Australian Punk Identity

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Chapter 1: “The development of the punk Australian music scene”. ” Groups that accept and reject The culture and community created around Australia’s punk scene influences identities by creating a space where out groups/outsiders can exist without the need to conform. The punk music scene in Australia focuses on local, small venues, and DIY sound. “The idea of punk – with dive bars, worn down warehouses, basement shows and wild hair – has given rise to a new wave of traditional/pub-punk. Most songs in this new sub-genre are either about beer, cigarettes, the dole, or drugs.” Punk music employs lyrics about ideas like anti establishment, community and breaking societal norms. “Punk scenes have the general illusio [sic] of being resistant to …show more content…

Understanding the effects of power and authority at the micro, meso, and macro levels is crucial in analysing the impact of institutional music control over the punk scene. To research the Australian punk identity and the effects of macro institutional music control over the punk scene, I interviewed a Gen Z, male, musician named Jacob Ingram. Ingram is a member of punk band “Ocn” and indie band “Fripps and Fripps” which has reached meso success with 7,844 monthly listeners on Spotify and Triple J exposure In my interview with Ingram, he mentions how “venue management are very eager to get people in the door, which is fair, they need to make money, but sometimes it makes it feel more like a business than just playing music and having fun is at the core of it [playing punk shows]. It's really about expression and enjoying it, so ideal”. The adage is “the ideal”. Control of the music industry has been a continuous issue for punk groups at these micro, meso and macro levels. The dependence Australian artists have on social media for building a following or community is reinforced by a respondent to my Questionnaire who asserted that, “Starting out trying to get gigs can be quite difficult as venues won't want to have you if you don't have a following, but creating a local following without gigging can be difficult. Social media can be a good way to get yourself out there, however there's a fine line between promoting yourself and selling your soul to tiktok.” This is further supported by another response to my questionnaire stating, “The music industry is extremely tough and gruelling to endure. Music streaming has brainwashed the general populace into thinking music is free and despite some artists touring internationally

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