Streetpunk

Street Punk denotes a Subszene of punk rock that emerged in Britain in the 1970s. The Street Punks Real Punk detested Poser and the extreme commercialization of punk and his fashion and favored a version of punk that was " untainted " by musical professionalism. The street punk scene broke away from the emerging parallel anarcho- punk scene and reflected the political views of the Workers' Youth resist. "Road Socialism ," " Stadium camaraderie " and " Mobchoräle " fused into something new. The musical style was melodic yet aggressive, catchy, but energetic.

The style was marketed as " of the working class for the working class ", although this is not always true. There was a worldwide street punk movement, whose votes were in favor of the working class and against racism, government bureaucracy and repression.

While some representatives scene as Garry Bushell are of the opinion that there is no fundamental difference between street punk and Oi! give, others see as the American Fanziner and label owner Felix von Havoc Oi! as overweight genre and try to avoid this term and the bands who feel they belong to him.

Classic Street Punk

Classic street punk is older than the later Oi! Scene. So Garry Bushell include, inter alia Sham 69, Red London, Menace, Slaughter & The Dogs, UK Subs, The Lurkers, The Ruts and The Skids to the classics of the pre- Oi! Street punks. For some bands of street punk environment like The Exploited and GBH, a part of the later UK- hardcore or UK82 developed.

Among the more important labels who used this style and keeping it going, include Cherry Red, Capt'n Oi, Get Back in the 1980s, and No Future and Riot City.

Street punk revival

In the early 1990s, there was a street punk revival, which has been worn by both American groups like The Casualties and The Unseen, as well as European groups such as oxymoron. These bands were based on the sound of British bands of the 1980s such as lightning, The Partisans, The Violators, The Expelled, Abrasive Wheels, One Way System, Vice Squad and GBH. A large role in the street punk and Oi! Revival of the 1990s also came to the British band The Business.

In addition, street punk influences found in groups like Rancid, Anti-Flag, U.S. Bombs, Street Dogs and other again. Typical of some of these newer generation bands are influences from hardcore and ska. It has sometimes been for groups, merged the street punk and Oi! Influences with hardcore, coined the term Streetcore. Some groups such as the Dropkick Murphys, The Real McKenzies and Swingin ' Utters combine street punk influences with folk punk ..

Street Punk in Germany

In Germany had the street punk style some audible effect on the formation of the German punks, especially noticeable in groups like Daily Terror, Cotzbrocken and hate, but also Slime that the Oi! -Influenced song ACAB wrote, for example, and KFC that in their song Knülle Politburo as one of the first German bands the slogan Oi! Oi! Oi! being used. In the 1990s the German bands like Oxymoron or Pestpocken based again on the street punk scene. The fanzine devoted to the ZAP street punk movement in the early 1990s, its own special edition, which contributed to the resurgence of chaos days.

"Clockwork Punks "

A distinctive feature of many street punk groups is a special affinity for the book and especially film A Clockwork Orange. This is expressed not only in texts and design of releases, but often also from the fact that a number of punks imitating the clothing style of the Droogs. The Clockwork Orange reference is mainly in the street punk, Oi - and found Suedehead scene, but is not limited to these alone.

Some Clockwork punk bands are, inter alia, The Adicts, Lower Class Brats, Major Accident and Snap -Her. In addition, dedicated Die Toten Hosen their album A little bit of horror show with the hit Here comes Alex ( among other things later was covered by the UK Subs ) the play to A Clockwork Orange. Even Electro punk bands such as hunters 90 or XPQ -21 occur in Clockwork Orange outfit.