Cowpunk

"Cowpunk" (aka Country Punk) is a subgenre of punk rock that began in southern California in the 1980s, especially Los Angeles. It tended to downplay the fashion elements, and grew directly out of the influence of bands like the Cramps and The Gun Club with few direct ties to the British movement. Bands associated with cowpunk include Blood On The Saddle, The Lazy Cowgirls, The Screamin' Sirens, Frank Black and the Catholics, Tex and the Horseheads, and others. Social Distortion, while initially a melodic hardcore punk band, had moved in a cowpunk direction in the late 1980s. The influence of cowpunk today is most apparent in the work of Throw Rag, Reverend Horton Heat and The Supersuckers, and traces of its influence can be detected in some of the work of The White Stripes.

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Country Punk - Punk rock - California - 1980s - Los Angeles - The Gun Club - Blood On The Saddle - The Lazy Cowgirls - The Screamin' Sirens - Frank Black and the Catholics - Tex and the Horseheads - Social Distortion - Hardcore punk - Throw Rag - Reverend Horton Heat - The Supersuckers - The White Stripes

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