I am quite interested in the punk subculture so I decided to research further. The punk subculture emerged in the UK, the United States and Australia in the mid 1970’s. The first music scene that was given the punk label appeared in New York City between 1974 and 1976. The punk subculture is centered around its type of music. Many people would listen to recordings of live concerts that played loud aggressive music known as punk rock. Glam rockers such as New York Dolls and David Bowie had big influences on punk and glam punk. Punk and Hip Hop emerged around the same time so there was some interaction between both subcultures. Malcolm McLaren helped introduce both Punk and Hip Hop into The United Kingdom. London, New York and Los Angeles were the three main cities that started the punk subculture and that is where the subculture started to spread from.

References

– http://sites.google.com/site/johnmichaelbyrne/Home/essays/tattooing-and-piercing-in-the-punk-subculture

– ( Counter Culture, Wikia) http://counterculture.wikia.com/wiki/Punk_subculture

– ( The death and life of punk, the last subculture by Dylan Clark) http://individual.utoronto.ca/rogues/PunkLastSubculture.pdf