Barry Fleming
Mrs. Barbara Simpson
English Comp II
25 March 2000

The Origination of Punk Rock
The time was in the mid-seventies, there was a void in the music industry that needed to be filled. This need for a new sound was aptly filled by punk rock, a new type of sound that had evolved from mostly rock and a little pop music. The focus of this paper is on punk rock and it's ample beginnings, early pioneers of the new sound, punk rock listener's cultural background and their ideas as a whole, bands influenced by the punk rock movement, and the state of punk rock today.
The year is 1974, this year marks the birth of punk rock (1974). There is controversy as to where punk started out at, some say it began in London while others say it started out in New York City. It can be safe to say that two very distinct sounds classified as punk originated at about the same in both London and New York City (Punk). Punk rock began in the bars and nightclubs until the bands garnered......

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Title: The Origination Of Punk Rock
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