What Is Punk Rock?

HEY HO, LET's GO!

-The Ramones

Of all the genres of popular music, it is quite possible that punk rock is the least understood. The vast majority of the public sees punk rock as an infantile, grotesque, immature, and vile form of music that only attracts the most troubled and confused people on the planet. Consequently, this negative reputation has led to the most ridiculous of assumptions: from cliches regarding how punks " dress " to their political beliefs. The purpose of this web site will be to share with the world the history, the development, and ultimately, the music which punk has come to define.

Although punk rock has been around for around forty years, this site will be mainly focusing on its roots and its beginnings, or the period between the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. Although this might seem like a short time, it is an era that features literally thousands of bands. Consequently, since it would be impossible to examine all of them, I will look at those I deem to be the most important, not necesarily the best.