Garage punk
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| Garage Punk | |
| Stylistic origins | Garage rock Punk rock |
|---|---|
| Cultural origins | Early 1980s in United States[1] |
| Typical instruments | Electric guitar - Bass - drums - Keyboard (especially the Farfisa organ) |
| Mainstream popularity | Largely underground, but some bands such as The Hives have had mainstream success. |
| Derivative forms | Garage rock revival Alternative rock |
| Regional scenes | |
| United Kingdom - USA - Canada - Sweden - Japan | |
| Other topics | |
| Timeline of alternative rock- Timeline of punk rock | |
Garage punk is a rock music fusion of garage rock and punk rock . It is fast-paced, lo-fi music characterised by angular, choppy guitar sounds — usually played by bands who are on independent record labels or who are unsigned.[2] Common lyrical themes range from cars, girls, school, toilet humor, sex, drugs, partying, and rock and roll to liberation from social norms. Garage Punk bands usually distance themselves from hardcore and political punk bands. [3]
Its roots are in 1970s and 1980s punk bands, and 1960s American garage rock bands who, trying to mimic the sound and attitude of British rhythm and blues groups, created a cruder, more urgent sound. While rooted in punk and garage rock, it sometimes incorpotates elements of 1960's soul, beat groups, surf music, power pop, hardcore punk and psychedelia.[4][3] Many garage punk musicians have been white, working class, suburban teenagers.[1][5]
Notable garage punk bands include Supercharger, The Cramps, The Gories, Guitar Wolf, The Rip Offs, Thee Milkshakes, , The Mummies, the Oblivians, the Reatards, Black Lips, The Humpers, The Supersuckers,Teengenerate, The Red Aunts, and Johnny OneFinger.
Collections representing the genre include Back from the Grave and Garage Punk Unknowns.[4]
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- ^ a b Reynolds, Simon (1999). Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture. Routledge. pp. 138. ISBN 0415923735. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tGaRJiXe74UC&pg=PT147&d.
- ^ Alan Rutter (September 2006). "Bluffer's guide: Garage punk". TimeOut London. TimeOut Group Ltd.. http://www.timeout.com/london/features/1933.html. Retrieved on 2 February 2008.
- ^ a b Bovey, Seth (2006). "Don't Tread on Me: The Ethos of '60s Garage Punk". Popular Music & Society (Routledge) 29 (4): 451–459. doi:.
- ^ a b Sabin, Roger (1999). Punk Rock, So What?: The Cultural Legacy of Punk. Routledge. pp. 99. ISBN 041517029X. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IGJOE_FI-XEC&pg=RA3-PA99&d.
- ^ Campbell, Neil (2004). American Youth Cultures. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 220. ISBN 074861933X. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Vt52iQLSP1IC&pg=PA220&d.
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