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Encyclopedia > List of punk genres

The suffix -punk appears in the names of a number of genres of modern fiction and music. Other genres without the suffix may also be related, particularly in music. They include: Punk culture as it is seen today started in the mid 1970s as a movement or rebellion against some styles of music which existed at the time such as Prog Rock and Heavy Metal whose stars were seen as out of touch with their fans. ...

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Culture

- an informal group of people or individual, interested in privacy and cryptography
- believers and followers of the Nazi ideology who claim to be a part of the punk subculture
- a form of skinhead with punk influences that grew in size in the late 1970s and early 1980s
  • Warpunk
- activist subculture using radical images as weapons of legitimate defense

The cypherpunks (from cipher and punk) comprise an informal group of people interested in privacy and cryptography who originally communicated through the cypherpunks mailing list. ... Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to stop information about themselves from becoming known to people other than those they choose to give the information to. ... Cryptography has had a long and colourful history. ... The swastika, the symbol of Nazism. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... Punk culture as it is seen today started in the mid 1970s as a movement or rebellion against some styles of music which existed at the time such as Prog Rock and Heavy Metal whose stars were seen as out of touch with their fans. ... Punk-skinheads are a form of skinhead with punk influences that grew in size in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Skinheads, named after their shaven heads, are members of a subculture that originated in Britain in the 1960s, where they were closely tied to the Rude boy of the West Indies and the Mods of the UK. English Skinhead on cutdown circa 1991 // Categories National Socialist Skinheads in Toledo. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. ... Radical is derived from the Latin word radix, which means root. In various fields of endeavor, it can mean: Sciences in chemistry, either an atom or molecule with at least one unpaired electron, or a group of atoms, charged or uncharged, that act as a single entity in reaction. ...

Literature

History-time based

Genres collectively known as Timepunk, given in a 'chronological' order
- set during the Stone Age period
- set during the Bronze Age period
- set during the Iron Age period
- set during the Greek Dark Ages
- set during the Medieval period (±500-1500 A.D.)
- set during the Renaissance period
- set during the Victorian era, Industrial Revolution and Edwardian period
- from the 1930s-1950s post-World War II, also post-World War III
- set during and post-World War II
- set during the 1950s Atomic Age
- set during the 1960s-1970s and during the Cold War
- set in a futuristic (usually dystopic), highly technological world
- set in present or in a future time, where genetics have advanced significantly
- set during the Space Age

Stonepunk describes a sub-genre of the Steampunk science fiction genre which was introduced along with several other variations by the GURPS Steampunk worlds. ... Stone Age fishing hook. ... Bronzepunk is another sub-genre of the Steampunk science fiction genre which was introduced along with several other variations by the GURPS Steampunk worlds, including Stonepunk. ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... Ironpunk is a sub-genre to the Steampunk universe that follows the age of Bronzepunk as a civilization concentrating and built on the Iron Age. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. ... The Greek Dark Ages (ca. ... Middlepunk follows the same themes that are found in other -punk sub-categories, especially those predominant in steampunk science fiction, only it focuses on the time period of the Middle Ages. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi_Victorian alternate history setting. ... By region Italian Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Northern Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance English Renaissance The Renaissance, also known as Il Rinascimento (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... The Industrial Revolution was the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labour to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. ... The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... Dieselpunk is shorthand to describe a fantasy society with an industrial level of development, and a Cyberpunk attitude. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Nuclear fireball from a U.S. nuclear test World War III is the name given to a hypothetical world war that would be fought after World War II. Most usages of the term include the use of weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear weapons. ... Nazipunk can refer to a style in punk culture, or to a literary and cinematical subgenre. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Dieselpunk is shorthand to describe a fantasy society with an industrial level of development, and a Cyberpunk attitude. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Atomic Age was a phrase used for a time in the 1950s in which it was believed that all power sources in the future would be atomic in nature. ... Transistorpunk is a spinoff sub-genre to the Cyberpunk universe that follows Dieselpunk in the Timepunk history-time based literary themes. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Der Warschauer Pakt Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg hatte die Sowjetunion begonnen, mit den Staaten in ihrer Interessensphäre zweiseitige Beistandsverträge1 abzuschliessen. ... Berlins Sony Centre in Potsdamer Platz reflects the global reach of a Japanese corporation. ... Postcyberpunk describes a genre of science fiction which is believed to have emerged from the cyberpunk movement. ... Biopunk is a portmanteau word combining biology and punk. // Science fiction Biopunk is a sub-genre of science fiction which uses elements from the hard-boiled detective novel, film noir, Japanese anime, and post-modernist prose. ... A film poster for Forbidden Planet showing Robby the Robot. ... The Space Age is a contemporary period encompassing the activities related to the space race, space exploration, space technology, and the cultural developments influenced by these events. ...

Theme based

- themes relating to The Blitz and Nazism, the outcome and events of World War II and its effects upon society
- themes relating to Psychedelia prevalent during the 1960s
- themes relating to the comedy of manners and high fantasy fiction
- themes relating to retrograde cultural and economic views with techno-utopianism
- themes relating to horror fiction
- themes relating to a particular time period or an era
Punk culture | Literary punk genres History-time based
StonepunkBronzepunkIronpunkSandalpunkMiddlepunkClockpunkSteampunkDieselpunkTransistorpunkCyberpunkPostcyberpunkBiopunkSpacepunk
Theme based
Blitzpunk — PsychedelipunkMannerpunkNazipunkRetro-futurismSplatterpunkTimepunk
Other topics
Alternative historyCybernoirCyberprepCybertopiaCypherpunkNew WaveTransrealism

Nazipunk can refer to a style in punk culture, or to a literary and cinematical subgenre. ... German bomber over the Surrey Docks, London The Blitz, a popular English contraction of the German word Blitzkrieg, meaning Lightning War, was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940–1941. ... The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Theme of punk literature with an emphasis on psychedelics, pyschedelic imagery, and or hallucinations or other similar experiences. ... Psychedelia is a term describing a category of music, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mannerpunk is a subgenre of fantasy literature. ... The comedy of manners satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters, such as the miles gloriosus in ancient times, the fop and the rake during the Restoration, or an old person pretending to be young. ... High fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction that is set in invented or parallel worlds. ... Retro-futurism or retro-future describes the return to, and an enthusiasim for, the depictions of the future produced in the first half of the 20th century. ... Reactionary (or reactionist) is a political epithet typically applied to conservatism. ... Techno-utopianism is any ideology based on the belief that advanced science and technology will eventually bring about ideal living conditions in the future. ... Splatterpunk is a neologism coined to describe a subgenre of horror fiction distiguished by its graphic depiction of violence. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. ... The suffix -punk appears in the names of a number of genres of modern fiction and music. ... This is a list of named time periods defined in various fields of study. ... ERA is an abbreviation for several different things, including: Academy of European Law, Trier Earned run average, a baseball statistic ECMWF re-analysis Education Reform Act Electronic Realty Associates Inc. ... Punk culture as it is seen today started in the mid 1970s as a movement or rebellion against some styles of music which existed at the time such as Prog Rock and Heavy Metal whose stars were seen as out of touch with their fans. ... The suffix -punk appears in the names of a number of genres of modern fiction and music. ... Stonepunk describes a sub-genre of the Steampunk science fiction genre which was introduced along with several other variations by the GURPS Steampunk worlds. ... Bronzepunk is another sub-genre of the Steampunk science fiction genre which was introduced along with several other variations by the GURPS Steampunk worlds, including Stonepunk. ... Ironpunk is a sub-genre to the Steampunk universe that follows the age of Bronzepunk as a civilization concentrating and built on the Iron Age. ... Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. ... Middlepunk follows the same themes that are found in other -punk sub-categories, especially those predominant in steampunk science fiction, only it focuses on the time period of the Middle Ages. ... Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi_Victorian alternate history setting. ... Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. ... Dieselpunk is shorthand to describe a fantasy society with an industrial level of development, and a Cyberpunk attitude. ... Transistorpunk is a spinoff sub-genre to the Cyberpunk universe that follows Dieselpunk in the Timepunk history-time based literary themes. ... Berlins Sony Centre in Potsdamer Platz reflects the global reach of a Japanese corporation. ... Postcyberpunk describes a genre of science fiction which is believed to have emerged from the cyberpunk movement. ... Biopunk is a portmanteau word combining biology and punk. // Science fiction Biopunk is a sub-genre of science fiction which uses elements from the hard-boiled detective novel, film noir, Japanese anime, and post-modernist prose. ... A film poster for Forbidden Planet showing Robby the Robot. ... Theme of punk literature with an emphasis on psychedelics, pyschedelic imagery, and or hallucinations or other similar experiences. ... Mannerpunk is a subgenre of fantasy literature. ... Nazipunk can refer to a style in punk culture, or to a literary and cinematical subgenre. ... Retro-futurism or retro-future describes the return to, and an enthusiasim for, the depictions of the future produced in the first half of the 20th century. ... Splatterpunk is a neologism coined to describe a subgenre of horror fiction distiguished by its graphic depiction of violence. ... The suffix -punk appears in the names of a number of genres of modern fiction and music. ... ... Cybernoir, sometimes also referred to as cybergoth fiction (not to be confused with the subcultural movement), is a subgenre of Science Fiction. ... Cyberprep (a portmanteau word combining cybernetics and preppie) is a term that refers to a sub-genre of science fiction or role-playing game campaign that reflects the flip side of cyberpunk. ... The fiction genre cybertopia comprises stories about utopias or dystopias in science fiction (especially cyberpunk) settings. ... The cypherpunks (from cipher and punk) comprise an informal group of people interested in privacy and cryptography who originally communicated through the cypherpunks mailing list. ... New Wave science fiction was characterised by a high degree of experimentation, both in form and in content and a highbrow sensibility. ... Transrealism is a literary mode that mixes the techniques of incorporating fantastic elements used in science fiction with the techniques of describing immediate perceptions from naturalistic realism. ...

Music

Main article: Punk rock

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. ... Protopunk is a term used to describe a number of performers who were important precursors of punk rock, or who have been cited by early punk rockers as influential. ... Anarcho-punk (sometimes known as peace-punk) is a subgenre of the punk rock movement consisting of groups and bands promoting specifically anarchist ideas. ... Red and Anarchist Skinheads (also Anarcho-skinheads; RASH) are the anti-racist, anti-fascist skinheads. ... Anti-folk (or antifolk) is a genre of music related to punk rock and American folk music that originated in the mid-1980s in New York City. ... Cassette culture was in part an offshoot of the mail art movement of the 1970s and 1980s. ... Christian punk is a form of Christian alternative music and a subgenre of punk rock played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian. ... Clockwork Punk was first started in the late 1970s by bands such as The Adicts. ... Psychobilly is a genre of music generally described as a mix between the British punk rock of the 1970s and the American rockabilly of the 1950s. ... Crust punk (also known as encrusted music or little known as super crusted crusto crust town is the extreme evolution of Hardcore punk. ... Death Rock (also spelled Deathrock) is a term used to identify a playfully spooky offshoot of Punk Rock which first appeared in Los Angeles during the late 1970s and early 1980s, then later merged with the New Wave and Glam influenced Batcave musical scene to form Gothic Rock. ... Eeriecore Eeriecore is a cross beetween trash,dark post-hardcore, and nu-metal with eerie sounding effects in tracks. ... Folk punk is a genre of music that combines elements of folk and punk rock music. ... Funkcore is a musical genre, or perhaps movement, derived from a fusion of American-styled hardcore punk and funk. ... Garage punk is a subgenre of rock music. ... Glam punk is glam rock and punk rock music. ... // Labels Taken Gothcore is a name used to define a dark post-hardcore style, as the name horrorcore is already taken to define dark-rap like ICP. See horrorcore. ... Grindcore is an extreme form of hardcore punk and heavy metal, related to death metal, but historically formed by combining elements of Hardcore Punk and early thrash metal (which predated the advent of death metal). ... Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is an intensified version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ... There are several genres connected to hardcore punk. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... Queercore is a cultural and social movement which arose in the mid 1980s. ... Rapcore today is a fusion of hardcore punk and heavy metal music aesthetics with hip hop music. ... Thrashcore, or thrash, is a combination of thrash metal and hardcore punk music. ... Horror punk is a dark style of music mixing Gothic and punk rock sounds with morbid imagery. ... The swastika, the symbol of Nazism. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in American, Australian, British, Canadian and European popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, growing out of the New York City punk rock scene, itself... No Wave was a short-lived but influential offshoot of punk rock centered in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Noise rock is a musical genre that developed in the 1980s as an experimental outgrowth of punk rock. ... Oi! is the name given to a sub-genre of punk music that sought to align punk with a working-class street level following. ... 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... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... Psychobilly is a genre of music generally described as a mix between the British punk rock of the 1970s and the American rockabilly of the 1950s. ... 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... Punkabilly is a mix of hardcore punk from the eighties, and rockabilly. ... Queercore is a cultural and social movement which arose in the mid 1980s. ... Rapcore today is a fusion of hardcore punk and heavy metal music aesthetics with hip hop music. ... Riot Folk is the name given to a sub genre of punk that originated in the emo movement of the early 1980s. ... Riot grrrl (or riot grrl) is a form of hardcore punk rock music, known for its feminist stance. ... Rock Against Communism (RAC) was originally a series of concerts held in Britain in the 1980s and dominated by far-right and white supremacist bands. ... Screamo is a musical genre that developed out of emo, more specifically hardcore emo, in the early 1990s. ... Ska punk is a fusion of Jamaican ska and British and American punk rock. ... Skate punk (aka Skatepunk, Skate-punk, Sk8 Punk, Skate-thrash, or Skate-core) was originally a derivative of hardcore punk, so named because of its popularity among skateboarders. ... Skinheads, named after their shaven heads, are members of a subculture that originated in Britain in the 1960s, where they were closely tied to the Rude boy of the West Indies and the Mods of the UK. English Skinhead on cutdown circa 1991 // Categories National Socialist Skinheads in Toledo. ... For the drawing or cutting tool, see Straightedge. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Thrashcore, or thrash, is a combination of thrash metal and hardcore punk music. ... Two Tone (or 2 Tone) is a style of music created by fusing elements of punk rock and ska. ... Urban Folk is a form of folk music which combines elements of traditional folk and post-punk/ new wave influences. ...

See also

Punk rock | Musical punk genres
Anarcho-punk - Anti-folk - Crust punk - Garage punk - Hardcore & Post-hardcore - Horror punk - New Wave - No Wave - Noise rock - Oi! - Pop punk - Post-punk - Post-punk revival - Psychobilly - Riot grrrl - Ska punk - Streetpunk - Two Tone
Other topics
DIY - Protopunk - Punk pioneers - First wave - Second wave - Punk cities - Punk movies - Skinhead - Skinhead films - Ska
Music genre
List of genres of music : Genres: A-F | Genres: G-M | Genres: N-R | Genres: S-Z
Local sounds | Regions and cultures
Popular music : Blues | Country | Electronic music | Folk | Hip hop | Jazz | Reggae | Rock
Classical music

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