political ideology and trends. In American culture, arguably the first notable instance of musical politics surfaced in the Vietnam era, where songs such as Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Give Peace a Chance by John Lennon...

Can You Feel The Beat Thrashing Punk, smooth Reggae, thumping Hip Hop and peaceful Classical music each involve different styles and beats that make each sound unique. Music can either sooth my soul or give me an adrenalin rush that stimulates my body and mind. The beat ...

Rock music was decaying in the late 80's. The rock scene was suffering from a repetetive pattern of big hair, flashy clothes, long guitar solos, and lyrics that weren't relating to the listeners. The music industry was begging for something new. This is the beat up state that rock was ...

On November 26th I went to the Stone Pony in New York to see another of my favorite bands, NOFX. NOFX is a punk-ska band. Punk meaning fast paced drumbeats and quick singing and ska meaning a song played with trumpets. The band members are Fat Mike (vocals, bass), El Hefe (guitar, trumpet, vocals), ...

A story about seeing NOFX On November 26th I went to the Stone Pony in New York to see another of my favorite bands, NOFX. NOFX is a punk-ska band. Punk meaning fast paced drumbeats and quick singing and ska meaning a song played with trumpets. The band members are Fat Mike (vocals, bass),...

It is a truth recognized throughout history. What you wear determines what people think of you. Even Shakespeare said "For the apparel oft proclaims the man." Therefore, people, especially youth, in today's society choose what they wear very carefully, in accordance with what they wan...

On November 13th I went to Tramps in New York to see one of my favorite bands, MxPx. MxPx is a Christian pop-punk band. Pop punk basically means happy punk. The band members, are Mike Herrera who plays bass and sings, Tom Wisniewski who plays guitar and Yuri Ruley plays drums. They played about 10 s...

sXe The eighties much like the sixties and seventies posed many varied youth subcultures as a result of many transitions and changes in society. The youth were looked upon as misunderstood and with their "you will never understand" attitude they began to rely more on each other and their ...

Style is independent of fashion. Those who have style can indeed accept or ignore fashion. For them fashion is not something to be followed, it is rather something to be set, to select from or totally reject. Style is spontaneous, inborn. It is the gloriously deliberate, unpremeditated but divine gi...

Blink 182 has won the hearts of punk rock fans all over the United States over the past 4 years. In those years they have released numerous albums that have each went platinum multiple times over. However; there was great disappointment in their 1998 album "Enema of the State." While at...

Metallica Assignment Musicology Duration Metre and Rhythm Most songs are in the usual rock metre of common or cut time although some songs are in ¾ or 6/8. At the end of some 4/4 phrases a ¾ or 2/4 bar is used to push the beat. The rhythm, in the first few albums, was typically very fast w...