An Era Of Punk “Sex, drugs, and rock and roll” was the rallying cry for a movement that changed American culture forever. Rock and roll first startled the American scene in the mid-1950’s, but no one then could have predicted the remarkable vitality and staying power of this new music. The early tradition of rock has gone through many transitions. Provocative and outlandish stage attire and behavior have been an important resource since the …showed first 75 words of 3441 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3441 total…carries those same energetic pulses that in had in the past. Punk is still here, it has set the trend today with its histiric style making it the norm of today. Bibliography Works Cited Charlton, Katherine, Rock Music Styles, A History, McGraw-Hill Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, 3rd ED., 1998. Miller, Jim, History Of Rock & Roll, Random House, New York, New York, 1976. Ward, Ed, Stokes, Geoffrey, Ticker, Ken, Rock Of Ages, Summit Books, New york, New York, 1986.