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By Dave White, About.com Guide to Classic Rock since 2005

Punk Rock 101

Wednesday January 2, 2008

It would be an understatement to say that some forms of rock music personify the stereotypical excesses associated with the genre (you know, sex, drugs, booze, trashing hotel rooms) more than others.

Punk Rock has never been accused of being conventional or conformist, but it does represent more of a minimalist approach to shocking, enraging and inciting people.

Who says controversy can't be cool? Never mind The Bollocks, here's Paul Rhodes to broaden our classic rock curriculum with his Punk Rock 101 primer.

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