Garage punk (fusion genre)
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Garage punk is a
The term "garage punk" often also refers to the
Etymology and usage
The term "punk rock" was first used to describe the music of American garage bands of the mid 1960s, and was not solidified as a genre until 1976.
Development and characteristics
1960s: Original garage bands
Simon Reynolds traces garage punk to American garage rock bands in the 1960s.[10] He explains that mid 1960s garage punk was largely the domain of untrained teenagers who used sonic effects, such as fuzz tones, and relied heavily on riffs.[11] Hann locates the "golden years" of garage punk to 1965–67.[8] The Sonics are credited as a pioneering act in the genre.[9][12] Critic Tim Sommer wrote: "The Sonics created the template for American garage punk, not to mention crafting the prototype for every punk rock band that thought that three chords and a horny shriek was enough to move a nation."[13]
1980s–2000s: Fusion with 1970s punk
In the 1980s, there began a revived interest in the music of the 1960s, starting with garage punk.
Allan Rutter writes that the music is often fast-paced and characterized by dirty, choppy guitars and lyrics typically expressing rebelliousness and sometimes "bad taste", and may be performed by "low-fi" acts who are on independent record labels, or who are unsigned.[15] Bands are generally apolitical and tend to distance themselves from hardcore punk and generally avoid strict adherence to the types of social codes and ideologies associated with the punk subculture.[16] However, there are exceptions like the (International) Noise Conspiracy, who played a highly politicised variation of garage punk.
AllMusic adds: "Some of the first garage punk bands who appeared in the late '80s and early '90s (
See also
- Garage punk fashion
- List of garage rock bands
- List of garage rock compilations
Notes
- ^ King Khan and the Shrines' Aris Kahn believes that the hybrid is not a revival, but a continuation of rock and roll's traditions, and that garage punk exists even in the 1960s.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Markesich 2012, p. 43.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Garage Punk". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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- ^ a b Nobles 2012, p. 32.
- ^ a b Austen 2005, p. 168.
- ^ Aaron 2013, p. 52.
- ^ Kaye, Lenny (1972). Nuggets (booklet). Various Artists. United States: Elektra Records.
- ^ a b Hann, Michael (30 July 2014). "10 of the best: garage punk". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ a b Ansill, Laura (14 April 2015). "The Sonics – Here Are The Sonics". mxdwn.com.
- ^ Reynolds 1999, p. 138–139.
- ^ Reynolds 2012, p. 150.
- ^ Pehling, David (11 May 2015). "Garage-Rock Godfathers The Sonics Get Feral at the Fillmore". SF Weekly.
- ^ Sommer, Tim (15 November 2016). "The Musicians Who Actually Deserve a Spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame". The Observer.
- ^ Reynolds 2005.
- ^ Rutter, Alan (September 2006). "Bluffer's guide: Garage punk". TimeOut London. TimeOut Group Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- S2CID 143841415.
- ^ "Clay Reed on Outsight Radio Hours". Archive.org. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
Bibliography
- Aaron, Peter (2013). If You Like the Ramones... Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1617134579.
- Austen, Jake (2005). TV-a-Go-Go: Rock on TV from American Bandstand to American Idol. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-56976-241-7.
- Hoffmann, Frank (2004). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-94950-1.
- Markesich, Mike (2012). TeenBeat Mayhem!: Commemorating America's Forgotten Musical Heritage : Those Teenage Rock & Roll Combos of the Swingin' 1960s. Priceless Info Press. ISBN 978-0-9856482-5-1.
- Nobles, Mark A. (2012). Fort Worth's Rock and Roll Roots. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-8499-7.
- Reynolds, Simon (1999). Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture. ISBN 0-415-92373-5.
- ISBN 978-0-571-21570-6.
- ISBN 978-1-59376-477-7.
- ISBN 0-415-17029-X.