Punk 'n' Roll

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Punk 'n' Roll (or rock 'n' roll punk ) is a general umbrella term for the combination of elements of punk rock with hard rock or rock 'n' roll . Sometimes the line between rock 'n' roll punk, punkabilly and psychobilly , surf punk is so blurred that the term punk 'n' roll is sometimes used as an umbrella term. Bands from all these genres are so z. B. to be found on the sampler series Punk-'n'-Roll-a-Licious .

history

Already with some early US punk groups like the Ramones , the Dictators and the Pagans style elements of the 1950s rock 'n' roll were predominant, later British bands like The Clash also used (especially on their album London Calling ) ironically 50s rock 'n' roll nostalgia. The Californian band Social Distortion , whose singer Mike Ness also visually shaped the image of "greaser punk", achieved cult status .

Since the early 1990s, Scandinavian groups such as Turbonegro , Gluecifer , Hellacopters or the Backyard Babies , who were musically and visually based on the Dictators, the New York Dolls or Social Distortion and whose style also featured high-speed Rock'n'-Roll , Neo-Rock-'n'-Roll , Rock-'n'-Roll-Core or Speedrock became known. In summary, people often talked about punk 'n' roll, although some bands had different names: Turbonegro, for example, spoke of death punk . In most of the groups mentioned, in addition to the punk and hardcore bands mentioned, influences from hard rock groups such as Motörhead , AC / DC and Rose Tattoo played a major role. There was also some overlap with Sleaze Rock .

subculture

Since the 1990s, in the course of the Scandinavian "neo-rock-'n'-roll wave" with the aforementioned bands, but also new groups like Psychopunch , a separate scene within the rock and punk movement has emerged. A similar development has also taken place in Germany since the mid-1990s, with bands such as The Lucky Punch, The Ten Buck Fuck, Boozed , The Bad Days , The Cellophane Suckers , Diamond Heights and Dumbell, which are due to their American origins and acquaintance Closing the circle with New York punk rocker Sonny Vincent . The genre is also represented in Japan , led by the band Guitar Wolf . In addition to the preference for punk 'n' roll, 1950s nostalgia (including Cadillacs and the Bettie Page look for many female members of the punk 'n' roll scene) have corresponding tattoos and fashion (flame shirts and flattop or quotes ) shaped the image of the subculture in public. However, there are also references to the glam rock fashion of the 1970s. The fans of the band Turbonegro created their own fan culture with the “ Turbo Youth ” within the scene, they often appear with uniform patches on their denim jackets and meet for “World Turbo Youth Days”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.rockhard.de: Review Turbonegro - Scandinavian Leather
  2. ↑ a b www.powermetal.de: Interview with Hank von Helvete
  3. ↑ www.laut.de: Review Gluecifer - Automatic Thrill
  4. ↑ www.laut.de: Hellacopters review - Grande Rock
  5. ↑ a b c www.westzeit.de: GLUECIFER - Vive La Rock! , accessed May 13, 2010
  6. ↑ www.rockhard.de: Review Psychopunch
  7. ↑ www.taz.de: Under the sign of the denim jacket