punk rock

genre of rock music
Intangible music_genre Q3071
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Punk rock is a music genre[1].

Key Facts

  • Followed by: post-punk[3]
  • Subclass of: punk music[4]
  • Part of: punk subculture[5]
  • Commons category: Punk rock[6]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[7], United States[8]
  • Inception: January 1, 1975[9]
  • Location of formation: New York City[10], London[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Punk rock[12]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Punk rock[13]
  • Topic has template: Template:Punk[14]
  • Has characteristic: rock genre[15]
  • Native label: Punk rock[16]
  • Equivalent class: http://lemac.sgcb.mcu.es/Autoridades/LEMAC201228556/concept[17]
  • Different from: funk rock[18]
  • History of topic: origins of punk rock[19]
  • Has list: list of punk rock albums[20], list of 1970s punk rock musicians[21]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]

Body

Influence

Things named for punk rock include Celtic punk[23], a music genre[24], founded in 1984[25].

Why It Matters

punk rock has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

It has been cited as an influence by thrash metal[28], a music genre[29], founded in 1980[30] and folk punk[31], a music genre[32], founded in 1985[33].

Entities named for it include Celtic punk[23], a music genre[24], founded in 1984[25].

FAQs

Who did punk rock influence?

punk rock has been cited as an influence by thrash metal[28] and folk punk[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . datos.bne.es. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gsso id → 009344
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gsso id: 009344, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/157146085|punk rock music (#157146085)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6077|Gender, Sex, and "
  2. 11d ago · Iketsi · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'bar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bn', 'br', 'bs', 'ca'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en, fr, en-gb, cs, et, hr, it, pl, ro, sk, sl, tr, vi, sh, hu, fi, ast, gl, bs, ku-latn, ku, mul, es, he, sms, se, smn */ Remove all redundant labels/aliases "
  3. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → punk-rock-music
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: punk-rock-music, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289949874|punk rock music (#289949874)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  4. 23w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → punkrock, Punk_Rock
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Subreddit: Punk_Rock, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144665898|Punk_Rock (#144665898)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directory"
  5. 23w ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Has characteristic → rock genre
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
  6. 23w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Different from → funk rock
    Topic's main wikimedia portal → Portal:Punk rock
    Twitch tag id → 8d131cac-82f2-4bc8-8a78-9c7aa045f4e2
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: rock genre"
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