Reflecting the individualistic and hedonistic attitude of the times, mainstream music in the seventies had become theatrical and highly commercialized. Rejecting mainstream corporate rock of the sixties and seventies, an unsatisfied youth sought a musical form that represented their attitudes and experiences; a search that ended with politically and socially motivated form of music: punk. Geared towards street kids rebelling against a system designed to keep them in the working class, punk rock provided a youth subculture with a musical genre that reflected the realities of their lives. Furthermore, punk rock centered on an anti-corporate, do-it-yourself attitude, thus providing an outlet for those with little technical skill to express
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