Early U2 recordings show earnest young men influenced to varying degrees by Christianity, Irish social unrest and punk music.
No matter what one thinks of punk music and its "no future" ideology, the movement was adept and imaginative when it came to clothes.
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The festival opens with Good Vibrations, the story of Terri Hooley, the music producer who discovered the Undertones and who championed the rise of punk music during a very dark and violent time in Northern Ireland's history.
Its dystopian sensibility, international range of sounds, and smart, chic nod to the some of most respected innovators of '80s new wave and post-punk music results in a memorably stirring entry into the budding genre of indie-rock world music.
This punk bar is a major testing ground for local bands, and a great place to enjoy live rock, punk and ska music, as well as cheap drinks.
Lund, who also does vocals, has a background in hip hop, Jansen in house, and their influences range from the greats within their genre such as Daft Punk, to classical music and jazz.
Los Angeles may not sound like home for a country-rocker, and for many years, country music only represented a minor twang in the music of the punk band X.
Members of the Atlanta-based band Black Lips describe their music as "flower punk, " which sounds suspiciously like a term made up for the purposes of a press release.
Be Your Own Pet's music has been described as punk, garage rock and just plain fun.
Members of the British punk band The Mekons have been making music together for about 30 years now.
This was just about the time punk was breaking and discovering the new music out there changed my life.
Throughout his 30-year career, inspired by punk, Bragg has often used his music and political songs to offer fans a different perspective on issues of the day.
Haimovitz says that seeing punk rock fans sitting next to classical music afficionados in a smoky dive bar has awakened him to the power of music to bring people together.
Independent labels producing punk, metal and other "outsider" music prefer the vinyl format as a kind of rebellion, Ignizio said.
Its music scene has diversified, encompassing punk, grunge and funk.
Stefan Shepherd, who writes the children's music blog Zooglobble, likens music for the smaller set today to punk rock of the 1970s.
The energy and exuberance in the melody and the attitude of the rhythm are as powerful to me as any rock 'n' roll song, as energizing as any techno dance music, as driving and thrilling as any punk or heavy metal.
And, the story of the band that did most to put Derry on the popular music map, The Undertones, will get its own punk musical.
Bolton said he wanted to represent the two driving forces of punk fashion: the angrier, political statements coming from London punks and the more music-centric, club-kid predecessors in New York.
But with its sly humor, iconoclastic wisdom, and mix 'n' match music ethos, the mostly acoustic Natural hews closer to the real spirit of punk than any CD of buzz saw guitars and shouted lyrics.
As a result, when people try to describe her music they often prefix it with Afro but have no idea if it's punk, punk-soul, or anything else for that matter.
Its small but loyal following has unlimited access to Emusic's collection of jazz, punk and industrial tracks, which can be streamed, burned and downloaded to both PCs and portable digital music devices.
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