Beard Punk is a sub-genre of music which draws heavy influences from Punk, Post Hardcore, Indie,Emo, and Pop Punk. Beard punk is commonly associated with Gainesville Florida based independent record label "No Idea Records." Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Post-hardcore, as the name might suggest, is a musical offshoot of the hardcore punk movement. ... In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ... This article deals with the genre of music. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... No Idea Records is an independent record label with its office in Gainesville, Florida, producing both vinyl records and compact discs. ...

Some notable bands include Hot Water Music, Against Me!, Small Brown Bike, Glass and Ashes and North Lincoln. Hot Water Music is a post-hardcore/punk rock band from Gainesville, Florida. ... Against Me! is a punk band formed in Naples, Florida that then moved to Gainesville, Florida. ... Small Brown Bike is a band from Marshall, Michigan that existed between 1996 and 2004. ...