Garage punk
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| Garage Punk | |
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| Mainstream popularity | Largely underground, but some bands have had mainstream success. |
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Garage punk 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] A common lyrical theme is liberation from social expectations and conventions.[3]
Its roots are in 1960s American bands who, trying to mimic the sound and attitude of British rhythm and blues groups, created a cruder, more urgent sound.[3] Many garage punk musicians have been white, working class, suburban teenagers.[1][4] Notable garage punk bands include The Wailers, The Standells, The Sonics and The Kingsmen.[5]
Garage punk was often dismissed by critics as unimportant or irrelevant.[4] However it was championed by journalist Lester Bangs and musician Lenny Kaye.[1] In 1972, Kaye complied a Nuggets, compilation album of garage punk tracks.[6] Other collections representing the genre include Pebbles, Back from the Grave and Garage Punk Unknowns.[5]
[edit] See also
- Garage Rock
- Hardcore punk
- Indie rock
- One-man band
- Psychobilly
- Punk blues
- Punk rock
- Surf rock
- Swamp rock
- Trash rock
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c Reynolds, Simon (1999). Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture. Routledge, 138. ISBN 0415923735.
- ^ Alan Rutter (September 2006). Bluffer's guide: Garage punk. TimeOut London. TimeOut Group Ltd.. Retrieved on 02 February 2008.
- ^ a b Bovey, Seth (2006). "Don't Tread on Me: The Ethos of '60s Garage Punk". Popular Music & Society 29 (4): 451–459. Routledge. doi:.
- ^ a b Campbell, Neil (2004). American Youth Cultures. Edinburgh University Press, 220. ISBN 074861933X.
- ^ a b Sabin, Roger (1999). Punk Rock, So What?: The Cultural Legacy of Punk. Routledge, 99. ISBN 041517029X.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides, 3. ISBN 1843531054.
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