Punk and Postmodernism

You can find the origin of punk rock in various places, you can even dates back to post-World WarⅡwhich means 1950s when the “do-it-yourself” attitude of the Skiffle craze. (Skiffle is a Jazz style music combining the element of folk music that was popular in 1950s Britain).

What first formed the punk rock was a garage bands of 60s such as Sonics and Wailers and they often had limited musical skill. Following these movement, British Invasion took place in Britain in the mid 60s. British Invasion is a movement that British music had overtaken America’s music scene in the mid 60s.

Besides those garage bands of the 1960s, it is also notable that aggressive instrumentation of The Who and the snotty attitude of the early Rolling Stones, dissonant style of The Velvet Underground, the sexuality, political texts and violent style of Detroit bands, they had all inspired the new era of punk rock.

Also Nirvana, as emerged as a Grunge band in the early 90s and still popular today, can be traced back to the movement stated above. Slightly after those who were called Grunge bands, what is called “pop punk” bands such as Green Day and Offspring came out in the music scene as a new style of punk rock.