Comparison Of Post-Punk And Sex Pistols
Punk
A power of anti-establishment, a behavior of breaking mainstream, a style to be ourselves, these are all the soul of Punk, a great genre of Rock’n Roll to be created in 1970’s. The most iconic band of Punk is Sex Pistols undoubtedly. No matter if they invented the Punk or not, they have brought this style to the world. They use the powerful, fast-paced, straight rhythm and tone to perform the music and vent their emotion unpretentiously. Besides, the clothing they wear, the lyric they write, the design of album cove, all of these become a Punk Style. And this kind of style influences society, politics, and art. Although, Punk shot Sex Pistols to fame only during 1975 to 1978, any record which they done has significant impact on later generations. Hence, Punk could be recognized as a kind of culture and art.
Post-Punk
Post Punk emerged from the late 1970’s and it’s a new adventure and art explored from Punk. Though, Post Punk extracts the element from Punk, it still has distinct difference than Punk. Post Punk remains the basic tone of Punk but it extended the Punk to more complex. It starts to use …show more content…
They both formed in London and have the same behavior and attitude in their private life. They totally represent the name of band, libertines. They debauch, drug and fight with each other. And these behaviors also show in their songs. The song is short like The Strokes’ but they have more wild character in it just like the early Punk. The songs and the performance are both straight and free. There sound no regular chorus in their song but it even attracted more to the audience. The wildness and roughness of The Libertines evoke every rock fan the primitive spirit of Punk. Besides, the design of album cover uses the classic element of Punk, bricolage that pays respect to Sex Pistols. However, it’s a pity that they split after they came out the second album just as dramatic as Sex
A power of anti-establishment, a behavior of breaking mainstream, a style to be ourselves, these are all the soul of Punk, a great genre of Rock’n Roll to be created in 1970’s. The most iconic band of Punk is Sex Pistols undoubtedly. No matter if they invented the Punk or not, they have brought this style to the world. They use the powerful, fast-paced, straight rhythm and tone to perform the music and vent their emotion unpretentiously. Besides, the clothing they wear, the lyric they write, the design of album cove, all of these become a Punk Style. And this kind of style influences society, politics, and art. Although, Punk shot Sex Pistols to fame only during 1975 to 1978, any record which they done has significant impact on later generations. Hence, Punk could be recognized as a kind of culture and art.
Post-Punk
Post Punk emerged from the late 1970’s and it’s a new adventure and art explored from Punk. Though, Post Punk extracts the element from Punk, it still has distinct difference than Punk. Post Punk remains the basic tone of Punk but it extended the Punk to more complex. It starts to use …show more content…
They both formed in London and have the same behavior and attitude in their private life. They totally represent the name of band, libertines. They debauch, drug and fight with each other. And these behaviors also show in their songs. The song is short like The Strokes’ but they have more wild character in it just like the early Punk. The songs and the performance are both straight and free. There sound no regular chorus in their song but it even attracted more to the audience. The wildness and roughness of The Libertines evoke every rock fan the primitive spirit of Punk. Besides, the design of album cover uses the classic element of Punk, bricolage that pays respect to Sex Pistols. However, it’s a pity that they split after they came out the second album just as dramatic as Sex