punk era
Safety-pin music period
The punk era refers to the period in the mid-to-late 1970s when punk rock emerged as a dominant cultural force, particularly in the UK and US.
The term usually encompasses not just the music but the associated fashion, attitude, and DIY ethos that defined the movement: She came of age during the punk era.
Sometimes used more loosely for any period when punk aesthetics were influential.
- mohawkCentral standing hair strip
- safety pinsShielded-point fasteners
- anarchyDisorder from absent authority
- CBGBDefunct Bowery music venue
- RamonesSeminal punk quartet
safety pin jewelry · leather jacket · mosh pit · DIY · fanzine · three chords · spikes · rebellion · Sex Pistols · ripped jeans · sneer · underground · garage · thrash · studs · bleach · combat boots · snarl
- Fashion ErasBaroque, Renaissance, Victorian, Edwardian, Regency
- Music OriginsNew Orleans, Memphis, Nashville, Jamaica, Motown
- British ErasVictorian age, Tudor period, Regency period, medieval period, interregnum
punk eradisco era
Late seventies cultural moment
stadium rock · MTV era · Thatcher era · Summer of Love · jazz age
punk eradisco era
Late seventies cultural moment
progressive rock · arena rock · glam rock · stadium rock · symphonic rock