Punk rock is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock,
Certain late 1960s and early 1970s Detroit acts, such as MC5 and Iggy and the Stooges, and other bands from elsewhere created out-of-the-mainstream music that became highly influential on what was to come. Glam rock in the UK and the New York Dolls from New York have also been cited as key influences. Between 1974 and 1976, when the genre that became known as punk was developing, prominent acts included Television, Patti Smith, and the Ramones in New York City; and the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the Damned in London, and the Buzzcocks in Manchester.
By the early 1980s, faster and more aggressive subgenres, such as hardcore punk (the Exploited) and anarcho-punk Many musicians who identified with punk or were inspired by it went on to pursue other musical directions, giving rise to movements such as post-punk, (Joy Division) new wave, and alternative rock.
in the 1990s with Nirvana, punk rock saw renewed major-label interest and mainstream appeal exemplified by the rise of the California bands Green Day, Social Distortion, Rancid, the Offspring, Bad Religion, and NOFX.