By Verity, Rachel and Amy

 - Spiky hair  Ripped clothes  Glue-sniffing  Piercings  accessories  Punk rock music- the Ramones.

 In a different type of music since they were bored with the pop and rock music of the early to mid 1970s. They thought that anyone could make music and that people did not have to be good at playing their instruments. It was more about attitude (‘do it yourself’) than proficiency at playing instruments.  They were also interested in an alternative type of fashion for example ripped t-shirts, bondage trousers and safety pins. Hairstyles were short and spiky and dyed with bright colours. Vivienne Westwood was the punk style guru of the punk era.

 The punk subculture was around in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States in the 1970’s.  Sub-cultures such as Punks were influenced by many punk bands such as the Ramones but the first band to show attitudes and style of dress that associated with punk were the New York Dolls.  The bassist player of the New York Dolls had spiky hair and ripped jeans, he had influenced many young people to follow this trend.  Punk bands still exist such as Green Day.

 Early punk subcultures adopted everyday objects for aesthetic effect, such as T-shirts, leather jackets and footwear such as Converse sneakers, skate shoes or Dr. Martens boots.  Punk fans adopted a similar dress down style of T-shirts, combat boots and crew-cut styles.

 Dick hebdige, Lain Chambers and Michael Maffesoli researched in to the subculture of punk.  Hebdige studied the idea of semiotics, which is the study of the meaning of symbols. He thought that all subcultures would use and take every day objects and transform their meanings. Punks for instance transformed the meaning of safety pins and ripped jeans.