Punk, or punk rock, is a music genre that evolved in UK in the middle of 1970s simultaneously with punk subculture. Punk rock was popular until 1980s, when it was displaced by heavy metal. Although punk rock originated from rock music, it appeared in contrast to rock, which was becoming more and more mainstream.
Punk rock is fast, hard-edged music, typically with short compositions and stripped-down instrumentation. Lyrics, usually social and anti-governmental, are representing idealogy of Punk subculture.
Punk has eveloved into a number of subgenres since 1970s, and some of them are very different from the original.
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