Why was punk popular?

Answer 1

After prog rock had fully developed, its goal was to cement and further rock as an art form. There started a development of really "arty" prog rock which some people called pretentious rock.

Gigs became more about the lightning and stage, with bands more and more trying to make their songs and performances more intricate and complex. Often music and instruments from different genres and cultures where used in an attempt to showcase the bands over arching knowledge of music.

To some this ostentation went against the origins of rock, (rockabilly with just drums, a double bass, and an acoustic guitar as electric Guitars had not "arrived").

So punk was born, rebelling against ostentation and complexity (MC-5's song Kick out the Jams is only two chords). The songs were deliberately rough and unpolished. Some bands stated that it was the emotion in the song that was important and not the technical ability (this later gave rise to emotional rock of which emo is an off-shoot) which led to the rise of the phrase "Three Chords and the Truth.

As with any art movement, over time it advances and becomes more refined, so much so that some music today which is referred to as punk sounds very different from the origin.

Answer 2

Because it was cheap and individual and the 1970s rebellion against glam rock and all that came before. It visually enforced the anti-establishment values of the music and those who followed it.

Answer 3

punk rock started as a reaction to disco. disco was so flat and pop-ish that it pissed people off enough to start life changing bands.

Answer 4

Around the late seventys-early eightys, certain band began to wear outlands clothes, mohawks, ETC., and it has gone in and out ever since.

Answer 5

Punk Rock was created to show society that some people in this world were misunderstood. To show society that we need freedom and to show that we're angry.

Answer 6

Because real revolutions don't happen anymore.

Answer 7

Because young people think it is important for them to be different from everybody else.