Punk Rock Subgenres
Celtic Punk
Celtic punk is a subgenre of Celtic fusion. It is basically punk rock with influences to Celtic music. Often times, the bands will add Celtic instruments such as bagpipes, fiddle, tin whistle, accordion, mandolin, and banjo. Flogging Molly is a prime example of a Celtic punk band.
Chicano Punk
Chicano punk refers to the punk bands of Mexican American ethnicy that came from the Los Angeles punk scene. It can also refer to a subgenre of Chicano rock. Los Illegals and Cruzados are two Chicano punk bands.
Cowpunk
Cowpunk or Country punk is a subgenre of punk rock that combines punk rock with country music and blues in sound, subject matter, attitude, and style. The term cowpunk has also been applied to several bands that play a fast form of Southern Rock. The Gun Club, Nashville Pussy, and the Reverend Horton Heat are all examples of cowpunk bands.
Deathrock
Deathrock is a term used to identify a subgenre of punk rock and Goth which incorporates elements of horror and spooky atmospheres within a Goth-Punk style and first emerged most prominently in the West Coast of the United States and London during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Christian Death is a great example of Deathrock.
Folk Punk
Folk punk, in its most general sense, is a genre (or set of genres) of music that combines elements of folk and punk rock music. The term can also describe the people, culture, etc. that surround such a genre. Flogging Molly is a folk punk band.
Pop punk
Pop punk (also known as punk pop and other names) is a fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. It is a very popular subgenre of punk, and because many popular pop punk bands have come from Southern California, it is sometimes called the SoCal Sound. Yellowcard and Sum 41 can be called pop punk bands.
Psychobilly
Psychobilly is a genre of music generally described as a mix between late-1970s punk rock and 1950s American rockabilly. It is often characterized by lyrical references to horror and exploitation films, violence, lurid sexuality, and other topics generally considered taboo, though often presented in a comedic or tongue-in-cheek fashion. The Reverend Horton Heat is a great example of a psychobilly band.
Punk blues
Punk blues is a fusion of punk rock and blues music. It also can take influences from garage rock. The White Stripes are a prime Punk blues band.
Punk metal
Punk metal is an umbrella term, or cross-genre term used to describe music that fuses elements of heavy metal with hardcore punk. Often the fusion involves extreme metal genres. Styles of punk metal include crossover thrash, metalcore, grindcore, crust punk, thrash metal, sludge metal and subsequent fusions between those styles.
Ska Punk
Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. Ska-core is a subgenre of ska punk, blending ska with hardcore punk. The characteristics of ska punk vary, due to the fusion of contrasting genres. The more punk influenced style often features faster tempos, guitar distortion, onbeat punk-style interludes (usually the chorus), and nasal, gruff, or shouted vocals. The more ska-influenced style of ska punk features a more developed instrumentation and a cleaner vocal and musical sound.
2 Tone
2 Tone (or Two Tone) is a music genre created in England in the late 1970s by fusing elements of ska, punk rock, rocksteady, reggae and pop music; the term refers to colours, not musical tones. Madness and The Bodysnatchers are two 2 Tone bands.
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