R.I.P. Punk Rock (1977-2007)
 

According to today's issue of the IU campus newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student, punk rock has apparently died.

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punk died over 20 years ago

Having just seen the Sex Pistols on the Tonight Show shilling for Guitar Hero 3, I would have to agree.

Punk, an abbreviated history
1965-66: U.S. garage punk emerges, including Count Five, The Monks, The Sonics and The Barbarians.
1967: First Velvet Underground album
1974: The group Television begins playing at New York venue CBGB
1976: Ramones release self-titled album and tour England
1976: Sex Pistols release "Anarchy in the U.K."
1977: The Clash releases self-titled album 1978: Sex Pistols break up, starting "post-punk" era
Early 1980s: Music gets "hardcore," with bands such as Black Flag, Circle Jerks
Early 1990s: Punk music goes grunge, with bands such as Nirvana, Green Day
1991: Documentary "1991: The Year Punk Broke," released, indicating punk's move from its roots
Late 1990s: Punk music turns safe and no longer angry, with bands such as Blink-182
November 2007: Indiana student newspaper declares punk dead. Move on, nothing to see here.

Source: IU history of music professor Andy Hollinden

And every year since, whenever a disillusioned eighteen-year-old needs a hook for an article.

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Didn't they just rename it to "Garage rock" or "Seattle rock" or something like that? I thought it included the genre of crappy, gravely voice guys that you can't actually hear, but are making noise.

Good riddance.

It's been falling apart to half time for a while now.

As I think happens with all music*.. if you listen long enough you will learn to like it. My Ex-wife was a punk rocker (With blue spiked hair, leather, etc) and she always listened to Bad Religion and Dead Kennedys and stuff like that and after hearing it over and over again I actually started thinking the music was OK.. Thank goodness she is my ex-wife and I am now cured :)

* = Except country.

Punk is not dead, it just sucks right now. And for the last decade or two.

It's also really underground right now.....

It's all just Rock n Roll, which should really be catergorized as Post-Blues.

And that should be classified as post-classical.

At least.

There's still alot of good punk music being made. I'm listening to some American Steel right now.

I just pick up The Ramones It's Alive 1974-1996 DVD last week. :( :D

Gabba Gabba Hey, Gabba Gabba Hey.

Is punk dead? I think this video answers that question:

OK, I'm sure Giantrobo will attack me for asking, but just exactly HOW does this not belong in Music Talk?

Jolie Holland said in an interview a few years ago that no self-respecting punk makes punk music these days. They all go into alt-country like Ryan Adams, or roots-rock like Jack White, or some off-the-wall genre like the Dresden Dolls.

Chris must be devastated.

Fail.

I believe that's called "Shit Rock".

I thought we were living in a post-post-post-post-post-punk world.

I was thinking of this before I even clicked on the thread to read it. That one event should be the gravestone for the punk rock movement.