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The punk movement emerged in the mid-70s as a rebellion against mainstream rock, attracting musicians seeking a different lifestyle.
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- American Hardcore (Tubi) Unofficially known to many as the “hardcore bible,” Steven Blush’s 2001 book American Hardcore: A Tribal Historyis one of the most essential pieces of literature on the early/mid ’80s American hardcore punk movement, and Paul Rachman’s 2006 film adaptation breathed new life into Blush’s work.
- The Damned – Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead (Amazon Prime, Tubi) Wes Orshoski followed up his great Lemmydocumentary with this funny, bittersweet, all-access look at iconic punk group The Damned, from their origins through the current lineup of the band featuring Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible.
- The Decline of Western Civilization Pt 1 (Tubi) The first of Penelope Spheeris’ three ‘Decline’ documentaries follows the nascent Los Angeles punk scene (filmed between December 1979 – May 1980), including Black Flag, the Germs, X, Alice Bag Band, the Circle Jerks, Catholic Discipline, and Fear.
- Decline of Western Civilization Pt 2: The Metal Years (Tubi, Amazon Prime) Los Angeles changed a lot between the original 1981 Decline of Western Civilizationand it’s 1988 sequel when glam/hair metal became all the rage on the Sunset Strip.
Jan 22, 2015 · Watch the full music documentary at Mu... A comprehensive overview of the epochal evolution of New York punk, from Warhol and the Velvets to the CBGB explosion.
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Jun 16, 2022 · "Nightclubbing" is the first-ever documentary about the renowned New York City nightclub Max's Kansas City (1965-1981) which had an indelible impact on the worlds of music, fashion, art,...
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- Chip BakerFilms
- Ramones
- Suicide
- Agnostic Front
- The Dictators
- Richard Hell & The Voidoids
- Blondie
- The Heartbreakers
- Patti Smith Group
- Talking Heads
- Television
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. Though the members all took the last name Ramone on stage, they weren’t actually related, though they did often interact as an unhappy family. The group was always go...
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. The duo’s debut album, 1977’s Suicide, includes the...
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. Bandleader and guitarist Vincent “Vinnie Stigma” Capuccio initially asked the group’s singer, Roger Miret to join the band because Capuccio enjoyed the way Mi...
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. Their debut album, Go Girl Crazy!was released on Epic Records in 1975 and features a radically creative cover of Sonny and Cher’s “I...
Richard Hell’s fingerprints are all over punk rock. The high school dropout from Kentucky aspired to be a poet, but he ditched those dreams when he became the bassist for post-punk band Television. That group was widely regarded as the main influence on The Strokes, and after a few years with the band, Hell formed the Voidoids in 1976. The band was...
As iconic as they come, Blondie’s Debbie Harry has influenced superstars such as Madonna and Lady Gaga. Their classic breakthrough album, Parallel Lines, has since inspired each new generation of guitar bands. Harry brought ‘60s pop sensibilities to New York’s punk scene, smashing through the glass ceiling previously preventing women from participa...
Shortly after Johnny Thunders left the New York Dolls, he formed The Heartbreakers. With the New York Dolls, Thunders helped pioneer their androgynous look, which predated the hair metal bands of the ‘80s. With The Heartbreakers, Thunders is most well known as a participant on the Sex Pistols’ notorious Anarchy UK tour from December ’76, which also...
No one was, or will ever be, as cool as Patti Smith. She was the “punk poet laureate,” up front at CBGB when she wasn’t on stage. She landed somewhere between The Sex Pistols and Allen Ginsberg, effortlessly fusing the poetic language of songwriters like Bob Dylan with the snarling energy of the punk scene. Her 1975 debut, Horses, remains an NYC pu...
What else is there to say? Few bands have changed the course of music, let alone punk, like David Byrne’s band, Talking Heads. Alongside Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison, Talking Heads showed New York that punk could be fun, worldly, and groovy. The group blended post-punk efficiency with African percussion influences and the early r...
Led by Tom Verlaine, the angular, studious Television’s classic 1977 debut, Marquee Moon, arguably kick-started what we now refer to as post-punk. Sharply dressed and effortlessly cool, the band were a main point of influence for the early 2000s rock revival in New York City led by bands like Interpol, TV On the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and The Stro...
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Aug 1, 2020 · Nothing to do, nowhere to go, so watch these awesome '70s punk concert videos.
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Jun 10, 2021 · “New York, New Music” chronicles a variety of genres, including rap, jazz, salsa and dance music, but the videos in the exhibition emphasize post-punk, the gnarled, joyously uncommercial cousin...
