Throughout the entire world, music is one thing that is a constant. From Africa to Antarctica, music can be found. There are literally millions of types of music out there: Rock, Rap, Pop, EMO, Hard-core, Ska, Latin, Classical. The list goes on and on. But one form of music has had one of the most significant histories of them all: Punk rock. A look into the history of this type of music will help us understand why punk rock sounds and feels the way it does. It is necessary to look at the types of dancing, different types of punk rock, and the reasons behind it to understand how and why this type of music formed. Development of PunkThrough the years some punk has had influences from country to the Grateful Dead. Some of this may not even be punk at all. An example of this can be clearly seen in a song by Rancid entitled "Time Bomb" off their album, "...And Out Come the Wolves"5. In this song a clear form of Reggae is seen with one listen. Punk originated in Britain in the mid Seventies. The first commercially successful punk band was The Sex Pistols. Then came groups like Black Flag, Husker Du, and Bad Brains. The first American punk started in a New York club called CBGB's. CBGB's would attract a crowd of about 500 with its Sunday-afternoon hard-core matinees. The concerts could be over by a reasonable time so kids could get home to eat dinner with their parents. Most punk groups don't make much money at all. Once in a while a punk group will hit it big time but that is very rare. Paul Westerbert, lead singer of the Replacements quotes, "We are the hungriest band I've ever seen. We get in the van and drive to a town, play, stay at a friend's house. Wake up when they throw us out. Drive the rest of the day. Play the next night. We get fifteen dollars a day. And when we're home, we don't get nothing. We're way in debt. We own a van, it breaks down, and you know when you play that the gig money goes to pay for the broken-down van. We're...
