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Encyclopedia > List of punk movies

List of punk movies, i.e., films about, or culturally related to, the punk rock movement. 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. ...

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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 - Two Tone
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SLC Punk (unknown) When the Velvets recorded this debut, they were best known as the protégés of Andy Warhol (who designed the sleeve), and as a grating, combustible live band. ... Andy Warhol , photographed by Helmut Newton Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola) August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987) was an American painter, film-maker, publisher and a major figure in the pop art movement. ... A Clockwork Orange (1971) is a film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Anthony Burgess. ... Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director and producer. ... Amos Poe is a NYC filmmaker associated with the birth of No Wave Cinema and most recently with the new movement of Remodernist Film. ... Amos Poe is a NYC filmmaker associated with the birth of No Wave Cinema and most recently with the new movement of Remodernist Film. ... No Wave Cinema was a nearly nine year boom (1976-1985) in underground filmmaking on the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City. ... Jubilee is a 1977 cult film directed by Derek Jarman and starring Jenny Runacre, Nell Campbell (Little Nell), Toyah Willcox, Adam Ant, Jordan (the Malcolm McLaren protege), and Hermine Demoriane. ... Derek Jarman Derek Jarman (January 31, 1942 - February 19, 1994) was a British film director, stage designer, artist, and writer. ... The Punk Rock Movie was assembled from Super 8 camera footage shot by Don Letts, the disc jockey at the Roxy club during the early days of the UK punk rock movement, between 1977 and 1979. ... Don Letts is a British film director. ... Over the Edge is a movie completed in 1979 and released on HBO two years later because its controversial content led to a decision to forego a theatrical release. ... DVD cover Rock n Roll High School is a 1979 film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush, and featuring The Ramones. ... Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American producer and director of low-budget films; as such, he has apprenticed many now-famous directors, stressing the importance of budgeting and resourcefulness. ... Breaking Glass is a 1980 British film starring Hazel OConnor, Phil Daniels, and Jonathan Pryce. ... The Great Rock n Roll Swindle is a documentary film directed by Julien Temple. ... Times Square (movie) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Originally shot in 1980-81, this film, directed by Edo Bertoglio, is a rare real-life snapshot of ultra-hip subculture of post-punk era Manhattan. ... Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains was a 1981 film shot in Canada about three teenage girls, including Diane Lane and Laura Dern, who start a punk band. ... The Decline of Western Civilization is a rockumentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles punk rock scene in 1979 and 1980. ... Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. ... A collection of performances of punk/new wave artists from the late 70s. ... Liquid Sky is a 1982 comedy / science fiction film produced and directed by Slava Tsukerman. ... Ebba the Movie is a Swedish film from 1982 by director and writer Johan Donner. ... Cop Killer is the name of a controversial 1992 song by Body Count Cop Killer is also the name of a 1983 movie starring Harvey Keitel and John Lydon Cop Killer is also the name of the fifth episode of the short-lived Shaft television series. ... Valley girl, or Val, is a term coined in the 1970s, originally referring to affluent young women living in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California. ... Another State of Mind is a documentary film. ... Suburbia is a movie written and directed by Penelope Spheeris (The Decline of Western Civilization) about suburban punks who run away from home. ... Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. ... DVD cover Repo Man is a 1984 cult film directed by Alex Cox, produced by Michael Nesmith, and starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton. ... Alex Cox (b. ... Return of the Living Dead is a series of films that was produced between 1985-2005. ... Sid and Nancy movie cover. ... Alex Cox (b. ... Dogs In Space is a 1987 Australian film set in the post-punk little band scene in Melbourne, in 1976. ... John Lurie (December 14, 1952) is an actor, musician, and producer born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. In 1978 he formed The Lounge Lizards, initially a tongue-in-cheek fake-jazz combo with his brother Evan. ... Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Eat the Rich is Peter Richardsons 1987 British comedy, from the team behind the popular television series, The Comic Strip Presents. ... Tapeheads is a 1988 comedy film directed by Bill Fishman. ... 1991: The Year Punk Broke was a 1992 documentary directed by Dave Markey showcasing a late 1991 European tour of a number of punk and punk-inspired bands. ... Franks Wild Years is an album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records. ... Jesse Richards July 17, 1975-present is a painter, filmmaker and photographer in New Haven, CT. and has been affiliated with the British art movement Stuckism for some time. ... Youngblood was a superhero team, and eponymous comic book, created by Rob Liefeld for Image Comics in 1992. ... Harris Smith is an underground/Remodernist filmmaker and essayist living in New York City. ... Hard Core Logo is a classic Canadian mockumentary based on the novel of the same name by author Michael Turner. ... Scott Treleaven is a Toronto-born artist and filmmaker. ... Movie poster for Trainspotting Trainspotting is a 1996 black comedy film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh about a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh and their passage through life. ... Shes Real, Worse Than Queer is a seminal documentary film of the mid 1990s period of the queerpunk movement. ... Someone outside the realm of popular social circles. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... SLC Punk! (1998) is a film directed by James Merendino. ... The Filth and the Fury is a reference to a headline featured on British tabloid paper the Sun after an interview on BBC Televisions Today with Bill Grundy; Siouxsie Sioux (of Banshees fame) was a 17 year old groupie who was on the show with the drunken Pistols when... 24 Hour Party People is a 2002 film about Manchesters popular music community from 1977 to 1997, and specifically about Factory Records. ... Winterbottom at the Toronto International Film Festival. ... Punk Rock Holocaust is a 2004 movie directed by Doug Sakmann. ... Shooting at the Moon is a short punk/Remodernist film directed by Jesse Richards and Nicholas Watson and features music by Billy Childish. ... Jesse Richards July 17, 1975-present is a painter, filmmaker and photographer in New Haven, CT. and has been affiliated with the British art movement Stuckism for some time. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Punks Not Dead is a 2005 documentary film directed by Susan Dynner. ... Loren Cass is a punk rock film written and directed by Chris Fuller. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972 in Oakland, California) is the songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist for Punk/pop punk band Green Day. ... 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. ... The suffix -punk appears in the names of a number of genres of modern fiction and music. ... The anarchy symbol commonly used by anarcho-punks Anarcho-punk (sometimes known as peace-punk) is a subgenre of the punk rock movement consisting of groups and bands promoting specifically anarchist ideas. ... 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. ... Crust punk (also known as crust) is the extreme evolution of Hardcore punk. ... Garage punk is a subgenre of rock music. ... 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. ... 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. ... Horror punk is a dark style of music mixing Gothic and punk rock sounds with morbid imagery. ... 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... The post-punk revival is a movement in modern rock music, being part of the larger indie/garage rock, punk, and dance genres. ... 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. ... redirect [[Riot Grrrl] ... Ska punk is a fusion of Jamaican ska and British and American punk rock. ... Two Tone (or 2 Tone) is a style of music created by fusing elements of punk rock and ska. ... The DIY punk ethic refers to the idea of doing it yourself, i. ... List of Pre-Punk Bands or Proto punk groups (ca. ... List of Early Punk bands (1976-1985) See also: List of musicians by genre Adam & the Ants Abrasive Wheels The Adicts The Adverts The Afrika Korps Alternative TV Angelic Upstarts Anti-Nowhere League Anti-Pasti Art Attacks The Angry Samoans The Au Pairs The Avengers Bad Brains Bad Religion The... These are bands that could be considered to be part of the second wave of the punk rock movement, circa 1985 and after. ... For much of its history, punk music has been focused on energetic live shows and local music scenes, due to the non-marketability of most punk music and to the anti-corporate politics of many punk bands. ... 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. ... A list of films relating to or about the Skinhead culture. ... This page is about the musical style. ...


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Punk rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2734 words)
Punk rock was also a reaction against certain tendencies that had overtaken popular music in the 1970s, including what the punks saw as superficial "disco" music and grandiose forms of heavy metal, progressive rock and "arena rock." Punk also rejected the remnants of the hippie counterculture of the 1960s.
Punk rock in Britain coincided with the rise of Thatcherism, and nearly all British punk bands expressed an attitude of angry social alienation.
Punk bands and fans were often accused of nihilism, reflexive anarchism, wilful stupidity, hooliganism, and of outrageous behavior and dress that existed merely for shock value.
Punk rock - Free Encyclopedia (704 words)
The term "Punk rock" was originally used to describe the primitive guitar-based rock and roll of untutored US bands of the mid-1960s such as The Seeds from Southern California and The Standells from Boston.
Punk rockers rejected what they saw as the pretension, commercialism and pomposity which had overtaken rock music in the 1970s, spawning superficial "disco" music and grandiose forms of heavy metal, progressive rock and "arena rock".
Punk has had a lasting influence on all popular music and a thriving subculture can still be found almost anywhere in the United States.
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