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punk rock

vr.tr.punk-rock · INF.MED

Let an agent describe punk rock and its subgenres and scenes with attribution, identify bands and works with sources, describe its culture and politics neutrally, and support listening and playing.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe punk rock and its subgenres and scenes with attribution, identify bands and works with sources, describe its culture and politics neutrally, and support listening and playing.

A rock music genre that emerged in the mid 1970s with fast, stripped-down songs, raw vocals and anti-establishment attitudes, developing into scenes and subgenres worldwide such as political punk, hardcore, pop punk and regional scenes in Spain, Brazil and elsewhere, and associated with do-it-yourself culture, fashion and zines; punk rock remains an active genre and cultural movement.

What it is for: A rock genre and cultural movement.

It can be describe the genre and subgenres; identify bands and works; describe culture and politics neutrally; support listening and playing.

Distinguishing features

Stripped-down sound

DIY culture

Anti-establishment attitude

Global scenes

What it looks like

Not physical; music, performances, records and fashion.

How it is recognised

Fast, raw rock with DIY ethos

Mid 1970s origin

Post-punk and new wave are related but distinct

Related models

is a kind of - category

punk music

is related to - another entry on a cultural form

comedy

is related to - venues

nightclub

is related to - DIY collectives

collective

In practice

Families and kinds

early punk rock

hardcore punk

pop punk

political and anarcho-punk

regional scenes such as Spanish and Brazilian punk

Standards and regulation

Copyright and performance rights

Venue licensing and safety

Broadcasting standards

Failure modes and hazards

Partisan presentation of political punk

Genre boundary disputes

Misattributing bands and works

Also called

progressive punkpunk rock in Spainpolitical punkalternative punkgorenoiseBrazilian punk rockSpanish raw punkChristian punkhatecorenazi punkRock Against Communismanarcho-punkAustralian hardcoreAustralian punk rockSiberian punkstenchcorechaotic hardcorepunk metalNeue Deutsche Wellepsychobillygarage punksurf punkAmerican punk rockBasque radical rockrapcoregothabillynerd punkeasycoreska punkChristian hardcoreAmerican hardcore punkCanadian punk rockGerman punkDutch punkFrench punkGreek punkItalian punk rockItalian hardcore punkEstonian punkBrisbane punk rock

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What punk rock is.

Genre.

Sound

Sound and ethos.

Sound

Sound.

  1. What defines punk rock musically and culturally, and how does it differ from post-punk and new wave? definition
  2. What is the DIY ethos? definition

Subgenres

Subgenres and scenes.

Subgenres

Subgenres.

  1. What are hardcore, pop punk, political punk and regional scenes such as those in Spain or Brazil, as described by participants and critics? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific subgenre? action
Listen Bands and works.

Sources.

Bands

Key bands and records.

Bands

Bands.

  1. Which bands and records are landmarks of punk rock, according to critics and histories? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific band? action

Play

Playing punk.

Play

Playing.

  1. How can someone start playing punk, and how are DIY shows and releases organised? action
  2. Which venues and collectives support local scenes? provenance
Culture Politics and culture.

Attribution.

Politics

Punk and politics.

Politics

Politics.

  1. How have punk scenes engaged with politics, and how are their positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Fashion

Fashion and media.

Fashion

Fashion and media.

  1. How did punk fashion, zines and art develop, and how has punk been commercialised? provenance
  2. Which debates surround authenticity? provenance
History History.

Context.

Origins

Origins.

Origins

Origins.

  1. How did punk rock emerge in the 1970s in the United States and United Kingdom, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which earlier influences mattered? provenance

Legacy

Legacy.

Legacy

Legacy.

  1. How has punk influenced later music and culture? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each subgenre be a separate entry?
  • How should discographies be linked?
  • How should scenes be attributed?
Draft as JSON