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What is the difference between punk and rock?

Differences:

1. The development time is different. Rock appeared before punk. Punk once belonged to the category of rock. Later, due to its growing musical influence, it gradually broke away from rock. .

2. Different styles. Punk, also translated as punk, was born in the mid-1970s. It is a simple rock music derived from the garage rock and pre-punk rock of the 1960s. It's rock music at its most primitive - consisting of a simple, sweet melody and three chords.

3. The meaning range of the word is different. The meaning range of rock is wider, and punk is also called punk rock.

Punk representative band:

Huaer Band, in February 1998, was signed by Xinfeng Music boss Hongfeng as its band. In 1999, the group's first album "Beside Happiness" was released.

In June 2000, Huaer Band won the CCTV-MTV "Best Mainland Band of 1999" award; at the end of the same year, they released their first Lunar New Year EP album "Silent Night". In 2004, the band changed its contract to EMI Music and added guitarist Shi Xingyu;

Representative rock band:

The Beatles. In 1960, the band was established in Liverpool, England. Its music style originated from the rock music of the 1950s, and developed psychedelic rock, pop rock and other genres.

The first single "Love Me Do" was released in 1962. In 1963, he released his first album "Please Please Me", which set a record of topping the British pop music album chart for 30 consecutive weeks.

Extended information:

The origin and development of punk:

The word PUNK was evoked by the British. At that time, the British economy was in depression after World War II. , the unemployment rate was high, and the Hollywood movies in the United States were booming at that time, which indirectly caused the British film industry to plummet;?

In terms of the music industry, the United Kingdom was also in a sluggish state, and progressive (progressive) was popular in the United States. Radical, avant-garde (i.e. radical rock) poetic rock music, the music pays great attention to technical expression, and the rock music of that year gradually became commercialized.

Development:

The label "SEX PISTOLS" signed by Virgin Records in 1975 ("Sex Pistols" in mainland China) was the starting point of PUNK. The record sleeve of their album "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN" boldly sealed the Queen's mouth with "SEX PISTOLS".

In an instant, PUNK has become a craze, because PUNK is a popular culture, which can easily make people identify (based on the social problems in Britain at that time), and people can find a way to vent.