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Punk rock (often referred to simply as punk) is an anti-establishment rock music genre and movement that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. They created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-government lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY (do it yourself) ethic, with many bands self-producing their recordings and distributing them through informal channels…

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July 2008
Today (Thursday 24 July 2008)
Warped Tour at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center The Academy Is..., Rise Against, Gym Class Heroes, Story of the Year, Reel Big Fish, Pennywise, Relient K, Jack's Mannequin	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Darien, NY, Buffalo, United States	99 people attending 10 shouts
Tomorrow (Friday 25 July 2008)
The Police Elvis Costello & The Imposters	Marcus Amphitheater Milwaukee, United States	9 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Saturday 26 July 2008
The Police Elvis Costello & The Imposters	DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI, Detroit, United States	14 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Monday 28 July 2008
The Police Elvis Costello & The Imposters	Post-Gazette Pavilion Burgettstown, Pittsburgh, United States	9 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Tuesday 29 July 2008
Foo Fighters Supergrass	Izod Center East Rutherford, New York, United States	33 people attending 4 shouts
The Police Elvis Costello & The Imposters	Wachovia Center Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, United States	14 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets

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Spark_and_Spark wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

My Chemical Romance have been tagged as punk 1,527 times. I feel sick.

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HotPoop wrote:
Monday afternoon

Green Day punk? pleaaaaseee.

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honourableone wrote:
Sunday evening

Hey someone put an event im my town, Leicester on there. Why did they bother?

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[deleted-user] wrote:
8 days ago

Yeah, but the Police never were, they were New Wave as fuck.
Landstander88 wrote:
12 days ago

Hey, Elvis Costello used to be punk as fuck.

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Dorkling wrote:
18 days ago

Those are some pretty punk looking events thar.

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