cowpunk
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Cowpunk (or country punk) is a subgenre of country music and punk rock that began in the United Kingdom and Southern California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It combines punk rock or new wave with country, folk, and blues in its sound, lyrical subject matter, attitude, and style. Examples include Social Distortion, the Gun Club, the Long Ryders, Dash Rip Rock, Violent Femmes, the Blasters, Mojo Nixon, Meat Puppets, the Beat Farmers, Rubber Rodeo, Rank and File, and Jason and the Scorchers. Many of the musicians in this scene subsequently became associated with alternative country, roots r
Key facts
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- Late 1970s, United KingdomEarly 1980s, Southern California
- Music genre.derivatives
- Alternative country
- Music genre.other_topics
- Alt country folk punk garage rock psychobilly punk blues roots rock timeline of punk rock
- Music genre.name
- Cowpunk
- Music genre.image
- Social-Distortion Cologne.jpg
- Music genre.caption
- Social Distortion performing in Germany, 2005
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology and characteristics
- History
- Precursors
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s to present
- Fashion and aesthetic
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
Cowpunk (or country punk) is a subgenre of country music and punk rock that began in the United Kingdom and Southern California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It combines punk rock or new wave with country, folk, and blues in its sound, lyrical subject matter, attitude, and style. Examples include Social Distortion, the Gun Club, the Long Ryders, Dash Rip Rock, Violent Femmes, the Blasters, Mojo Nixon, Meat Puppets, the Beat Farmers, Rubber Rodeo, Rank and File, and Jason and the Scorchers. Many of the musicians in this scene subsequently became associated with alternative country, roots rock or Americana.
==Etymology and characteristics== The term "cowpunk" is first attested in 1979, as a blend of "cowboy" and "punk". The term "country punk" has been proposed as an equivalent term. Both terms are sometimes hyphenated, especially in late 1970s or early 1980s sources (e.g., cow-punk or country-punk).
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