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Punk rock (often referred to simply as punk) is an anti-establishment rock music genre and movement that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. They created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-government lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY (do it yourself) ethic, with many bands self-producing their recordings and distributing them through informal channels.

By late 1976, bands such as the Ramones, in New York City, and the Sex Pistols and The Clash, in London, were recognized as the vanguard of a new musical movement. The following year saw punk rock spreading around the world. Punk quickly, though briefly, became a major cultural phenomenon in the United Kingdom. For the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful rebellion and characterized by distinctive clothing styles and a variety of anti-authoritarian ideologies.

By the beginning of the 1980s, even faster, more aggressive styles such as hardcore and Oi! had become the predominant mode of punk rock. Musicians identifying with or inspired by punk also pursued a broad range of other variations, giving rise to post-punk and the alternative rock movement.

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punk rock gigs around Los Angeles, United States • view all

October 2008
Monday 6 October 2008
Panic at the Disco	NBC Studios (Stage 9) Los Angeles, United States	1 person attended Add shout
Friday 10 October 2008
Rock Band Live Tour at Staples Center Panic at the Disco, Dashboard Confessional, Plain White T's, The Cab	Staples Center Los Angeles, United States	16 people attending Add shout
Saturday 11 October 2008
Liskfest at Oak Canyon Ranch Pennywise, Every Time I Die, Bleeding Through, The Vandals, Strung Out, The Aquabats, Ignite, Set Your Goals	Oak Canyon Ranch Los Angeles, United States	19 people attending 6 shouts
Tuesday 14 October 2008
Wire	Echoplex Los Angeles, United States	19 people attending 5 shouts
Mest Quietdrive, Automatic Loveletter	The Glass House Los Angeles, United States	3 people attending 3 shouts
Weezer Tokyo Police Club, Angels and Airwaves	Great Western Forum Los Angeles, United States	37 people attending 9 shouts

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unref wrote:
yesterday evening

The sins of my youth: I was bored and uploaded some stuff of my old band to last.fm http://www.lastfm.de/music/Breschdlingsgsels . We broke up over 8 years ago and will never reunite, so it's just for fun ;)

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Kevmaster wrote:
yesterday evening

rofl, sum41 and blink182.

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maplejet wrote:
last month

But I will say this...scene stuff like Fall Out Boy is mislabeled as punk rock when the band lies more towards pop punk or pop rock.

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maplejet wrote:
last month

Punk /= punk rock. Punk is a subculture. Punk rock is a music genre...and Green Day was playing punk rock long time ago before they even went mainstream. Same with The Offspring as well. Also, some people don't realize that being true punk rock (or true metal or true rock while we're at it) does not mean good music. Yeah, Clash, Ramones, Dead Kennedys are good, but I've heard tons of true hardcore punk rock bands from radio stations that are absolutely terrible and pointless to listen to. Just wanted to let you know.

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Delinorth wrote:
last month

Agree with bennijohnny . Green day is not punk.

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GvozD73 wrote:
last month

punk yeaaaaa !!!!

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OMGTisDavy wrote:
last month

punk or whatever its good music so idc :P

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XguiltparadeX wrote:
last month

@ bennijohnny: green day is punk, you and yer sex pistols music can shut it down, you rock n roll prick.

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Bananzaman wrote:
last month

Real punk-rock not playing on tv-True!Its pop-punk!!!

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Peppsy606 wrote:
last month

Hey,check out my new song "Wake Me Up" if you want some new shit. Its energetic as hell. :) http://www.last.fm/music/Percy+Mejhagen /Percy

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Akane92 wrote:
last month

Of course Green Day and Blink 182 aren't true punk. Punk (movement) was only in 70s . Biographies say that Green day, Offspring and Blink-182 are influenced by hardcore punk of 80's, music is like californian punk as Ramones, they belong to the revival scene of punk rock (music). Yes, unlucky they are a bit pop..but you can't say they aren't good at playing. Themes of songs aren't so banal. Read carefully the Bios. Sorry for the bad English I'm an italian 15-years-old girl :)

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sipoflife wrote:
last month

Ramones, The Clash and the Sex Pistols is true Punk Rock.....

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tomgreendayfan wrote:
last month

Green Day and Ramones FTW!

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chabek007 wrote:
last month

yes punk rock

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McFly_4_Life wrote:
last month

i agree with NickStone 66! punk actually means rebellion....but I guess things change and I can't say I don't like Bands like blink or green day

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KaNon__ wrote:
last month

punk rock?

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NickStone66 wrote:
last month

Punk became a joke and a cartoon ! Why? Because the so called punks of today are conservative people! The exact opposite of what it was meant to be at its early days! hahaha! so funny!

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slushpunk wrote:
last month

you got to check out this band, I heard of them a few years ago. They have been playing together since 1992 and have like 9 albums out, and all of there music is free to download on there website. There a western canadian band, but they are pretty unknown band to my knowledge. They have a pretty cool style, which is a little different the most new technical skate punk bands. Whatever check out there website www.slushpunk.com ( all of there 9 albums aree free to download ) and there myspace page ( www.myspace.com/slushpunk )

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bennijohnny wrote:
last month

FUCK ! GREEN DAY IS NOT PUNK! THEY ARE POP! WHERE IS THE STOOGES, SEX PISTOLS, RICHARD HELL, JOHNNY THUNDERS?! THEY ARE PUNK! THIS TAG IS FUCKING AWFUL!

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Dawndella wrote:
August 2008

I think the people tagging blink-182 as punk have no idea what it is.

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