The history of the punk subculture involves the history of punk rock, ideology, fashion, visual art, literature, dance, and film. Since emerging in the United States and the United Kingdom in the mid-1970s, the punk subculture has spread around the globe and evolved into a number of different forms. The history of punk plays important part in the history of subcultures in the 20th century.
Read more about History Of The Punk Subculture: Origins, Late 1970: Diversification, 1980s: Further Diversification, Alternative and Indie Legacy, 1990s: American Revival, 2000s
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“The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art’s audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.”
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“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
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“When there’s no future
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God Save the Queen”
—The Sex Pistols, British punk band (1976-1979)