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Punk, defined as, a young person, especially a member of a rebellious counterculture group, a punk rocker. “Punk, we didn’t call our self that, that’s the name the headlines gave us, because we of our wild culture.” As stated by Iggy pop in the film “History of rock and roll: Punk.”
Since punk originated in the mid 1970s the United States and the UK. It has under gone many divisions into smaller sub cultures from its already complex diverse culture. “Punk rock is what started it all” say some punks. While Iggy pop did say the head lines gave them the name punk others claim that it was coined by the band Suicide when the played a gig titled “a punk music mass.” The production and consumption of punk culture is an idea shared by most punks, its how punk scenes are generated. The main ideology of punk is a belief is one should maximize freedom and make the most out of a traditional restricted life style.
Punk in politics, when it comes to punks in politics the different sub cultures possess many different ideas. Some sub cultures stress the trend of anarchism, anti authority, anti racism, anti- capitalism, and anti-nationalism. A modern day punk band named Anti-flag believes in all of these. Others stress environmentalism, vegetarianism, veganism, and animal rights.
The punk fashion… High theatrical use of clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, body modification, and jewelry. Hair is worn in spikes or cut to a Mohawk or unnatural shapes and colored with vibrant hues. Clothes might be written on with marker and defaced with paint; shirts are ripped and held together by safety pins. Also tight pants and converse. Some jewelry may consist of safety pins and or other sharp objects.
There are many sub cultures within punk. Some of them are Nazi-punk, death rock punk, hardcore punk, skate punk, crust punk, street punk, conservative punk, anarchy punk, Christian punk, queer core, and riot grrl.