1960s Punk
Rare punk footage from the 1960s — interviews, studio sessions, and behind-the-scenes clips. We're actively searching for footage — check back soon.
Music in the 1960s
The 1960s was a decade of relentless musical innovation. The British Invasion, psychedelia, Motown, folk protest, and the birth of heavy rock all collided. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and James Brown were redefining what popular music could be. Behind the scenes, studios like Abbey Road, Muscle Shoals, and Stax were laboratories of sound. This decade produced some of the most fascinating behind-the-scenes footage ever captured — from D.A. Pennebaker’s fly-on-the-wall documentaries to the Maysles brothers’ concert films.
About Punk
Punk rock (or simply punk) is a subgenre of rock music that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the overproduction and corporate nature of mainstream rock music. Typically producing short, fast-paced songs with rough stripped-down vocals and instrumentation and an anti-establishment theme, artists embrace a DIY ethic with many bands self-producing and distributing recordings through independent labels. During the early 1970s, the ter...
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