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Punk Rock

Introduction
Punk rock came out in the mid-1970s. It is fast-paced and hard-edged music with the backbeat that rock music is known for. In its earliest roots, punk rock began as a do-it-yourself idea. Most early punk bands were made up of local musicians who practiced in garages and abandoned warehouses in their neighborhoods. Whereas rock 'n' roll started in the countryside, punk rock began in the cities. Most punk rockers, like Simon Ritchie and Joey Ramone, grew up in working class, blue collar families. Punk rock, by its definition, reached out to an audience of young people who wanted to rebel against the establishment. As punk developed and became more mainstream in the 1980s, it broke into numerous subgenres.

Pop Punk
Pop punk is the mainstream of the punk movement. It features well-known bands such as The Offspring, Blink 182, The Clash, and The Ramones.

Christian Punk
A genre of punk music that appealed to listeners with strong spiritual backgrounds emerged in the late 1980s. Christian punk has the same hard-edged music but centers on religious and spiritual themes.

Psychobilly Punk
Psychobilly became popular as early as the mid-1970s as punk rock’s answer to rockabilly, a popular form of rural rock 'n' roll music. Psychobilly makes wild and crazy use of old-time instruments, such as the banjo, stand-up bass, and washboard.

Ska Punk
This genre of punk music is a blend of ska music and punk themes. Ska music itself comes from Jamaica. It's an early form of reggae music. Ska punk groups usually feature horn and brass sections. Most performers dress in the “rude boy” style, wearing business suits and sporting spiky haircuts.

Goth Rock
Known for its high-pitched bass lines and dark, sad lyrics, this genre of punk music started the New Wave movement in America in the 1980s. Some early goth rock bands are The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The roots of the current goth fashion movement started in the late 1970s with goth rock.

The Fans
In the beginning, many parents believed punk music to be a temporary fad. Most thought their kids would simply "grow out of it." However, punk music has become such a large part of pop culture that today it is almost impossible to tell the two apart.
Punk rock has a wide variety of subgenres and subgroups, and fans of punk music have their particular tastes. Some prefer one type of punk over another. Some don’t care at all. Some dress in the manner and style of their favorite musicians, while others dress mainstream and just listen to the music. As the music evolves over time, so do the fans.

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Select ALL the correct answers.
Which two sentences from the passage best show that punk music has evolved based on the diversity of the fans?
Some dress in the manner and style of their favorite musicians, while others dress mainstream and just listen to the music.
Punk rock, by its definition, reached out to an audience of young people who wanted to rebel against the establishment.
Most performers dress in the "rude boy" style, wearing business suits and sporting spiky haircuts.
Psychobilly became popular as early as the mid-1970s as punk rock's answer to rockabilly, a popular form of rural rock 'n' roll music.
A genre of punk music that appealed to its listeners with strong spiritual backgrounds emerged in the late 1980s.

Answer 1

- Some dress in the manner and style of their favorite musicians, while others dress mainstream and just listen to the music.
- A genre of punk music that appealed to its listeners with strong spiritual backgrounds emerged in the late 1980s.