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Encyclopedia > Punk blues
Punk blues
Stylistic origins: Jump blues, R&B, Rockabilly, Punk rock, Post-punk, early rock'n'roll, Garage rock, Blues, Swamp rock
Cultural origins: Early 1980s United States
Typical instruments: Guitar - Bass - Drums-Piano-Harmonica-Hammond, Farfisa or Vox Continental organ
Mainstream popularity: Largely underground and popular with Punks, Teds, Rockers, Greasers and Hipsters. A few bands such as The White Stripes have had mainstream success.
Regional scenes
England, Europe, United States
Other topics
Timeline of alternative rock, Swamp rock, No wave, Post punk, Deathcountry

Allmusic.com states that punk blues draws on the influence of the "...garage rock sound of the mid-'60s, the primal howl of early Captain Beefheart, and especially in the raw and desperate sound of the Gun Club's landmark Fire of Love LP from 1981."[1] According to allmusic.com, "...punk blues really came to life in the early '90s with bands like the seminal Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Gories, and the Gibson Brothers", and "...continued into the 2000s with even more visibility thanks to the popularity of the White Stripes."[2] Jump blues is a type of up-tempo blues music influenced by big band sound. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music to emerge during the 1950s. ... 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 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... Rock and roll (also spelled rock n roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that enjoyed its original period of wide success in the United States and Canada, from 1963 to 1967. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. ... Roots Rock is a classic, early American sound distinct in early 70s bands, such as Creedence Clearwater Revival and Three Dog Night. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Farfisa is a brand name for a series of electric organs, and later multitimbral keyboards, made in Italy. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 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 Teddy boy youth culture first emerged in Britain (starting in London, but rapidly spreading across the country) during the early 1950s, and soon after became strongly associated with American rock and roll music of the period. ... The definitive Wild One. ... Greasers is a subculture that started in the 1950s and continued through the mid-1960s. ... A hipster is a person who is strongly associated with a subculture that considers itself hip. ... The White Stripes is an American rock music duo from Detroit, Michigan, consisting of Jack White (principal songwriter, vocals, guitar, piano) and Meg White (drums, percussion, vocals). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II... World map showing the location of Europe. ... This is a timeline of alternative rock, from its beginnings in the 1970s to the present. ... Roots Rock is a classic, early American sound distinct in early 70s bands, such as Creedence Clearwater Revival and Three Dog Night. ... No Wave was a short-lived but influential music and art scene that thrived briefly in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk scene there. ... Post-punk was a popular musical movement beginning at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid 1970s. ... Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that enjoyed its original period of wide success in the United States and Canada, from 1963 to 1967. ... Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941, in Glendale, California, USA) is a musician and visual artist, best known by the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. ... The Gun Club were a rock band from Los Angeles in the 1980s led by flamboyant singer/guitarist, ex-rock critic Jeffrey Lee Pierce. ... The Blues Explosion. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 1983 album cover The Gibson Brothers are a France-based musical group, who had their greatest success during the disco boom of the late 1970s and are best known for their hit Cuba. The three brothers, Chris (lead vocals, percussion), Patrick (vocals, drums) and Alex (vocals, keyboards) were born on... The White Stripes are a minimalist rock and roll duo from Detroit, formed in 1997. ...

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Notable Performers

1980s

Gun Club

Denise Sullivan of allmusic.com likens the Gun Club band leader Jeffrey Lee Pierce's vocal style to an “exorcism-in-progress”, and states that “tribal, psychobilly blues is the best way to describe Gun Club's energetic death rock...”. Sullivan calls their 1981 debut album, Fire of Love “a punk/blues hybrid” and refers to the band’s 1985's EP Death Party as “a swingin' piece of punkabilly”. [3] According to Greg Prato of allmusic.com, the Gun Club’s “merging...of hardcore punk, rockabilly, and country” made the band’s style an antecedent to the 'pyschobilly' genre. [4] The Gun Club were a rock band from Los Angeles in the 1980s led by flamboyant singer/guitarist, ex-rock critic Jeffrey Lee Pierce. ...


1990s

Flat Duo Jets

The Flat Duo Jets were a drums and guitar two piece band from [North Carolina]. Fronted by singer songwriter Dexter Romweber they formed in 1983 but did not release a full length album until 1990. They combined blues and rockabilly influences with punk rock and influenced Jack White of the White Stripes. Flat Duo Jets was a rockabilly band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music to emerge during the 1950s. ... Jack White (occasionally Jack White II or just III), born John Anthony Gillis on July 9, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan is an American musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer. ... The White Stripes is an American rock music duo from Detroit, Michigan, consisting of Jack White (principal songwriter, vocals, guitar, piano) and Meg White (drums, percussion, vocals). ...


The Chrome Cranks played a noisy and sinsister brand of blues influenced garage music, strongly influenced by the Gun Club. Reviewer Ben Donnelly from Dusted magazine states that the Chrome Cranks "came at the tail end of the trash rock vibe that ran through the underground and overlapped through post-punk, noise rock and grunge." Donnelly says that the "...Cranks weren't the peak of the form (as the liner notes by singer Peter Aaron all too modestly admit", but he states that "...the roughest tracks on [albums like] Diabolical Boogie, the sort of things that could be overdriven blurs, are the most powerful."[5]


2000s

White Stripes

The blues influences on Detroit's White Stripes can be heard in their electric cover versions of Son House's "Death Letter Blues", McTells' "Your Southern Can Belongs To Me", and Blind Willie Johnson's "John the Revelator". Jack White plays guitar, while Meg White plays the drum kit. A 2000 review stated that the band's "...noisy, wicked electric-slide blues songs...sound like the Reverend Horton Heat...[and] Robert Johnson". In addition, the review states that the band is "...the Blues, as authentic and honest and real as it gets." [6] The White Stripes are a minimalist rock and roll duo from Detroit, formed in 1997. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie Johnson (c. ... Jack White (occasionally Jack White II or just III), born John Anthony Gillis on July 9, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan is an American musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer. ... Megan Martha White (born on December 10, 1974, in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan) is best known as the drummer of Detroit rock duo The White Stripes. ... The Reverend Horton Heat: Scott Churilla (left), Jim Reverend Horton Heath (center), Jimbo Wallace (right) The Reverend Horton Heat is both three-piece psychobilly / rockabilly band from Dallas, Texas and the stage name of its singer/songwriter, Jim Heath (born in 1959 in Corpus Christi, Texas). ... Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) is among the most famous Delta Blues musicians and arguably the most influential. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. ...


References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:13419
  2. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:13419
  3. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll, under the article title "Gun Club"
  4. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll, under the article title "Gun Club"
  5. ^ http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3362
  6. ^ The White Stripes Do Four Dates In NZ - http://www.blues.co.nz/news/article.php?id=373

See also

Punk rock
2 Tone - Afro-punk - Anarcho-punk - Art punk - Celtic punk - Christian punk - Cowpunk - Crust punk - Dance-punk - Deathrock - Emo - Folk punk - Gaelic punk - Glam punk - Gothabilly - Hardcore punk - Post-hardcore - Horror punk - Jazz punk - Mod revival - Nazi punk - New Wave - No Wave - Noise rock - Oi! - Pop punk - Post-punk - Psychobilly - Punk blues - Punk Pathetique - Queercore - Riot Grrrl - Scum punk - Ska punk - Skate punk - Taqwacore
Other topics
Protopunk - DIY ethic - First wave punk musicians - Second wave punk musicians - List of punk bands - Punk subculture - Punk movies - Punk fashion - Punk ideologies - Punk visual art - Punk dance - Punk literature - Punk zine - Rock Against Communism - Straight edge
Blues | Blues genres
Jug band - Classic female blues - Country blues - Delta blues - Electric blues - Jump blues - Piano blues - Fife and drum blues
Jazz blues - Blues-rock - Soul blues- Punk blues
British blues - Chicago blues - Detroit blues - Kansas City blues - Louisiana blues - Memphis blues - Piedmont blues - St. Louis blues - Swamp blues - Texas blues - West Coast blues
Musicians


 

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