Punk rock has long been equated with the ever-shifting concepts of
dissent, disruption, and counter-cultural activities. As a result,
since its 1970s and 1980s incarnations, when bands in Britain-from
The Clash and Sex Pistols to Angelic Upstarts, U.K. Subs, and
Crass-offered alternative political convictions and subversive
lifestyle choices, the media has often deemed punk a threat. Bands
like Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion, and Millions of
Dead Cops followed suit in America, pushing similar boundaries as
the music mutated into a harsher "hardcore" style that branched
deep into suburban enclaves. Those antagonisms and ideals were, in
turn, translated by another wave of bands-from Fugazi to
Anti-Flag-whose commitment to community building was as pronounced
as their taut, explosive tunes. In The Politics of Punk, David
Ensminger probes the conscience of punk by going beyond the lyrics
and slogans of the pithy culture war. He paints a broad, nuanced,
and well-documented picture of the ongoing activism and outreach
inherent in punk. Creating a people's history of punk's social,
cultural, aesthetic, and political features, the book features
original interviews with members of Dead Kennedys, Dead Boys, MDC,
Channel 3, Snap-Her, Scream, Minutemen, TSOL, the Avengers,
Blowdryers, and many more. Ensminger highlights punk money's
influence on philanthropy and community involvement and paints a
contextualized picture of how punk critiqued dominant culture by
channeling support and media coverage for a wide array of
humanitarian programs for gays and lesbians, the homeless, the
disabled, environmental and health research, and other causes.
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