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Punk dance is the variety of dance popular among fans of punk rock and related styles.
Commonly performed at punk shows, these dances often appear chaotic, or even violent, though they are often not with violent intent, but rather for fun.[1][2] The punk subculture and its immediate predecessors originated many of these dance styles from the 1970s onward. Unlike hip hop dance and breakdancing, punk dances are intended to be performed in dense crowds. Moshing (a term credited to the early hardcore band Bad Brains, known earlier as slam dancing) and the pogo (allegedly invented by Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols as he attempted to see above the heads of fellow punks at a show) are the types of dance most closely associated with punk. Hardcore dancing is a later development based on these styles[citation needed]. Stage diving and crowd surfing were originally associated with protopunk bands such as the Stooges, but went on to find a place at punk shows, and later metal shows and rock concerts. Skanking, a dance style originating in Jamaica's ska and reggae scene, is commonly performed at punk shows[citation needed], especially if the band also plays ska. The contemporary dances of metalheads borrow much from punk dance.
A notable individual punk dancer of the 1980's was Spazz Attack, whose seemingly out of control front flip into convulsions on the floor first came to prominence in an early Devo video and led to future stage and video performances.
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bands such as "the Dickies" encouraged a dance know as "Dead rat", where the listener would roll around on the dancefloor, shaking and flipping for the duration of the song. Made famous in school disco's in the late 1970's, mainly south west UK.
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