The following is an incomplete list of
punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...
music festivals
A music festival is a festival, community event with music, performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock music, rock, blues, folk music, folk, jazz, classical music), nation ...
. This list may have some overlap with list of rock festivals and list of heavy metal festivals. Punk is a
rock music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdo ...
genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in
garage rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock music that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The style is ...
and other forms of what is now known as
protopunk
Proto-punk (or protopunk) is rock music from the 1960s to mid-1970s that foreshadowed the punk rock genre and movement. A retrospective label, the musicians involved were generally not originally associated with each other and came from a variet ...
music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream
1970s
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rock. By 1976 the first festivals were being organized.
[Christgau, Robert]
"''Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk'', by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain" (review)
, ''New York Times Book Review'', 1996. Retrieved on January 17, 2007.
Festivals
Gallery
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See also
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...
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List of music festivals
A list of music festivals around the world. A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, ...
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List of gothic festivals
The following is an incomplete list of gothic festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on gothic music. Goth festivals may feature genres such as gothic rock and gothic metal, as well as industrial music. The festivals also tend t ...
Further reading
* Christgau, Robert
"''Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk'', by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain" (review) ''New York Times Book Review'', 1996.
References
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Punk
Punk or punks may refer to:
Genres, subculture, and related aspects
* Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
Heavy metal festivals