Articles for tag: Punk

Karla News

Best Punk Bands Ever

Ask a group of punk rockers “what is punk?” and you may as well be asking the general populace, “what is love?” It is a different answer for different people. Is it three chords, or is it experimental? Is it anti-corporate, anti-hate, or anti-religion? Here are some bands I think you should definitely listen to ...

Karla News

10 Bands that Are Leading Post-Punk’s Third Wave

At the close of the 1970s, when early punk acts like the Sex Pistols were disbanding and the first cries of “punk is dead,” began to exude from the underground, bands who embraced the punk aesthetic but not its stringent minimalism, began to step outside of its all too confining constructs. This new genre harnessed ...

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The History of Punk Rock Music

Punk Rock music is an anti-establishment music movement that began around 1974-1975. It can also be used to describe subsequent music scenes that share key characteristics with those first-generation “punks.” It is often applied loosely to mean any band with “attitude” or “youthful aggression.” Punk Rock is sometimes applied to the fashions or the irreverent ...

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“Pop-Punk” Labeling Should End

I have to defend the bands I like. I have to explain what the music to which I constantly listen means to me. I have to explain why the bands I like are really more punk than what most people would consider. First, I don’t like genres of music; classification of bands is an ambiguous ...

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CM Punk in ROH: Best Heel Turn Ever?

With wrestling fans’ buzzing about the current storyline on Smackdown in which the now World Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk, is on the brink of turning full-blown heel with his “questionable” actions against Jeff Hardy, it totally had me getting flashbacks of Punk’s past role as a killer bad guy in his former home company of ...

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Top Ten Alternative Rock Songs of 2009

The term alternative music is probably the least descriptive of any genre. It has been tossed about since the 80s, as post-punk and new wave were winding down as descriptive terms. The term alternative has been used to describe grunge, so-called modern rock, next generation punk, and pop outside the mainstream. It’s a broad brush ...

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How to Find Plus Size Punk Clothes

It’s been my experience, as a plus sized girl, that plus size punk clothes are nearly impossible to find at a reasonable price. In this article, I’ll show you how to acquire plus size punk clothes easily and inexpensively. Sure, we can shop at Hot Topic or Torrid, but on my income that equates to ...