Punk -- it's not dead; or is it?

St. Joseph News-Press;  June 23, 2006 ;   CRYSTAL K. WIEBE;   574 words ...Punk. The word conjures up mohawks, anarchy and musical rebellion...princesses try to wring cred from the word in publicity photos, is punk dead? That would have been a great question for Joan Jett, longtime queen of the punk scene, when the Vans Warped Tour rolled into Verizon Wireless...

The blank generation; The Arts John Lydon has the power to shock 27 years...

The Evening Standard (London, England);  February 6, 2004 ;     787 words ...Byline: WILL SELF WHATEVER happened to punk? I mean, in one sense I know what happened to punk: within a few scant months of its genesis in...But still, what happened to the nihilism of punk, the je m'en foutisme of punk, the whole gobbing...

Iowa State U.'s local musicians say punk stays strong

University Wire;  July 10, 2001 ;   Randy Webb;   636 words ......U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- We all know that punk has been doing fine in the mainstream blitzkrieg...Offspring at the forefront. But how is punk doing at the local level in Ames? Patrick...the label, provides some insight. "Sure, punk is definitely alive in Ames," he says...

Punk in Print: Easy on the Ears; Spin Celebrates the Raucous Rock Form

The Washington Post;  April 24, 2001 ;   Peter Carlson;   787 words ......quite compares to the subtle, sublime pleasures of punk rock music. Of course, those pleasures don't include listening to the music. Good God, no! Listening to punk is pure torture. Punk instrumentals sound like a beer can being eaten by...

Author thoroughly examinesthe Jewish roots of punk rock

The Boston Globe;  December 4, 2006 ;   Renee Graham;   594 words ......HEEBIE-JEEBIES AT CBGB'S: A SECRET HISTORY OF JEWISH PUNK BY STEVEN LEE BEEBER CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS, 259 pp., $24.95 "Punk is Jewish." In this history of the jarring...of an understatement. It's not just that punk pioneers such as Lou Reed, Blondie's Chris...

ATTITUDE; Punk had a hidden positivity, allowing girls to scream without...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 1, 2003 ;     787 words ......She's been labelled the new Princess of Punk. As Kelly Osbourne prepares to support...tough singing antics of the great ladies of punk who went before her IT may sound absurd...branded Kelly Osbourne 'The new Princess of Punk.' With her ever-changing hairstyles, make-...

Pretty Ancient; 30 years ago parents choked on their tea as punk exploded...

The Mirror (London, England);  April 8, 2006 ;     787 words ......student in Brighton there was a really noisy punk band that rehearsed in our basement. We...bass, even though I'd never played before. Punk was an amazing release for me. At school...I've been teaching music now for 10 years. Punk was about giving anything a go, so in that...

Market Failure: Punk Economics, Early and Late.

College Literature;  March 22, 2001 ;   Thompson, Stacy;   787 words ...Introduction: Punk Merchandise? In the early 90s, a line of...the tee shirts assumed that fans of the punk rock band, Fugazi, were aware that its...product into the commodity market. Punks and punk businesses have, at best, a conflicted...

Review: First season of MTV's "Punk'd" series released on DVD

NPR Special;  February 4, 2004 ;   MADELEINE BRAND;   569 words ......04-2004 Review: First season of MTV's "Punk'd" series released on DVD Host: MADELEINE...the DVD for you. The phrase `You've been punk'd' is the signature line from actor Ashton Kutcher's MTV celebrity prank show "Punk'd." A DVD of the show's first season has...

"Punk's Not Dead": A lively look at why they're jumping: Tracking a...

Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY);  September 14, 2007 ;     553 words ......14--One of the most telling lines from the film Punk's Not Dead is when an old punk declares punks were hippies with teeth. That line captures part of the idealistic, idyllic history of punk rock as told by Susan Dynner, an '80s punk kid who...

20 (or so) years of punk // From murky origins, a lasting impact

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 11, 1996 ;   JAE-HA KIM;   731 words ...Scholars and artists may argue about punk's origin, but few will disagree that until...American punks," said James Stark, author of Punk '77 (Stark Grafix). "That definitely made...they made, though, it's incorrect to say punk began with the Pistols. They might have...

Punk fashion challenges authority, tradition. (Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 15, 1993 ;   Givhan, Robin D.;   783 words ......Shave your head. Pierce your belly button. Punk is back. Not quite as aggressive and not...shredded as the late '70s version, Paris' new punk is _ difficult as it may be to believe...sexy, and almost always fun. This nouveau punk _ as trade newspaper Women's Wear Daily...

Pretty in Punk: Girls' Gender Resistance in a Boys' Subculture

Journal of American and Comparative Cultures;  January 1, 2000 ;   DeChaine, D Robert;   774 words ...Pretty in Punk: Girls' Gender Resistance in a Boys' Subculture...historical girth of Western culture, as punk girl-cum-sociologist Lauraine Leblanc reminds...smiles. In her new book entitled Pretty in Punk, Leblanc replaces smiles with sneers and...

Fear of a punk planet. (Articles).(appreciation of the Chicago-based...

The Nation;  January 13, 2003 ;   Kreilkamp, Ivan;   787 words ...The Chicago-based magazine Punk Planet--nominated for the past two years...poses a question--what exactly would a punk planet look like?--that its contents answer...that will surprise any reader for whom punk inspires visions only of loud guitars...

Punk memories

The Sunday Herald;  May 14, 2000 ;     787 words ......member of The Rezillos, now owner of Motolux Punk only had an effect on those that remember...think its about hair and studded clothes. Punk was a reaction. We were reacting against...turgid and boring. I never did call myself a punk. To me the idea of punk, or New Wave as...