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PUNKS
PUNKS
Why?
History
THE PUNK OF
THE HAIRDRESS
THE PUNK TODAY
AND CLOTHES
The
conclusion
The authors
Why?
The world energy crisis which has entailed behind self economic
difficulties, has even more worsened and without that position of youth of
the Great Britain far from well-being. It promoted a forcing of an
atmosphere of a social hopelessness and spiritual hopelessness that
has caused, in turn, distribution among young people of moods of
despair and hopelessness which could not find expression in pacifistic,
aggressive subculture of hippie. This moment, in opinion Teda Polimusa,
became uniting for the punk – subculture, despite of its social
heterogeneity: " Punks were not (as it is considered to be) entirely
inhabitants of slums from working class. Someone was, but the majority guys from middle class, and as teenagers of rich suburbs. All of them
were united with hatred to hippie ", " languid, lazy and boring ".
DIY – Make.
One more important precondition of occurrence of the punk was
change of the status of fate which to the middle 1970 of music of children
of rebels has turned in " music for parents ". Differently, the fate in the
majority has lost the countercultural qualities and became a product of a
masscult. The fate brought enormous arrived to producers, executors,
musical corporations. The success and riches isolated fate of group from
simple youth. Now it were inaccessible idols "entertaining", coming on
concerts in magnificent limousines under protection of police.
Punks have sharply torn with this tradition. Basically, punks - disks were
done quickly and cheaply, in small sound recording studios. Punks - groups
did not conclude contracts with major-labels (the large sound recording
companies) independent firms. The punk resisted to commercial music two
ways: first, it boycotted large sound recording corporations, second, has
changed process of creation of music, having proclaimed " it can do
everyone! " " Professionalism was considered as external attribute of
commercial fate... Words "star" and "glory" were damned (anathema) for
punks " .Другими words present the Punk group past feature and becoming
well-known in a moment lost the admirers. This position began to form the
whole ideological - aesthetic program and a way of life leaning on principle
DIY (abbr. from English " Do It Yourself - " Make itself "). His essence
consists in the statement of the independent existence maximum
independent of commercial and state structures. Thus, the punk was a new
coil of a counterculture, having opposed itself prevailing and a masscult,
which products to the middle of 1970 steels rebelion the phenomena 1960.
However it is literally for some months of mass-media have managed to
reduce punk - style to a stereotype. " Media - Punk " was something like a
virus distributed by each newspaper, magazine and the telecasts, hastening
to warn the world about "threat" of the punk. Nevertheless, the
countercultural core of the punk appeared so strong, that this movement
continued to develop, keeping the "anti-system" essence. In 1970 "present"
punk and did not become a product of a masscult because perfectly did
without commercial structures, leaning on principle DIY.
History
The first wave of the punk in the Great
Britain (1976-1978) is considered a punk era and is considered by the majority of
researchers. In it, in my opinion, it is
possible to allocate two basic tendencies.
First, there was "nucleus" of the punk environment in which the proclaimed
slogans were the center of outlook and
social action. This Wednesday can be
attributed with confidence to the
phenomenon of a counterculture, to
протестному to formation. On the other
hand, there is use of idea of the punk,
there are the pseudo-punks using
language of subculture, its style, but
ignoring its ideological maintenance. The
purpose of such cultural formations earning money. In this case them it is
possible to define as the phenomenon of
a masscult.
The second tendency in the punk - subculture was outlined on a boundary 1970-80.
The punk becomes more and more polities. Punks - groups play concerts in protection
of the rights of animals, against fascism. Inside subculture there is a new youth
movement - a hardcore. As well as other movements, it is formed around of musical
style - rigid, fast, aggressive and, as a rule, the polities music where the vocalist
frequently does not sing, and cries out texts. A hardcore and the punk make for today
uniform DIY culture (designated a punk / hardcore) and mark itself logic transition of
punk - movement in the West from full nihilism to positivism.
As against the English punk who has arisen as natural reaction to social and
economic crisis in the West, the punk in the USSR appears as the protest against
totalitarian thinking. Certainly, as well as many other phenomena of " the Soviet
underground », it tested on itself the western influence though direct loans in 1980
were actually impossible.
The punk was one of few musical currents who has come to Soviet Union with the
minimal delay. In 1976 the punk - fate has appeared in England, and in 1977 in
Leningrad, Moscow, Siberia the young people which are were interested in the
western music, got Sex Pistols "," Clash " and other British punks - groups, caught
music programs on " the Voice of America ", read the Soviet magazines and
newspapers which have not accepted to respond to occurrence of new youth current
as " an outgrowth on a body of bourgeois culture ”.
If the rock music in the USSR was in a underground the punk was ": a underground
of a underground ". It already was a counterculture and resisted to System, bearing
new values, instead of revolt and the protest is similar to the English punks.
As Alexander Didurov has told: " it is too deep in a thickness of a national life laid,
pulsed, the root of this tradition (Russian culture was increased.) our art, in it there
were shades of criminal and prison folklore, motive of homeless children, a factory jet
and domestic, and teenage. These "forces" have developed in power from which the
punk of fate " has punched asphalt and a stone blocks of our political and economic
centers, a fountain.
THE PUNK TODAY
So, in all previous chapters I have listed all factors which have generated
such subculture as the punk. I had been described a history of its
development down to 90th years. Terrible changes in subculture if there was
an idea earlier, the purpose from now on began to occur, was against what
and with what to struggle that now when the Punk has ceased to be an
interdiction and all was possible, there was a question: What to do? Since
90th years the Punk began to die. We shall take an example while he on a
way will have barrier of a dam water in it constantly to collect until then while
this dam will not break through, but if having broken through this "dam"
instead of new barrier it will meet equal ground simply and will cease to
exist. Similarly to such destruction the Punk perishes also. That only there is
his image the created mass-media.
The punk in representation of a society.
For the majority of young "punks" ("pioneers") of Russia the punk is "shit".
Mass-media have strong hammered into their heads and societies as a
whole a stereotype of the punk - " the person with a crest which should go
dirty, dig in помойке, drink vodka ". For them - " King and shut ", " The
Exploited ", "Civil defence", " Cockroaches! " The phenomena it is absolute
one order. Basic "punks - principles" for them are: " do, that you want " and
as it was sung in Victor Tsoja's song " mum - anarchy, the daddy - a glass of
port ". It is necessary to note, such phenomena "Russian" the punk, as
begging and "помойки" (where it is possible to find something useful or
tasty), directly connected to social and economic disorder of teenagers.
Sociologists the Internet of site Info Mania carrying out sociological interrogation among different
layers of the population of Moscow (sample - 100 person), frequently received such
characteristics of punks as "the category ", " can, with the belief, but mentally sick people ", " illbred, thoughtless people " and the punk as " youth phase lag ". The some people marked as
distinctive feature of punks - "гребешки". I as carried out sociological interrogation among my
familiar on the Internet and have come to the same conclusions. Thus there is an impression of
that the majority of usual people in Moscow (on interrogation Info Mania) and as average and fine
cities of Russia (on my interrogation Truman) does not understand nuances of youth subcultures
and for them punks almost differ nothing from metal or hippie. The attitude to punks in a society
negative enough - " aggressive, addicts, alcoholics ". This image of the punk created by massmedia, actively proves to be true the punks ("pioneers") scooping " an aesthetics and ideas "
from mass-media.
Thus, mass representation about the punk has coincided that in dictionaries as "dross".
What is the Punk now
By the end 90 began to speak about revival of guitar music, about returning spirit of pure punk fate. It has come in the stead depressive and to the decadent shaved - priest of the beginning 90.
The melancholy and a hopelessness have bored new generation. It wanted fun impetuous,
anarchical, instead of languid depression - vigorous rebelliousness.
The punk - fate was by a life the show business which has killed it on a boundary. In my opinion
it is one of paradoxes of Russia. From former, classical, the punk in new the characteristic sound
- the vigorous, fast and stupid blunt} rock-and-roll cleared of know ledges and has removed first
of all. As they say, only three chords, but correct.
With ideology business was more difficultly. The most important element punk of attitude aggression. Punks came in 70th years with the slogan « I I hate » in a counterbalance hippie «
love like} ». Hated all: a consumer society, parents, any values. Itself called colors in помойке
(texts of group Sex Pistols), white named black, bad good, pure clean} preferred dirty, to singing cries, to mind - madness, lives - death. Major principles of the present true punks: « the Future is
not present », « Live quickly, die young ».
It has been thought up, that it is necessary to make with punks that they did not represent
threat for a society: them have legalized. Have named antisystem which is necessary for
strengthening system. The lawful opportunity to let out release} pairs, and show business has
been given to raging youth
Began to earn on punk - fate of money. However, punks - groups did not use
80 big popularity. The fashion for them gradually came to nothing. But in 90th
years the punk - fate has revived - on this time at once in a kind.
Commercially successful Offspring perfectly approached and approaches now
for extremist punks and replacement of rather aggressive musicians on the
second plan. Exist, certainly, and other punks, mad and dangerous,
propagandizing including fascist ideas, inconceivable for classical punks 70. To
present punks any ideology, not only "left" as was thirty years ago sticks. Punk
any extremist youth grouping can seem. Or it is simple hooligans it is pleasant
whom « picturesque», and no more that. Such musicians, as a rule, remain. And
for whom they are especially necessary, when teenagers have opportunity legally
to show the age aggression and thirst of independence through the same
Offspring?
Antisocial attacks Offspring, certainly, only self-advertisement. It is supposed
what to revolt and beat show-windows will go nobody. Idols of generation outright
would be frightened of such aggression. Nevertheless to show any ideology they
should. Only three chords, even very clockwork, of minds you will not take hold.
Holland and his friends have chosen the teacher not Joni Rotten, and have
taken on arms idea of more moderate musicians from other legendary punk group 70 Clash. Its participant Stammer did not trust that the rock music and
punk - movement, in particular, can change something. Therefore it spoke what to
assert it is necessary personal freedom and the option. About the same it sing
and in main hits Offspring. Internal freedom above all. You can do with yourself
everything, everything, not beginning from themes that from you waited by
parents, the teacher, a society. You can make a row, change little girls though
every day, to get drunk, take for a ride in a car. You have way, you should go, not
paying attention to obstacles. Nobody can prevent you.
Offspring have made decorative not only punk revolt.
They and have subjected music to radical revision. Their
style describe completely absurd in my opinion a wordcombination - the priest - punk though if to analyze their
music and songs it indeed. Once there was such formula:
music without is a pop-music, without music - the punk.
For Offspring this contradiction does not exist. He has
both that, and another - both rather decent, and the
minimal musicality. The future for such combination - the
most iridescent. As practice shows, infinite variations in
proportions of the punk and a pop-music are possible. To
listen already well-known Korn, Green Day, Guano Apes
enough. And the truth, now youth, naming itself punks
listens to these the priest - punk of group. Not knowing
about ideology, about true values, how them it is possible
to tell deceive and give out for the truth about the Punk
that that except for as lie in any way and to not name.
THE PUNK OF THE HAIRDRESS AND CLOTHES
Irokez
Such hairdresser as ирокез has appeared very much for a long time. Still
ancient Indians used her for any there ceremonies to frighten other Indians.
In the world of punk - fate, on how many to me it needed ирокез to be
carried for the first time .
The soloist of group Exploited. In the beginning 80 together with peak of
popularity of group, ирокезы as were very popular. To look concert records of
punks - groups of those times enough also it becomes clear, that it so. From the
beginning up to the middle 80 irokezes carried the Punk of group, and the youth
of them adopted and as started them "to put" to itself. Now their popularity has
come to naught. Irokezes.
Carry only the most inveterate the punk - rockers. We shall consider
different types irokezes:
Classical
I think most beautiful of everything, as well as classical punk a fashion.
Besides already mentioned soloist Exploited such ирокез members of group
Rancid carry, at us in the country such type carries enough a small number of
executors, from them such executors as "Expert" and “Purgen" are allocated.
Essence of this hair dress almost completely shaved, except for a narrow strip
lengthways, a head.
This strip should make in itself rather long lock of hair vertically put in such
ways as paraffin or new trend the Punk of culture: the Laundry soap + beer. As
eyebrows are completely shaved but it is not necessary.
Spiked
Members of group Rancid carried such irokezes. They rather for a long time and
are hard for putting. They are put only by means of paraffin, and not what in another
way. In the West are sold artificial ирокезы such and classical which are pasted on a
shaved head.
Mohicans
Is same as though thorns as at thorn ирокеза, but only not from a forehead up to
a nape, and on all heads. Such hairdress was carried by vocalist GBH. Now she is
rather fashionable as for it completely not necessarily to grow long hair, hair should be
average for convenience, put it rather conveniently and does not make special
complexities this hairdress does not require representation. Her very simply to make.
For this purpose it is necessary to guide at itself on a head помойку, differently
strongly to ruffle hair.
Has passed already more than 30 years since a birth of culture of Punks but
style of their clothes practically has not changed. The fashion of this subculture cannot
be described, it to be reduced to full contrast of normal clothes. Т.е what was a fashion
and what would not think out a fashion for the Punks, the certain style and will not be.
One is possible to tell precisely, all clothes will be picked up without taste, and it is
possible under what or color of dark tones. If there will be a jacket that on a naked
torso if there will be trousers that filled in boots. Boots as well as in other informal
organizations special, the basic kind of footwear which are carried by Punks the firm
footwear of such firms as Grinders, Camelot and others is. Its feature is presence in
the majority of models of iron so-called "glass" which of itself represent steel plates
which are placed in socks a boot and do their strong. They are rather successfully
used for разбития bottles, with a kind silly but sometimes fascinating.
On the basis of all me told it is possible to draw a conclusion that idea of clothes
of the punk this maximal allocation from a society, it is possible also the protest, a
parameter of the difference from all others.
The conclusion
From all me above described it is possible to draw a conclusion, that the Punk and really
was subculture. This movement involved in itself very much a plenty of youth. I have
tracked all way of development of the Punk up to now but if it was required to describe
essence and ideas of Punks, I would address to the English Punk. Knowingly sociologists
consider only 70th years in England as "gold" years of development of the Punk. As the true
punk has appeared there the first, there were reasons on his occurrence, there were basic
stages of his evolution. I cannot tell that the true Punk was only in the Great Britain. Having
come in the USSR at the end of 70 Punk experienced a daptation in the Soviet validity and
the general development prior to the beginning 80. In the USSR the Punk was subculture
as it seems to me only during the period with 80 till 90th years. During this period in the
country there was a system crisis, 70 % of youth appeared below the breadline, crash of
ideology and the centralized system of distribution of the goods: All this created a fertile field
for development of such subculture as the Punk. After 90 Punk began to decay, it, has lost
idea, has lost itself, but together with it the Punk and has not disappeared completely, it was
divided on other social phenomena. Probably the subculture has practically ceased to exist
but together with it she has given a life to a plenty of the new youth organizations. But me
the periods in a history of the Punk - they were! Them to not cut out from our history, to not
deny their existence so the Punk in the USSR, and nowadays in Russia existed and exists
presently. Now approximately since 2000 certain post-punks began to appear. It is
impossible to tell that they follow ideas 80-90х as old ideas are irrelevant now, but also it is
impossible to tell as they and completely lacking ideas, principle DIY again is shown, the
priest - punk and the commercial punk leave the conventional and dear groups. The postpunk continues to develop and still nobody knows that will be with this regenerating social
phenomenon tomorrow. A primary factor of difference of the Punk from simple people it
resistance and non-recognition of well-known dogmas. So while there are developed
dogmas determining duties and holding down freedom of the person, and at all not
arranging the Punk, it will exist, let not as subculture especially Punks, but as any another
to system of the social phenomenon.
The authors:
Полухин Артём
and
Костюченко Роман