Punk is a contemporary subculture based on the punk rock musical style. It has a shared history, culture, lifestyle, and community. Since emerging in the United States and United Kingdom in the mid-1970s, punk has spread around the globe and evolved into a number of different forms.
Punk culture is based around a set of styles distinct from those of popular culture and other subcultures. Punk has its own styles of music, ideology, fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film.
Punk is made up of an assortment of smaller subcultures, including anarcho-punk, crust punk, and horror punk, which distinguish themselves through unique articulations of punk culture. Several subcultures have developed out of punk to become distinct in their own right, such as goth, psychobilly, and emo.
Punk ideology is concerned with the individual's intrinsic right to freedom, and a less restricted lifestyle. Punk ethics espouse the role of personal choice in the development of, and pursuit of, greater freedom. Common punk ethics include a radical rejection of conformity, the DIY (Do It Yourself) ethic, direct action for political change, and not selling out to mainstream interests for personal gain.
Punk politics cover the entire political spectrum, although many punks find themselves categorized into left-wing or progressive views. Punks often participate in political protests for local, national or global change. Some common trends in recent punk politics include anarchism, anti-authoritarianism, anti-militarism, anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-heterosexism, anti-nationalism, environmentalism, vegetarianism, veganism, and animal rights.
Not all punks are restricted to this ideology however, as many are apolitical or even espouse right-wing politics. Johnny Ramone and Michale Graves are two well known right-wing punks
The idea was an appearance by the punk legends at the bland ceremony would liven it up with a bit of real rock cred.
Yesterday rebellious singer JOHNNY ROTTEN called me with his response to the “honour”.
He spat: “I don’t want to know. They’re wasting their time — and they’ve been doing that for a long time.
“They think they can just come along and use us. We’re not a prop. We were never anyone’s prop, right.
“They’re just trying to glean some credibility.”
The rocker, responsible for anti-establishment classics including Anarchy In The UK and God Save The Queen, branded the awards “all corporate”.
