Oscar Isaac

I was in bands, but they were punk bands, and you plug in the guitars, you turn them up really loud, you've got four or five other people on stage with you, you've got some protection from when they throw lighters. You can always hide behind the lead singer or the bass player.

Guatemalan Actor

Greg Graffin

Science is the first expression of punk, because it doesn't advance without challenging authority. It doesn't make progress without tearing down what was there before and building upon the structure.

American Musician

Rege-Jean Page

When I got involved in the punk scene, my notion of what a career was changed. I realized that a career in the arts was actually about having the people and community to support you making your art.

English Actor

Jello Biafra

I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself. It made music a lot less boring in any category you can name.

Iman Shumpert

My father, my first coach, would never let me punk out if I was capable of helping the team.

American Athlete

Charlotte Caffey

We're more of a rock band and we have a punk influence and a pop influence.

Benjamin Booker

I guess I would call my music 'blues punk.' There's a lot of influences.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

American Singer

Ben Eine

English Artist

Tyler Posey

American Actor

Associated with quick, aggressive beats and edgy guitar riffs. Lyrics often challenge the status quo.

Music Genre

Embraces themes of rebellion and is closely tied to punk subculture movements.

Anti-Establishment

Punk is not just a music style but also a way of dressing and self-expression.

Subcultural Identity

Look for leather jackets, studded accessories, and mohawks as visual cues.

Distinct Fashion

Often used disparagingly to describe someone who causes trouble or is considered inferior.

Negative Connotation

Typically used in casual speech among peers, can be offensive in more formal or polite contexts.

Informal Language

Refers to more than just music; it's a cultural statement against the norm.

Cultural Movement

This more obscure definition is practical, denoting a material useful in starting fires.

Survival Usage

Useful term for those interested in outdoor activities, like camping or bushcraft.

Outdoor Vocabulary

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 You probably know them as the hardcore feminist punk rock group who spoke truth to power against Putin's excessive nationalism. And consequently, they were sent to a Siberian prison for two years. But what happens if we remove those colorful, aggressive masks?

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 and she was also exploring how technology coexists with raw human emotion. And she talked about how technology with these new feathers, this new face paint, this punk, the way that we identify with the world, and we made this music video.

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 like Joy Division, Bauhaus, and The Cure, combined gloomy lyrics and punk dissonance with imagery inspired by the Victorian era, classic horror, and androgynous glam fashion. By the early 1980s, similar bands were consistently described

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 In the seventies, it was punk music that drove the whole generation. In the eighties, it was probably money. But for my generation of people, software is the interface to our imagination and our world. And that means that we need

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 Meet the Love Punks. So we went about our digital world-building in a very analog way. We got dressed up, we put on a face paint, we built sets, and then we brainstormed our stories by acting them out.

Everyone can participate...

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 who looked at me up and down and said I don't look like I have any experience to be working in this business. And I said to him, "Listen, punk fool,

Punk

Music Genre

Anti-Establishment

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