Musical direction punk rock emerged in the early 1970s. The United States is considered to be the birthplace of punk. In England, this genre gained popularity a little later. Punk's word English language initially had a sharply negative connotation. In jargon, so called girls of easy virtue. In America, prisoners were branded with this designation. lower caste criminal world. Having entered the everyday lexicon, the term received the meaning of "dirty", "rotten", "garbage garbage".
The era of "garage rock"
At the very end of the 50s, there was a large number of amateur musical groups and collectives. This phenomenon was very a simple framework. The popularity of the great Beatles forced young performers to take up musical instruments.
"Garage rock" is also commonly called "proto-punk", because it was he who became the basis for the future mass movement. It received the name "garage" due to the fact that novice bands rehearsed in ordinary garages on primitive equipment. The music was notable for its compositional simplicity, rudeness, rigidity and extreme negligence during performance. The concept of about was practically absent. The main thing was the desire, not the ability to play. The performers created for themselves and a narrow circle of acquaintances and friends. This is how the first prerequisites for a punk party began to take shape.
The Sonics
The first signs of punk rock
American New York became the center of punk rock in the late 60s. The Ramones are deservedly considered the first real punks in this style. Their music was very simple and had a high tempo. The songs could be no more than 30 seconds, based on the cry of just a few phrases of the vocalist to the deafening noise of the instruments.
British punk rock bands of the period were represented by The Damned and the Sex Pistols. It was the latter who laid the foundation for behavior on stage, professing aggression and a cheeky demeanor. An interesting phenomenon was that in the United States punk rock remained mostly underground, and in the UK it turned into a broad youth movement.
Sex Pistols
English punk rock music grew into a global protest, speaking out against a rich existence, shaking the canons and respectable foundations. A significant social burden, which was demonstrated by the punk rock style, was the political background and dissatisfaction with the rules and regulations. The lyrics featured social appeals and statements.
A huge number of young bands copied the Sex Pistols, finding in the process a completely new color and sound. The main ideology was the idea lost generation”, which protests against everyone and everything. The music remained loud, brutal, hard and simple.
Style development: second wave
Punk rock of the 1980s, after a violent explosion, slowly began to lose popularity. Many famous teams broke up, and the most talented participants collectives began to look for themselves in other musical directions. But the calm was temporary. The search for fresh sound led to the emergence Black Flag and Circle Jerks. So the derivative genre of hardcore began to gain momentum. There was also a mixture of punk rock with heavy metal. The result can be evaluated in creativity bands The exploited. Aggression and protest steadily persisted. Most of the bands, however, could only be content with a deep underground and a narrow circle of fans.The Exploited
A new impetus to punk music could give a growing in musical circles post-punk and alternative rock movement. Outstanding representatives became Pixies and Sonic Youth.
In the 90s, the most significant can be considered mega popular groups The Offspring and green day. The sound of these world-class bands has become more melodic, amateur musicians have been replaced by real professionals. The energy and high tempo of punk rock, the availability and simplicity of compositions for the listener, went to groups from the punks of the first wave. The main additions can be considered professional performance, high-quality sound of instruments and vocals. The ideas of protest and aggression were replaced by unbridled musical joy and complete detachment, having received the definition of "California punk rock". The softest today can be considered an offshoot of pop-punk.
Punk rock in Russia
Like any other popular world movement, punk rock has been widely and for a long time represented on the territory of the Russian Federation. The story begins in 1979. Russian punk-rock bands of the first wave were presented: "Automatic Satisfiers", "People's Militia", "Diogenes" and many others. Has become a cult Siberian group « civil defense". Widely popular among Russian punks was a group called "Gas Sector".
civil defense
In the mid-seventies, a new direction was formed in the United States within the framework of rock music, which was called punk rock. The compositions that foreign punk rock bands create are invariably distinguished by their fast pace, short duration, simple accompaniment, as well as cheeky and often aggressive manner of singing. The lyrics clearly show nihilism and issues of a socio-political nature.
It is noteworthy that all varieties of punk rock are characterized by the presence of their own special biases. Between punk rock and the punk subculture there is inseparable bond. Moreover, the latter is based on the principles of DIY, shocking, hooliganism and general non-conformism.
Punk rock abroad
Although there are quite a variety of foreign punk rock bands today, the list in general may include the following:
- Green Day;
- The Offspring;
- Bad Religion;
- blink-182;
- Rise Against
- Ramones
- sum 41;
- NOFX;
- The Clash;
- Billy Talent
- Alkaline Trio.
- green day
If we consider all the currently known foreign punk rock bands, then the Green Day team can be put in first place in terms of popularity. This group appeared in the USA and was represented by three members: Billy Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass guitar, backing vocals), Tre Cool (drums).
Green Day was originally part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley, California. Albums with which she began her creative activity, provided the team with a large number of fans. However, the situation changed somewhat at the time of signing a contract with a major label, resulting in separate part fans have lost interest in her. Exit debut album on Reprise Records allowed to achieve unprecedented success in 1994. This was reflected in the fact that the volume of sold copies amounted to 20 million units. This fact led to the fact that the team, along with other representatives this genre made him popular in the US.
Unfortunately, the albums that the band released in subsequent years could not repeat the success of Dookie, although they achieved a certain effect. In 2004, Green Day presented to the public the opera American Idiot, thanks to which the team once again turned on increased attention. Then the volume of sold copies in different countries amounted to 15 million units. If we talk about all the albums that the group has released for all time, then their sales volume has exceeded 50 million units. Thanks to their successful activities, bands such as Sum 41 and Good Charlotte were able to loudly declare themselves.
- The Offspring
Of course, many punk bands have their own style of performance, the list of foreign bands, for all that, can be quite large, which cannot but include members united under titled The offspring.
This team was formed in 1984. main role Dexter Holland and Greg Krisel, who were in the same class, played in its creation. The very idea of this project came to them after attending a Social Distortion concert.
Although this group is associated with alternative rock, skate punk and punk rock, nevertheless, in their work there are also features inherent in such styles as grunge, metal and ska. Most often, the lyrics of their songs reflect notes of sarcasm; they consider, along with problems of personal relationships, problems of a socio-political nature.
- bad religion
Considering all the punk rock bands that popped up in Southern California in the 1980s, Bad Religion is one of the few bands that still exist today. More than twenty years have passed, but they still continue to follow the chosen course and never create albums in which all compositions are clones of previously released ones. Moreover, with each new released album marks the progress of the band, and already in classic punk you can see a small amount of hard rock, heavy metal, psychedelia. However, in each case, they certainly focus on the melody of their creations.
The appearance of their debut full-length album took place back in 1983, which was called Into the Unknown. He immediately aroused particular interest from the local hardcore scene. The release of the release led to some changes that affected the composition of the group. Paul Dedona and Davy Goldman were invited to play the role of the new bassist and drummer.
The appearance of their last release The Process of Belief took place back in 2002. Now work is in full swing on the creation of a new project, which will use sound, light, space and time in a new way.
Magazine Rolling stone has long been considered an authoritative publication, so its articles, criticism, praise are taken seriously. No less serious are the ratings of this well-known publication. In 2011, the magazine published a list of " The best punk rock bands". The results were unexpected, as they depended on the number of visits to the official sites of the groups where the voting links were posted. That is how those who took the first places were determined. It is worth noting that the list did not include Russian punk bands like Korol i Shut or Lumen. Moreover, there were representatives of only two countries.
The best punk rock bands: TOP-10
10th place in the list of "best" was taken by the Bad Brains team from Washington. They appeared during the heyday of the punk style in the late 70s and became the founders of hardcore punk.
In front of them are representatives of hot California, Social Distortion. Their work drew inspiration from early punk and more old school bands like the Rolling Stones.
Eighth among the winners of the Rolling Stone edition were the founders of the horror punk The Misfits. They formed in the turbulent 70s in the States. Initially, the band was played by Glenn Danzig, later the founder of the metal band of the same name. After his departure, The Misfits broke up for a dozen years, and only in the mid-1990s did the group revive.
Another team that participated in the formation of the hardcore punk style - Black Flag, took an honorable 7th place in the TOP the best groups. The band was formed in California and in its eight years of existence has left a significant mark on the global punk scene.
Opened the second five legendary The Stooges, whose members were the luminary of alternative music - Iggy Pop. Formally, the style of this group is defined as a mixture of garage, psychedelic rock with punk and glam. The Stooges were formed in 1967, when the world did not know about punk rock and even heavy metal. But one of the songs of The Stooges is very reminiscent of the riff of the future super hit. The group existed intermittently until 1974. Now the team has gathered again and successfully tours.
Punk Bands: Top 5 Bands
Fifth on the list "" were The Dead Kennedys, who also played hardcore punk with elements of other genres (psychedelic, surf, rockabilly, garage rock) and achieved notoriety. They have been sued multiple times. Among the accusations was the distribution of immoral materials (including the Frankenchrist album). They were sued by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), which is known as the "Washington Wives".
Fourth were the Sex Pistols - the first non-Americans in the ranking. They are considered the initiators of the punk revolution in England, which was facilitated by the tracks God save the Queen and Anarchy in the UK. The group lasted only 4 years, recorded only 1 album, but left a significant contribution to music. It was in their composition that Sid Vicious became famous.
The second was again the British. The Clash was influenced by the Sex Pistols. Throughout their career, the musicians have not shied away from communicating with fans, seeking low prices for their albums and tickets. The Clash got into the famous Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (which is rare for a punk band).
Topped the list best punk rock bands in the world» Founders of pop-punk Green Day. Of all the rating groups, Green Day appeared last. They exist to this day, never running away. They were especially popular with the album Dookie (1994), which became the platform for their success, and the rock opera American Idiot (2004), which was even staged on Broadway.
Punk rock(English) Punk rock) is a genre of rock music that arose in the mid-1970s in the United States and, a little later, in the UK. Punk rock combined social protest and musical rejection of the then forms of rock: the deliberately primitive playing and perkyness of early rock and roll were cultivated.
The meaning that early punk rock bands put into their genre was the desire to play, which dominates the ability to play; this definition formed the heterogeneous early American punk scene, ranging from the primitive and lightweight Ramones to the sophisticated and experimental Television. This approach allowed punk rock to become the mainstay of a number of subcultures - punk, DIY, fanzine culture, later - straight edge. In 1976-1977, punk rock begins to emerge in the UK, in a more scandalous and politicized form; thanks to this, by 1977 the genre becomes one of the most notable phenomena in rock music in the UK.
Over time, punk rock spawned
Many varieties. The biggest of these are more melodic and lightweight pop punk, aggressive hardcore and Oi! major genre post-punk.
Name
The word punk in English has many meanings, but before the advent of punk rock, in most cases it was used as a curse word. Among the meanings, depending on the context, could be "prostitute", "homosexual" or simply "bastard", in all cases this is an emotional obscene expression.
The first mention of the word "punk" in connection with rock music dates back to 1970, when the Chicago Tribune newspaper reviewed an album by the avant-garde garage band The Fugs, their music was described as "punk rock, hillbilly sentiment." Lester Bangs, one of the alleged inventors of the term "heavy metal", used the word in articles about Iggy Pop. But for the first time, as a term, and not an epithet, the combination "punk rock" began to be used by critics Dave Marsh and Lenny Kaye in the 1970s.
In 1976, the Punk fanzine was created by Legs McNeil. The magazine was dedicated to American punk rock and new wave, already clearly uniting them in a direction. It was this magazine that gave the genre its final name.
Characteristic
Punk rock compositions in general are characterized by a fast pace, sometimes a short duration, simple accompaniment, a cheeky and often aggressive manner of singing. The lyrics of punk rock bands tend to be nihilistic, sometimes emphasizing social problems. Often, punk rock bands have a shocking image: for example, the New York Dolls dressed on stage in bright women's clothing, The Adicts imitated the main characters of the film " Clockwork orange»; later, such details of the punk image as torn clothes (Richard Hull), pins (Sex Pistols), mohawk hairstyles (The Exploited) appear.
Story
1970s
The musical roots of punk rock are traced by critics as far back as the late 1950s; mostly at that time primitive and hard music was played by garage rock bands. The key representatives of early proto-punk music are The Sonics, Monks, The Seeds, The Who(album "My Generation"), The Kinks (song "You Really Got Me"). A number of recordings of the late 1960s and early 1970s were already in one way or another close to what would later be called punk rock; these records are now conventionally referred to as proto-punk. These include the first albums Velvet Underground, The Stooges (and Iggy Pop), MC5, New York Dolls, Patti Smith (Horses album), The Dictators (Go Girl Crazy! album), David Bowie.
The early punk scene formed primarily in New York around several clubs; the scene had its origins in the late 1960s, Andy Warhol's Factory, and the Detroit garage scene, centered on the CBGB club. The first real punk band is considered to be the New York Ramones; their extremely simplified music, accelerated so much that 30 songs fit into half-hour concerts, as well as a “street” image and predetermined everything fundamental principles genre. In the UK, the Damned and the Sex Pistols followed in the footsteps of the American punk scene. The example of these groups was followed by a large number of young teams. While in the US punk was an underground sensation, in the UK it became a full-blown social phenomenon, where it was seen as a real threat to the well-being of the establishment. A bunch of British bands blindly copied the Sex Pistols, but many found their own, original sound(Buzzcocks, The Clash, artistic experiments by Wire and Joy Division).
1980-1990s
By the early 1980s, there was some decline in the development of punk. The wave of popularity of the first groups came to naught. However, experiments began around this time to make the punk sound more brutal; bands like Black Flag and Circle Jerks spawned a major sub-genre of hardcore, Sham 69 and Cockney Rejects - oi!, Crass - anarcho-punk. Experiments began to combine punk with metal (The Exploited, Discharge, D.R.I.), ska (Social Drinking, Operation Ivy). For the most part, punk bands of the 80s did not attract wide public attention, being in the underground. However, at the same time, the genres of alternative rock, noise rock, post-punk were developing; key bands in these areas (Sonic Youth, Pixies, Big Black, Hüsker Dü) maintained a strong punk influence while developing new musical ideas.
By the late 80s and early 90s, thanks to the bands Bad Religion and NOFX, pop punk gained popularity; this kind of punk rock differed significantly from the pop punk of the 70s (Buzzcocks) and achieved major popularity. Bands Offspring, Green Day, Rancid became the basis of pop-punk of the 90s; however, it is generally accepted that the genre began to degenerate with the emergence of non-original bands like Blink 182.
Punk rock is surprisingly tenacious thing. Coming out of the garage rock of the 60s, he has safely survived to this day. Well, maybe not entirely well, but the fact that the genre still exists is amazing. About garage rock, I will definitely make a separate selection, but today we will take a look at the forerunner of punks. Let's start with one of my favorite bands. MS 5. Started playing in the mid 60s. Naturally, I will write a little more about them somehow. They are in the title photo.
And the guys below are "The Velvet underground". They also started playing in the mid-60s, but to be honest, for me it was always big mystery for what reason they are attributed to the prototype of punk rock. If I agree with MS 5, then I don’t agree with these guys. Strange? Yes! Interesting? Definitely. But punk rock in my mind is something else.
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Look how cute the young man is in the picture. This is Iggy Pop from 1969. Just in time for the recording of one of the main songs of punk rock. It is in that year that the album will be released, where it will be "I wanna be your dog". I already read more about Iggy. However, somehow I'll throw out some beautiful photos with him. Luckily, there are plenty of them online. In general, of course, photography in the West was put on a serious stream even half a century ago. It doesn’t matter if the group has taken off or not, but it’s very easy to search for pictures on the net.
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« New York Dolls" another one american band considered one of the founders of the genre. Although I also have my doubts in this regard. It's rather glam rock. They started playing in 1971, and the whole wave just followed. By the way, about them, there are thoughts of making a post from the “import outsiders” series.
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Also in the early 70s in the United States there were another outsiders who did not fit anywhere. "Destroy all Monstersstarted playing in 1973. Of course, whether this is a controversial moment is punk rock, but the fact that for its time it was an unexpected group is definitely an indisputable fact. By the way, did you notice that I am talking exclusively about the United States?
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Well, here we finally got to those who definitely will not cause controversy. "Ramones". We started playing in 1974. In general, by that time, its own scene had formed in the USA, where ordinary hooligans and amateurs occupied the stage.
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At the same time, the stage was occupied mainly in the club "CBGB". From its walls came such a group as "Television».
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In a team "Television”Undoubtedly, the figure of Richard Hell deserves attention. Having dumped from the group even before the release of the first album, he joined the team "The heartbreakers". Where, in addition to him, was also Johnny Sanders from the collapsed by 1975 "New York Dolls". Here they are getting ready to go on stage.
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Well A Later He founded"Richard Hell and the Voidoids".With whom he recorded a kind of anthem of that generation "Blank generation».
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By the way, it is interesting to look at the photographs of that time. It is clearly seen that initially the image of punk was without pins and Iroquois. On the picture "The heartbreakers».
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After the collapseThe heartbreakers» Johnny Sanders played with Sid Vicious for a while. But it did not bring much fruit. Sid left this world too soon.
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Well, Sanders himself, having acquired a heroin addiction back in the 70s, did not live very long. He died in 1991. In general, it is also a figure suitable for the “outsiders” rubric.
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« Dead boys» another group of that first wave of American punks. Year of formation - 1976. Disbanded in 1979.
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Things are quite different with Dame Patti Smith. We are already talking about her somehow. Unlike most of the bands that broke out at that time, she still records albums.
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« blondie"oddly enough, they also left the club"CBGB". It's debatable whether they played punk rock early on in their careers, but posting a photo of the beautiful Debbie is a sweet thing.
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If we are already talking about women, it will not be out of place to recall the group “The Cramps". They started playing in 1973.
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Well, let's move across the ocean to old England. It is London that many people associate with the punk movement, but as we see chronologically, New York should rather evoke such associations. The key to understanding is called Malcolm McLaren. He was the manager atNew York Dolls", visited the club"CBGB”And, having seen enough of the new fashion, he decided to cut the dough on this business in his native London. What he, in general, and succeeded. It was his protégésex Pistolsand eventually became the flagship of the punk movement.
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At the same time, one must understand that in addition to the legends of punk rock at that time in England there was a whole stream of bands. So in the same 1975, in parallel with "sex Pistols"gathered and"The Damned". Snapshot from the concert in "CBGB» 1977. It was an interesting era. A young group easily drives on tour across the ocean. By the way, albums are still being made to this day.
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« Buzzcocks» another English guys gathered to play in 1976. By the way, they are considered the founders of culture "DIYin the music industry. They still play too.
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About "Siouxsie and the Banshees» We are with you, too, once.
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Just like they talked about "The Adverts". Painfully there is a beautiful girl. Actually, according to the link above, there are several more groups where ladies were involved.
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Here I will mark such guys as "The Vibrators". Also since 1976 in his grandfather.
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And, of course,The clash". Another great guys.
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Worthy of attention andUK Subs". They really are considered to be the second wave of English punk rock.
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Also included in the second wave are “Sham69". However, these guys are more related to "Oi» scene. Punk rock by the end of the 70s began to mutate once again.
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From the same times, it is worth remembering about "Crass».
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And of course, aboutThe toy Dolls". These are definitely the second wave of punk rock. Formed in 1979.
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Meanwhile, across the ocean, the guys also did not doze off. So in 1977 there were formed "The Misfits».
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And at the same time, the group began to work "Plasmatics».
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In 1979, the guys from one of the most significant groups second wave of punk rock. "The Exploited". In general, by the beginning of the 80s they formed the canonical appearance of punks. It was they who invented the Iroquois to wear. But it's not just the Iroquois. The punk rock sound got faster and heavier.
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Around the same time, the guys from "G. B. H.". Another canonical guys in terms of appearance.
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Actually here the history of punk rock took a turn towards hard core. Interestingly, in the US, the hardcore scene didn't look the same as in England. Iroquois were not worn here. For example, here is the groupBlack Flagwho stood at the origins of the American hardcore movement.
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And here is "Dead Kennedys».
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Interestingly, now such music was not filled with heroin and alcohol. Came into fashion healthy lifestyle life. Concerts «Minor Threatwere generally held where the sale of alcohol was prohibited.
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« SSD» another band from the hardcore wave of the 80s.
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Relate to hard core and "Bad brains". The guys, by the way, started playing back in the late 70s, unlike previous groups that arose in the 80s.
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I will also mentionBad religion". It's also a pretty big group.
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Worthy of interest andAgnostic Front».
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Actually hardcore was distributed not only in the USA. Except "The Exploited" And "G. B. H." traded in EnglandDischarge».
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Were among the British andChaos UK". Here, by the way, it is also clear that the appearance was more in line with punk than that of colleagues from the USA.
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Well, for balance, I’ll also note “Disorderfrom the English.
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It's funny that "Beasty boys"Started at one time with punk rock. Here they are in the photo with Billy Idol.
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But it's much more interesting that in the mid-80s, in parallel with hardcore, pop punk was born. "NOFXare one of the oldest representatives of this genre. Played since 1983.
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At the same time, in the mid-80s, the group "The offspring».
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Well "Green dayhave been playing since the 80s too.
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I also note "Rancid”, True, these guys began their careers only in 1991. But obviously they and the above guys were the main locomotive of punk rock in the 90s.
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Later, in general, unmeasured representatives of this direction of the type "Blink182".
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However, not only commercially successful music was played in the USA. In 1990 there appeared "The casualties". Here by appearance It's clear what the guys were up to.
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Well, I’ll end the review with the group “slaves". This couple has only been playing since 2012, but they are great.
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It is clear that dozens of other groups were left behind. Moreover, I considered only the American and English scene. But there were groups in Germany, and in Japan, and in many other places. But, nevertheless, the most significant, in my opinion, I still singled out. That's all. Thank you for your attention and I hope for sensible additions. I'm sure I haven't heard a number of bands.
