Punk Music — Discover Artists, Tracks and Gigs

Punk music exploded in the mid-1970s as a raw, defiant rejection of bloated arena rock and corporate polish. Born almost simultaneously in New York's CBGB scene with the Ramones, Television and Patti Smith, and in London with the Sex Pistols, The Clash and Buzzcocks, punk distilled rock and roll down to its loudest, fastest, most urgent form. Three chords, a snarl, a manifesto. The DIY ethic — make your own records, run your own zines, book your own shows — became as important as the music itself. Hardcore bands like Black Flag, Minor Threat and Bad Brains pushed tempos to breaking point in the early '80s, while pop-punk acts like Green Day, The Offspring and Blink-182 carried the sound to stadiums in the '90s. Today punk lives in basement shows, warehouse gigs and underground labels around the world — from riot grrrl revivals to crust, skate punk, queercore, post-punk and emo. PUNKSTAR.ai surfaces the bands keeping that fire alive, tracks the gigs worth driving across town for, and lets you tip artists directly with PUNK crypto tokens so the money goes to the people making the noise — not the middlemen.

Top punk artists

The Clash

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The Offspring

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Green Day

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Ramones

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Misfits

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Dead Kennedys

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Descendents

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blink-182

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Fugazi

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Joyce Manor

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