Folk punk

Folk Punk is a genre of music that combines elements of folk and punk rock music. There are two distinct types of folk punk. The first is artists like The Knitters - punk music musicians who play in a traditional folk style. There are also modern artists who perform acoustically in the folk style, this is the riotfolk genre.

Related Topics:
Folk - Punk rock - The Knitters - Riotfolk

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While the genre has grown greatly recently, much credit to the establishment of folk punk has gone to Plan It X Records of Bloomington, Indiana for helping popularize the sound. Many staple folk punk bands are either currently on the label or have previously had some connection to it. Among these are Against Me! - perhaps the best known folk punk band - although their sound has been moving more and more towards general punk rock and (arguably) moved away from the DIY (do it yourself) ethic that is central to the genre. However, some of these bands don't actually have any real relation to (or even sound like) actual folk music. The only relation could be pointed at the use of "obscure" instruments (or instruments hardly used in punk rock) like a violin, banjo, or a mandolin.

Related Topics:
Plan It X Records - Bloomington, Indiana - Against Me! - DIY

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Other locations significant to the folk punk scene are Athens, Ga and Gainesville, Fl (the birth place of Against Me!). There are also a few folk-punk bands from the northeast such as Bread and Roses, The Cankickers, and Sharpteeth, all from the greater Boston area

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Like much punk music in general, folk-punk tends to be quite political, most often on the radical left and anarchist side of the spectrum.

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Other significant (actually, none of these bands are necessarily significant. The Heroic Livers were just two guys out of a whole scene and had no widespread impact to speak of) folk punk artists and bands include ArnoCorps (www.arnocorps.com) Erik Petersen/Mischief Brew (www.fistolo.com): Chris Fredda: Madeline Adams (madelinesongs.com): The Heroic Livers (http://www.angelfire.com/ga4/theheroiclivers): Defiance, Ohio (defianceohio.terrorware.com); Ghost Mice; Saw Wheel, Rumbleseat, spoonboy, Bread and Roses,Tennessee whiskey tots, and some of the artists involved in the Riotfolk Collective (www.riotfolk.org).

Related Topics:
ArnoCorps - Erik Petersen - Mischief Brew - Chris Fredda - Defiance, Ohio - Riotfolk

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A symbol commonly used by the folk punk music is the anarchy heart. This is similar to the anarchy symbol except that instead of the A being set in a circle it is set within a heart. This is a Southern punk phenomenon which may have originated in northern Florida.

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See also: Urban Folk and anti-folk

Related Topics:
Urban Folk - Anti-folk

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