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Oct 11, 2016 · MITCH SCHNEIDER (publicist): New York punk was great because it sounded like the city. It was tightly wound, really urgent, and New York sucked at that time.
- Steven Blush
Aug 11, 2016 · A look inside how punk music emerged from the depths of 1970s and 1980s New York City in twenty-seven candid photographs. In the mid-1970s, a new incarnation of rock emerged in juxtaposition to the opulent and carnival-like music that had dominated the decade so far.
Jul 8, 2024 · By the mid-’70s, New York became a punk music destination city for musicians and fans because they read about it in magazines like Cream and Crawdaddy and 16 Magazine, Arcade...
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- Ramones. Punk is all about infusing simplicity with personality, so here’s a simple statement about the Ramones: Punk simply wouldn’t have existed without the group from Forest Hill in Queens.
- Suicide. Suicide were years ahead of their time. The proto-electronic music group consisted of Martin Rev and the late Alan Vega, and though they brought drum machines and synthesizers to punk music, their influence on genres like industrial dance, noise, techno, and ambient music were deeply felt as well.
- Agnostic Front. Agnostic Front existed at the tail-end of punk’s first scene. They were one of the first hardcore bands in the New York scene, playing with tropes of punk and blending them with thrash metal.
- The Dictators. The Dictators are widely credited as the first true punk band to emerge out of New York City. They blended cheap aesthetics with hard and fast rock ‘n’ roll, creating punk music before it truly had a name or identity.
Jun 6, 2014 · The theme for Anti-Prom 2014 is New York Punk Rock. The golden age of punk rock in NYC was from 1974 to 1981. When clubs like CBGBs and Max's Kansas City ruled the scene and bands like Television, The Ramones, Blondie, Suicide and Patti Smith were its kings and queens.
- Anne Rouyer
Oct 25, 2016 · Punk’s sonic foundations were laid down in New York City by the same people who established the beginnings of punk style: artists like Lou Reed, the Ramones, Suicide, and the New York...
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The Ramones were at the forefront of the punk trend in New York City. They were a motley bunch of boys from Queens who wanted to be pop stars but didn't have an incredible amount of musical ability. "To hell with it," said they.
