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Punk Culture

　　Punk culture as it is seen today started in the mid¹ 1970s as a movement or rebellion against some styles of music which existed at the time such as Prog Rock and Heavy Metal whose stars were seen as out of touch with their fans. Followers² of punkculture developed their own, dystopian styles of music, which were originally like underground, minimalist rock and roll. The Sex Pistols are a well known example of punk bands of this era.

　　Gradually punk became more varied³ and less minimalist with bands such as The Clash incorporating other underground musical influences like ska and rockabilly and even hip-hop into their music, but the message of the music remained the same; it was subversive⁴, rebellious⁵, politically incorrect and often anarchist⁶ . It dealt with topics such as problems facing society, oppression of the lower classes, etc. Punk culture was a message to society that all was not well and all were not identical. 　　

　　Punk culture in the United Kingdom spilled over into North America in the 1980s and 1990s where people created a new musical style called hardcore which is known for faster, more aggressive beats than its European counterpart. Other styles emerged from this new genre⁷ including skate punk and straight edge Since the beginning of punk, major label record companies have tried to profit off of underground punk culture. For the most part this is met with much resistance because of the punk ethic⁸ of musical integrity which punks often feel is threatened by record label profit motivation.

　　Beginning in the late 1980sthe punk music of the Pacific Northwest of the United States began to be marketed as grunge . Successful grunge bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam began opening the general public up to sounds derivative⁹ of punk music. This early commercial success gave way to another very marketable style of punk called power-pop or pop-punk Examples of power-pop bands include Simple Plan, Good Charlotte and Sum 41.

　　Though these bands have very large followings, many people of the original punk subculture find this commercialization of punk disillusioning¹⁰. They argue that punk is by definition unpopular (seeing pop punk as a contradiction in terms) and should remain that way because it provides a needed challenge to mainstream¹¹ culture.

1 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

2 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

3 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

4 subversive   

adj.颠覆性的，破坏性的；n.破坏份子，危险份子

参考例句：

• She was seen as a potentially subversive within the party.她被看成党内潜在的颠覆分子。
• The police is investigating subversive group in the student organization.警方正调查学生组织中的搞颠覆阴谋的集团。

5 rebellious   

adj.造反的，反抗的，难控制的

参考例句：

• They will be in danger if they are rebellious.如果他们造反，他们就要发生危险。
• Her reply was mild enough,but her thoughts were rebellious.她的回答虽然很温和，但她的心里十分反感。

6 anarchist   

n.无政府主义者

参考例句：

• You must be an anarchist at heart.你在心底肯定是个无政府主义者。
• I did my best to comfort them and assure them I was not an anarchist.我尽量安抚他们并让它们明白我并不是一个无政府主义者。

7 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

8 ethic   

n.道德标准，行为准则

参考例句：

• They instilled the work ethic into their children.他们在孩子们的心中注入了职业道德的理念。
• The connotation of education ethic is rooted in human nature's mobility.教育伦理的内涵根源于人本性的变动性。

9 derivative   

n.派(衍)生物；adj.非独创性的，模仿他人的

参考例句：

• His paintings are really quite derivative.他的画实在没有创意。
• Derivative works are far more complicated.派生作品更加复杂。

10 disillusioning   

使不再抱幻想，使理想破灭( disillusion的现在分词 )

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11 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。