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What Is Punk?

What Is Punk?

Cody McLees

Mr. Wolf
Language Arts III Per. 2
16 May 2007
What Is Punk?
"Sex and Violence" (Sex Pistols) are two words that refer to the Punk Rock scene, a scene where standing out away from the world is the main ingredient. Punk Rock is a lifestyle that consist of a your heart and mind; the heart to stand up for what you believe when people are putting you down and the mind to know the right from wrong, to know what you want to see instead of what society wants you to see. People say that punk is music that you can't understand or it's a piece of no talent trash. "You see, what sounds to you like a big load of trashy old noise is in fact the brilliant music of a genius," (Justin Bard/ Iggy Pop). If you don't like it don't listen to it because to other people it's very powerful music. Punk rock, to some it's a group of rebels with no cause, to others it's a group of trouble, people that bring nothing but problems. But in fact to the punks that make up the scene it wasn't what people thought it was, according to Bean it was " to stand out, to be different, to have fun, not to be violent but to have fun"(Bean). It was to be every thing that society said not to be. Punk Rock is a way to keep society from holding you down; it's a way to expand the view you have on society. Punk Rock is a way of life that many people will never understand. Its not all rebellious way, it's a way to be who you really want to be.
Punk Rock arose in to California in the late 70s; and it was not welcomed by most of the state. The scene consisted of three bands; these three bands, unknowingly, were about to engage into a musical revolution. They were Agent Orange, Social Distortion, and the Detours. The lyrics that the bands came out with shocked the world. "The lyrics introduced a new honesty of expression in matters both political and sexual, freeing the artist to write in a more personal and honestway" (Silver Dragon Records). It was new and for once you had a...