Claryn Contemplates Cultural Cadences

This does not feel particularly appropriate for a school assignment, but at least they had good stories. My dad is blue, and my mom is green! (And, for reference, my dad worked at The Record Bar in the 80's, so that's what he means when he says work.)       What role did music play in your life when you were my age? Very very very big part. That’s when I was working in it, so the literature I read, the magazines, was all centered around music. What was popular, what was gonna be popular, and, with likeminded friends, all of our conversations were about music. A very very big part. That was the entertainment, was going to see a local live band, big concert, or just riding around listening to music, or talking about the latest album that came out.   What was your favorite kind of music when you were my age? Mine was mostly metal, but I listened to everything. That was during the hair metal days. I listened to everything. I liked rock and some of the new wave,...

What is punk rock? Punk rock is a style of rock music that first began stirring in the 1960s, only to explode in the 1970s. Punk songs are characterized by their short length, aggressive style of playing, basic instrumentation, and often shouted vocals Often, bands would be either self-recorded or self-produced. The very essence of the genre is hard-edged. The lyrics usually contain themes of societal upheaval, racial and socioeconomic equality, anti-establishment thought, and a variety of other leftist ideals.   How did punk come to be? Punk can trace its origins to 1960s garage rock. The genre grew simultaneously in the USA, England, and Australia, so some scholars disagree which country can truly take credit for punk’s sudden rise to prominence. Though most tend to associate punk with the UK due to London’s thriving punk scene and British names like The Clash and Sex Pistols existing at the forefront of the movement, the beginnings do, in fact, belong with the US. Bands ...