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==The Definition Of Streetpunk==
'''Street punk''' (also known as '''gutterpunk''' in several parts of the world) is both a subgenre of [[punk rock]] and a word that describes people, mostly young, who live on the streets. In the latter case, such people may not identify themselves as "punk."
People described as "street punks" are mostly [[white]] (or [[Caucasian Race|Caucasian]]) working class, and/or inner city youth who usually have a punk-like appearance. This includes studded leather jackets customised by that individual, torn jeans, plaid [[BDSM fashion|bondage trousers]], bullet belts, studded belts, [[mohawk hairstyle]]s and dyed hair, [[body piercing|piercings]], et cetera. However, many don't have any such appearance, and are sometimes described as "Casuals". The word "punk," in this usage, may have a derogatory intent.
== Streetpunk as a Subculture ==
Streetpunk is also seen as a reaction against middle class art-school type punks like [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]], as well as what some view as mainstream "trendy" people who embrace the punk lifestyle in what is viewed as a superficial way. Some streetpunks, like some skinheads, even operated in [[crew]]s; these crews sometimes have unifying political agendas and beliefs that kept them together. Others simply exist as house-sized inner-city communes who help each other survive. Although this only occurs amongst the most poverty-stricken of the punk rock subculture and has become uncommon in the [[21st century]], it is worth noting. Also, those "streetpunks" who engage in tribalism are less likely ever to "grow out" of the subculture. More often than not [[Marxist]]s and anarchists hold to the streetpunk music genre due to its subject matter, described below.
== Streetpunk Music ==
The street punk music genre started with the [[Oi!]] music scene in the late [[1970s]] and early [[1980s]] in [[Great Britain]], but on early streetpunk acts one can still feel the influence of late 70s British pub rock and cockney glam noize. This form of music was developed by bands such as [[Cock Sparrer]], [[The Business]], [[4-Skins]] and [[The Cockney Rejects]]. It started as a youth music style with songs about tales of the street, [[crew]] or [[gang]] life, police violence, easy girls, and teenage drunk mayhem. Streetpunk bands of the mid '80s include [[The Skeptix]], [[Abrasive Wheels]], and [[Attak]]. Today street punk bands can be found all over the world. Today's street punk is dominated by [[the Casualties]], [[Deadline]], [http://wastekrew.cjb.net USA Waste][[A Global Threat]], [[Career Soldiers]], [[The Unseen]], [[Cheap Sex]], [[Lower Class Brats]], and others. Their lyrics often talk about having fun at shows, unity, police oppression, social problems, anti-establishment and the punk scene itself.
===Streetpunk Bands===
The following list of musicians and bands are identified with the streetpunk subculture, but not all of them are considered to be of the [[Oi!]] or streetpunk genre of music.
*[[4-Skins]]
*[[A Global Threat]]
*[[Abrasive Wheels]]
*[[Against All Authority]]
*[[Ann Beretta]]
*[[Anti-Heroes]]
*[[Attak]]
*[[The Brassknuckle Boys]]
*[[The Briggs]]
*[[The Bruisers]]
*[[The Business]]
*[[Career Soldiers]]
*[[The Casualties]]
*[[Cheap Sex]]
*[[Cock Sparrer]]
*[[The Cockney Rejects]]
*[[Clit 45]]
*[[Damage Case]]
*[[Deadline]]
*[[Dissucks]]
*[[The Forgotten]]
*[[The God Awfuls]]
*[[I Farm]]
*[[Kill The Man Who Questions]]
*[[Lifetime (band) | Lifetime]]
*[[Lower Class Brats]]
*[[Oxymoron]]
*[[Pistol Grip]]
*[[Rizzo Machine]]
*[[The Skabs]]
*[[The Skeptix]]
*[[Swingin' Utters]]
*[[The Templars]]
*[[Time bomb 77]]
*[[The Unseen]]
*[[The Varukers]]
*[[Le Fray]]
*[[Circle Jerks]]
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