The beginning of New York's punk scene can be traced back to the late 60's trash culture and an early 1970's underground rock movement centered on the Mercer Arts Center in Greenwich Village, where the New York Dolls performed. In early 1974, a new scene began to develop around the CBGB club, also in lower …show more content…
The Ramones' style was a reaction against the heavily polished music that controlled the mainstream in the 1970's.
Who influenced Hip Hop hero Grandmaster Flash?
Grandmaster Flash carefully studied the styles and skills of earlier DJ's such as Pete Jones, Kool Herc, and Grandmaster Flowers.
As a teenager, he began to experiment with DJ gear in his bedroom, eventually forming and mastering three different DJing techniques today that are still considered the standard to this day; Backspin technique (quick-mix theory), Punch phrasing (clock theory) and Scratching.
In a 2007 interview with riotsound.com, when asked what music he grew up on, Grandmaster Flash replied, "My early music influences were James Brown, Miles Davis, Tito Fuente and Michael Jackson".
Typical characteristics of a punk rock band include one or two electric guitars, a bass guitar, drums, and vocals. Punk songs tend to be shorter than those of other popular genres. Most early punk rock songs had the traditional rock 'n' roll verse-chorus form and 4/4 time