subject: Punk Culture And New Punk Releases [print this page] Punk showed up amidst a bombardment of obscenities and sputter, with such a fierce intensity that its shelf-existence was inevitably shorter. As the mainstream caught on to its popularity, pop-tradition diluted the anarchic, angry, rage into a far more worthwhile and contrived revolution. Punk bands wore the correct clothes, made the right new punk releases and explained the proper things to make some great deal of cash.