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The dictionary of "punk rock" definition is....
a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior. Also called punk.
punker
Pronunciation: (pung'kur),
n.
a punk rock musician or a devotee of punk rock or punk styles.
punk
Pronunciation: (pungk),
n.
1. Slang.
a. something or someone worthless or unimportant.
b. a young ruffian; hoodlum.
c. an inexperienced youth.
d. a young male partner of a homosexual.
e. an apprentice, esp. in the building trades.
f. Prison Slang.a boy.
2. See punk rock.
3. a style or movement characterized by the adoption of aggressively unconventional and often bizarre or shocking clothing, hairstyles, makeup, etc., and the defiance of social norms of behavior, usually associated with punk rock musicians and fans.
4. a punker.
an·ar·chy
n. pl. an·ar·chies
- Absence of any form of political authority.
- Political disorder and confusion.
- Absence of any cohesive principle, such as a common standard or purpose
Nihilism
n 1: a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake 2: complete denial of all established authority and institutions
When I first started pondering the question of a defnition of punk a few years ago, I was entangled in that web of ideas that said "punk was doing your own thing." But that's a contradiction in terms if I've heard one. There can be no scene where the ethics is one of individuality. To have a scene is to have a set of common threads that bind the group together... If those threads are merely the fact that everyone is doing their own thing, then you have little more than an aggregate, and not a true group. So, as I thought harder and harder, I decided that there had to be a set of rules. I knew they weren't exactly laid out in stone, but there is a set of regulations. I mean, if you can tell the difference between a "punk", and someone who isn't, there has to be a set of guidelines for judging the difference. - Doctor_J
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