Often when people think of punk music they still think of the eighties "down with government, beat the hell out of your neighbor and get wasted" stereotypes. Even though punk has been around a lot longer. In fact artists have probably made irreverent and rebellious statements for as long as there have been structures in place against which to rebel. It goes without saying that punk music has earned its reputation for being high impact, loud, energetic and intense. Digging deeper into this realm ran by seemly endless chaos, we will try to better understand the punk musicians and the their violent audience by using written work from Konrad Lorenz, R. D. Laing, and John Dollard.
Punk music can probably be considered as the way in which punks most strongly define themselves. Punk music is basically the "staple food" for almost all punks. Punk music is an outlet for punks to express their rage, anger etc. In the past punk rock made social statements mostly with regard to the authority of the establishment. Nowadays, however, much of the punk rock music has lost its political meaning in the attempt to be commercially viable. Although punk music technically started in the USA with artists such as the Ramones, Television, Patti Smith, Blondie, and Talking Heads, punk caught on with much more force in England. Bands such as the Sex Pistols, Clash, Damned etc. came to the fore and used their music to express their frustrations. The lyrics in punk music frequently contain oppositional themes, which could affect the listeners" actions depending on the theme, causing accounts of senseless violence, vandalism and even mutilation. In R. D. Laing helps to reinforce this idea in his book "The Politics of Experience" when he states that "our behavior is a function of our experience. We act according to the way we see things. If our experience is destroyed, our behavior will be destructive." .
People defying all types of conformation and personifying individuality created punks themselves.
