Punk Music History

Punk is a sub-culture that was born in London, England. At first, the punk has always confounded by skinhead groups. However, since the 1980s, when rampant in American punk, punk and skinhead groups as if fused, because it has the same spirit. However, Punk can also mean the kind of music or a genre that was born in the early 1970's. Punk could also mean the ideology of life that includes social and political aspects.

Punk

Youth movement initiated by the children of the working class is quickly penetrated American economic and financial problems triggered by the moral decline by political leaders that lead to higher unemployment and high crime. Punk tried to satirize the ruling in its own way, through the songs with music and lyrics are simple but sometimes rough, fast beat and stomping.

Many misinterpret punk as a glue sniffer and rioters as an epidemic in the UK ever use smelling glue to replace the beer that was bought by them. Many others who damage the image of punk as many of those who roam the streets and commit various crimes.

Punk fashion is more famous than the subject matter and the behavior they show, such as the mohawk style haircut indian tribe, or feathercut style cut and colored with bright colors, boots, chains and spikes, leather jackets, tight jeans and shabby clothes, anti-establishment, anti-social, the rioters and criminals from the lower classes, dangerous drunk so many who think that people who look like that is worthy to be called as a punker.

Lifestyle and IdeologyPsychologists brilliant Russian, Pavel Semenov, concluded that humans satisfy hunger for knowledge in two ways. First, do research on the environment and set a rational research results (science). Second, reset its immediate environment in order to create something new (art).With the above definition, punk can be categorized as part of the art world. Lifestyle and mindset of its predecessors punk predecessors like avant-garde art movement, which sets nyleneh, blurring the boundaries between artistic ideals and the reality of life, provoking the audience openly, using the viewer (performer) low quality and reorganize (or mendisorganisasi) establishment drastic lifestyle. The adherents of the two schools are also beginning to believe one thing, that hebohnya appearances (appearances) must be accompanied by hebohnya thoughts (ideas).Punk then developed as a result lower grade rock musician disappointment towards the music industry was dominated established rock musicians, such as The Beatles, Rolling Stone, and Elvis Presley. Musicians do not play punk rock tones of high technical or heart-wrenching love song. In contrast, more punk songs like cry of protest against the cruel world of demonstrators. Lyrics of punk songs tell the frustration, anger, and boredom compromise with street legal, low education, manual labor, unemployment and repression apparatus, the government and the ruling figures of the people.Consequently labeled as punk rock n roll leftist, so often do not get a chance to appear on television shows. Record companies were reluctant to orbit them.Lifestyle is relatively no one has the same lifestyle with others. Ideology is taken from the word "ideas" and "logos" meaning pure thoughts in life. Lifestyle and ideology developed in accordance with the place, time and situation of the punk Kalisari at this time began to develop the project "jor-rod" that take advantage of the media before the media take advantage of us. In other words, something punk trying to free the shackles of his time each.

Punk and AnarchismReaganomic failure and defeat the United States in the Vietnam War in the 1980's helped heat up the temperature of the punk world at that time. Punk bands second wave (1980-1984), like Crass, Conflict, and Discharge of England, The Ex and BGK from Holland, the MDC and the Dead Kennedys of America has changed the rebellious spirit of punk into pemendam (Rebellious thinkers) than mere devotee rock n roll. The ideology of anarchism ever carried by punk bands first wave (1972-1978), among others, the Sex Pistols and The Clash, is seen as the only option for those who have lost confidence in the authority of the state, society, and the music industry.In Indonesia, the term anarchy, anarchy or anarchism used by the media to declare an act of vandalism, fights or mass violence. Yet according to the founders, William Godwin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Mikhail Bakunin, anarchism is an ideology that requires the formation of a society without the state, assuming that the state is a legal form of dictatorship must end.The state sets the application of laws and regulations often are forced, thus limiting citizens to elect and be responsible for their own choices. Anarchists believe when the dominance of the state over the people eliminated, the right to exploit the natural wealth and human resources will grow by itself. People are able to meet the needs of his own life without interference from the state.The punk interpret the meaning of anarchism is not just limited to politics alone. In daily life, anarchism means no restraint rules, both from the public and record companies, because they can create their own rules of living and record companies as they wish. Punk ethics of this kind commonly known as DIY (do it yourself / do it yourself).Involvement in the punk ideology of anarchism is ultimately provide a new color in the ideology of anarchism itself, because it has a punk-Khasan to separate the movement. Punk movement that carries anarchism as an ideology commonly known as anarcho-punk movement.