Punk rock (or simply punk) is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the

United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now
known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of
mainstream 1970s rock. Punk bands typically use short or fast-paced songs, with hard-edged
melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, antiestablishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produced recordings and
distributed them through informal channels.