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If punk is commercialised, it is far from street culture. [94] This is the paradox of punk; as a subculture, it must always be evolving to stay out of the mainstream. Punk Girls written by Liz Ham is a photo-book featuring 100 portraits of Australian women in the punk subculture, and it was published in 2017 by Manuscript Daily.
A number of philosophical and artistic movements were influences on and precursors to the punk movement. The most overt is anarchism, especially its artistic inceptions.The cultural critique and strategies for revolutionary action offered by the Situationist International in the 1950s and 1960s were an influence on the vanguard of the British punk movement, particularly the Sex Pistols.
An attitude common in the punk subculture is the opposition to selling out, which refers to abandoning of one's values and/or a change in musical style toward pop (e.g. electropop) and embracing mainstream culture or more radio-friendly rock (e.g. pop rock) in exchange for wealth, status, or power.
By the 1990s, punk rock was sufficiently ingrained in Western culture that punk trappings were often used to market highly commercial bands as "rebels". Marketers capitalized on the style and hipness of punk rock to such an extent that a 1993 ad campaign for an automobile, the Subaru Impreza , claimed that the car was "like punk rock".
Afro-punk (sometimes spelled AfroPunk) refers to the participation of African Americans in the punk and alternative music cultures. Afro-punks represent a majority in the punk culture in predominantly black regions of the world that have burgeoning punk communities, such as in parts of Africa.
Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. ... Skateboard culture, streetwear ...
A punk wearing a customized blazer, as was popular in the early punk scene. Punk rock was an intentional rebuttal of the perceived excess and pretension found in mainstream music (or even mainstream culture as a whole), and early punk artists' fashion was defiantly anti-materialistic.
Punk, a 1970s American punk music magazine; The Punk, a 1993 British film, based on the novel of the same name; P.U.N.K.S., a 1999 American science fiction comedy film; Punks, a 2000 African-American LGBTQ comedy film "Punk", a song from the 2001 Gorillaz self-titled debut album "Punk", a song from the 2003 Ferry Corsten album Right of Way