Garage punk

Infobox Music genre
name=Garage Punk
color=black
bgcolor=white
stylistic_origins= Garage rock
Punk rock
popularity= Largely underground, but some bands such as The Hives have had mainstream success.
cultural_origins= Early 1980s in United Statescite book
last = Reynolds
first = Simon
title = Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture
publisher = Routledge
date = 1999
pages = 138
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tGaRJiXe74UC&pg=PT147&d
isbn =0415923735 ]
instruments=Guitar - Bass - drums - Keyboard
derivatives=Garage rock revival
regional_scenes= United Kingdom - USA - Canada - Sweden - Japan
other_topics=Timeline of alternative rock- Timeline of punk rock

Garage punk is a rock music fusion of garage rock and punk rock. It is fast-paced, lo-fi music characterised by angular, choppy guitar sounds — usually played by bands who are on independent record labels or who are unsigned.cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/features/1933.html |title=Bluffer's guide: Garage punk |accessdaymonth=02 February |accessyear=2008 |author=Alan Rutter |year=2006 |month=September |work=TimeOut London |publisher=TimeOut Group Ltd. |quote= ] Common lyrical themes range from toilet humor, sex, drugs, partying, and Rock & Roll to liberation from social norms.

Its roots are in 1970s and 1980s punk bands, and 1960s American garage rock bands who, trying to mimic the sound and attitude of British rhythm and blues groups, created a cruder, more urgent sound.cite book
last = Sabin
first = Roger
authorlink = Roger Sabin
title = Punk Rock, So What?: The Cultural Legacy of Punk
publisher = Routledge
date = 1999
pages = 99
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IGJOE_FI-XEC&pg=RA3-PA99&d
isbn = 041517029X] cite journal | last =Bovey | first =Seth | title = Don't Tread on Me: The Ethos of '60s Garage Punk | journal = Popular Music & Society | volume = 29 | issue = 4 | pages = 451–459 | publisher = Routledge | location = | date = 2006 | url = | doi = 10.1080/03007760600787515 | id = | accessdate = ] Many garage punk musicians have been white, working class, suburban teenagers.cite book
last = Campbell
first = Neil
title = American Youth Cultures
publisher = Edinburgh University Press
date = 2004
pages = 220
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Vt52iQLSP1IC&pg=PA220&d
isbn =074861933X ] Notable garage punk bands include Thee Milkshakes, Guitar Wolf, Mod Fun, The Gories, The Mummies, Oblivians and The Dirtbombs.

Collections representing the genre include "Back from the Grave" and "Garage Punk Unknowns".

ee also

*Garage rock
*One-man band
*Punk blues
*Punk rock
*Trash rock

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