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May 20
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Punk rock is an anti-establishment rock music genre and movement that emerged in the mid 1970s. Groups such as the Ramones and Richard Hell & The Voidoids in New York City, and the Sex Pistols and The Damned, in London, were recognized as the vanguard of a new musical movement. By 1977, punk was spreading around the world.
Punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock, and created fast, hard music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political or nihilistic lyrics. The associated punk subculture expresses youthful rebellion and is characterized by distinctive clothing styles, a variety of anti-authoritarian ideologies, and a DIY (do it yourself) attitude.