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...

The Death of Punk and the Turn of a Decade: 1979 My essay will highlight the major socio-political events of my chosen year, 1979, before relating how the rock genre, in particular, punk-rock changed and mirrored, to an extent these events in England. Some say 1979 marked the end of an era. Ce...

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...

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 ...

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),...

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...

Lost Prophet has been experiencing a meteoric rise to stardom in recent years due to an underground music craze following the lack of real metal music within the music industry. Many fans of old style metal bands such as Metalica wanted to move on a modern update on metal music and this led to the ...

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...

True Identity. Does being an individual require having a green Mohawk and a pierced nose? I see so many kids walking around trying to act punk. Not because there escaping the conformists that plague society, but because they want to fit in. Then once the person is in the group they exclude ...

For just a moment I ask you to picture something in your mind. A pure white room with flowing lace curtains. Hanging from the ceiling is a crystal chandelier. In an elegant fireplace, yellow flames crackle. It is very quiet. The only sounds are the crackling fire and soft classical music playing...

ANOTHER MATCH LIT These days the music business is a hard business to go into. Every year hundreds of thousands of hopeful artists are turned down because they simply aren't good enough. But NY emo/punk foursome Matchbook Romance are a different story. Once known as The Getaway this emoti...

"Now I don't know you/ You don't know me/ But I can show you/ Where is the beat/ You can do as you feel/ As long as you move/ Two perfect strangers/ Sharing a groove." That is a verse from, a 311 song. I choose to start my essay with that line because of its truth. Music is unity. It does ama...

In the heart of downtown Flint, in a strip full of run down old stores, the Flint Local 432, a former run down old store itself now an all ages venue hides away during the day; waiting for the sun to drop to come to life with music. On my first visit to the club, as I stood in line waiting to get i...

When you are young, giving gifts for Christmas is something your parents, grandparents, and relatives, appreciate because they can be proud of you. So, as you get older you also want the gifts that you give to have extra meaning and you want to be appreciated for doing something nice. A few years a...

For our modern day hero we used the singer and songwriter Kurt Cobain from the band Nirvana. This punk Seattle band moved almost mainstream almost overnight. Nirvana caught on fast and changed rock and roll music forever and molded the music of the 90's, alternative. Cobain had an enormous...

Where do I belong? Have you ever asked yourself that question? I have often times asked myself that very thing. Ever since elementary school, I have always had a way of trying my hardest to fit in, even when it wasn't possible. I have come to realize though, that no one fits in anywhere bec...

In the article, "Dress As Success" written by Wendy Chapkis, she describes how the way a person dresses reflects who they are, and the respect that they will receive. Chapkis describes an episode where she wears a wig, not only to hide her true self, but also to show people a new ...

Music is one medium through which a generation can express itself. For a generation of suppressed, restless, working-class youths living in early 1960's Jamaica, this voice was a genre of music known as ska. Since its original appearance, ska has resurfaced twice. Ska music has been pr...

It's in our homes, our cars, our work and almost every other place we go. It invades our silence, manipulates our thoughts and plays on our emotions. It has been with us almost as long as mans very existence, has survived World Wars, famine, and disease and is constantly changing, while still ...

The band Refused, consisting of Dennis Lyxzén (Vocals), David Sandström (Drums), Kristofer Steen (Guitar) and Jon Brännström (Bass), were the leading hardcore band in Scandinavia from the 1992 to 1998. The myth has it that Refused was formed out of the cultural vacuum provided by a...