"Punk was a heterogeneous style, comprising a complex melange of ingredients and orientations, spread across a spectrum of artists. The music was generally driven by a frantic, eighth-note pulse carried by the entire ensemble. Words were spewed forth by vocalists unconstrained by previous notions of pitch or melody. The majority of

reflected feelings toward a disintegrating and corrupt society and the plight of subcultural compatriots. The music and lyrics were imbedded in a

stance that reflected varying degrees of righteous anger, performance technique, avant-garde artistic exploration of shock value, and

to bypass the usual music-production institutions."