punk & new wave

7/29/2019 Punk & New Wave

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Punk and New Wave


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Instrumentation

Vocals (mainly male)

Electric guitar

Bass Drums

Keyboards (occasionally)


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Performance and Arrangement

Hard-edged, raw and chaotic stripped down, small

ensembles

Vocals often delivered at shouting level

Simple melodies, covering a few pitches

Simple chord structures

Fast tempos

Drums loud and trashy

Songs often short around 2 minutes long


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Technology and Production

DIY ethic to the production

Bands used independent small studios and wentfor a raw unprocessed sound

No clever production tricks Guitar sounds often distorted

Effects were still used, but producers avoided the

polished sound of disco and pop of the era No spacey, psychedelic use of effects like delay

and flanging, and no lush reverbs


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Main Artists

Sex pistols

The Clash

The Stranglers

The Jam

The Undertones

Punk acts from the USA included the Ramones and

the Patti Smith Group


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Influences

Rock and Roll

Hard Rock sounds of bands like The Who

Early 1960s pop


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Key Facts and Terminology

Started Around 1975 or 1976 in the US and UK; 1977was the year punk exploded

By 1980 most punk bands had split or moved indifferent directions

Punk was a reaction against the excesses of technical,highly produced progressive rock

Designed to be aggressive, anti-establishment,disposable music for the people

Social and political commentary was often the mainthrust of the lyrics; high unemployment and the battlebetween the unions and government over workingconditions influenced punk


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Several bands or songs were banned from radio and TV

play, venues got smashed up Many bands supported political movements such as The

Anti-Nazi League and Rock Against Racism

Chaotic dancing pogo-ing and spitting was common

amongst fans at gigs

Fashion was important custom-made clothing

covered with zips and safety pins, lots of black, kilts

and tartan.

Hairstyles included the Mohican, often spiked up and

dyed bright colours


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The Ramones

From New York, the Ramones are often referred

to as the first punk band.

Similarly to the development in the UK, in the

USA there was a reaction against the perceivedlack of edge to most pop.

The Ramones were an important part of the

music scene based at CBGBs club, where manyother post-punk and new-wave acts developed

their sound through live performances.


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New Wave


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Instrumentation

Vocals (male and female)

Backing vocals

Guitar Drums

Percussion

Bass keyboards


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Performance and Arrangement

Fairly raw and unpolished

Wide range of approaches due to varied

stylistic influences, from edge power pop to

reggae and disco, so delivery depended on

style

Song writing became more important, with

some clever pop songs, but avoiding the

complexity of progressive rock


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Technology and Production

Similar to punk the aim was to achieve an

energetic and unprocessed sound of real

musicians

The productions were still often a bit more

polished than punk

Use of keyboards and more variety in the

arrangements often gave more depth to the

sound than was usual for punk


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Main Artists

Elvis Costello and the Attractions

The Police

The Pretenders Blondie


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Influences

Punk

Hard Rock

Reggae Funk


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Key Facts and Terminology

Started in the late 1970s

Continued into the early 1980s, though manybands and artists went on to have successful

careers as pop artists Many of the new-wave acts were signed to

independent record companies such as Stiff

The New York club CBGBs was an importantvenue for new wave, with bands like Blondie,New York Dolls and Talking Heads evolving theirsound there through frequent gigs


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Lyrics dealt with social and political issues

there was a lot of clever lyricists such as Ian

Dury and Elvis Costello

Many of the British new-wave bands did not

gain success in the USA, although the Police,

The Pretenders and Elvis Costello had

moderate chart popularity

Bands like Joy Division, The Cure and

Psychedelic Furs emerged towards the end of

new wave


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Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Elvis Costello was a singer-songwriter who

went on to explore many different styles

including country, folk and big-band jazz

throughout the 1980s, 1990s and into the newmillennium.

This early punk-influenced material also took

stylistic features of reggae and classic pop


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