Punk Rock
Ohio is known for a wide variety of punk rock icons from Akron, Cleveland and Cincinnati, primarily; these include electric eels, The Dead Boys, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, The Cramps, Rocket From The Tombs, Pere Ubu, Robert Quine, Rachel Sweet, Pagans, Devo and the Rubber City Rebels. Hardcore punk had considerable beginnings in Ohio, most notably with Maumee's Necros and Dayton's Toxic Reasons. However, despite being an Ohio band, Necros played the majority of their shows in Detroit. New Bomb Turks and Gaunt hail from Columbus, Ohio and one of Columbus' earliest punk bands, forming in 1978, was Screaming Urge.
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Famous quotes containing the words punk and/or rock:
“When there’s no future
How can there be sin
We’re the flowers in the dustbin
We’re the poison in your human machine
We’re the future
Your future
God Save the Queen”
—The Sex Pistols, British punk band (1976-1979)
“each rock a word
a creek-washed stone
Granite: ingrained
with torment of fire and weight”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)