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The Ramones perform on stage in front of an enthusiastic crowd, with band members wearing leather jackets and jeans, and audience members raising their arms. Iggy Pop performs shirtless on stage in front of Marshall amplifiers, gripping a microphone stand and wearing camouflage pants, 2006. The New York Dolls perform on stage, with a guitarist and shirtless singer in front and a drummer playing a pink drum set in the background, under red stage lights. the Clash Joy Division Two Pistols
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Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century (1989), analyzes the impact of punk music. Jon Savage, England’s Dreaming (1991), covers the Sex Pistols and the origins of punk music. John Lydon, Keith Zimmerman, and Kent Zimmerman, Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs (1994), presents the Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten’s varied views on many topics, including punk. Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (1996), features interviews with various people in the punk movement, including Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Dee Dee Ramone, and Patti Smith.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: LiveAbout - Punk Music. Nov 01, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - What Do I Get? Punk Rock, Authenticity, and Cultural Capital (PDF). Dec 09, 2025
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at New Haven - Punk Legends: Cultural Representation and Ostension (PDF). Oct 03, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Queer As Punk: A Guide To LGBTQIA+ Punk. Jun 28, 2025
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Molloy - What Do I Get? Punk Rock, Authenticity, and Cultural Capital (PDF). Feb 06, 2025
Add new Web site: The Guardian - 'Punk never dies': celebrating the revolutionary art of an era. Jun 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Punk Rock Revolution. Feb 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - The Punk Discourse: From Subculture To Lifestyle. Aug 17, 2023
Add new Web site: The Art Story - Punk and Post-Punk Art. Jul 07, 2023
Links and photos added. May 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Carnegiee Hall - Timeline of African American Music - Punk and Alt-Rock. Apr 28, 2023
Add new Web site: LiveAbout - Punk Music. Feb 19, 2021
Corrected display issue. Nov 14, 2018
Add new Web site: CNN Entertainment - Punk shocks the world. Jun 28, 2018
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - The History and Evolution of Punk Rock Music. May 04, 2018
Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - Handbook of Texas - Punk Rock. Mar 14, 2018
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Punk. Sep 07, 2016
Add new Web site: True Punk - Bands, Interviews, Lifestyle. Jun 18, 2012
Add new Web site: In Music We Trust - The History of Punk Rock. Jun 18, 2012
Add new Web site: PunkRock.org. Jun 18, 2012
Add new Web site: PunkRock.org. Jun 18, 2012
Add new Web site: True Punk - Bands, Interviews, Lifestyle. Jun 18, 2012
Add new Web site: In Music We Trust - The History of Punk Rock. Jun 18, 2012
Added Please Kill Me (1996) by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain to the bibliography. May 09, 2012
Media added. Oct 25, 2007
Article revised. Feb 09, 2000
Article added to new online database. Oct 25, 1999
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