Mid 1970's ...

Influenced by 1960's Garage Rock

Punk artists rejected mainstream Rock music of the 1970's

Punk was as much about the style as well as the music. Offensive tshirts, leather jackets, studded and spiked bands and jewelley

Further inspired other Punk subgenres - Hardcore Punk and Street Punk

Further inspired genres such as Post Punk, New Wave and Indie Pop

Punk re-emerged in the mianstream in the 1990's with bands such as Greenday, Rancid, The Offspring and Blink 182

Reaction against long, complex Hendrix style guitar solos that Punk artists felt were going no-where

Some artists also felt that Rock music wasnt rebellious enough

Non mianstream bands would play in pubs

Musicians didnt have developed skills but still wanted to express themselves musically

Punk lyrics led to Punk songs been banned by radio stations and refused shelf space in shops

Patti Smith

The Ramones

The Sex Pistols

The Clash

The Damned