Punk culture is a subculture that originated from 1970' s, originally originated from the music industry, but gradually transformed into a broad cultural style that integrates music, clothing and personal consciousness.

The punk culture we see today began in the1970s and originated in the United States. At first, it was a musical rebellion, the main purpose of which was to resist some existing pop music forms, including progressive rock and heavy metal. Inspired by punk culture, these pop singers have long been alienated from their fans because of their heroic idols. Followers of punk culture developed their own dystopian music on the basis of underground music, minimalist rock and other music forms. In the field of punk rock, Sex Pistol and The Ramones are well-known representative bands in the period of punk music enlightenment.

Gradually, punk has become more diversified, not minimalist, because bands like Clash have integrated the influence of other underground music such as ska, rockabilly and even hip-hop, but the information of music is still the same. It is subversive, rebellious and anarchist. It is based on the theme of facing social problems and oppression of the lower class. Punk culture is a message to society, that is, not everyone has a good life, not everyone is the same.

British punk culture spread to North America in1980s and1990s, where people created a new music style called hardcore punk, which is famous for its faster and more aggressive rhythm than similar music in Europe. Styles emerging from this new genre include skateboarding punk and straight edge.

Since punk, mainstream record companies have tried to profit from the underground punk culture. Many times this met with a lot of resistance, because punk's ethics lies in the purity of music, and punk often feels that this is threatened by the profit motive of record companies.

From/kloc-0 to the late 1980s, punk music in the Pacific Northwest of the United States was classified as "junk music". Successful oil-colored rock bands, such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam, show a lot of punk influence in their music. These early commercial successes led to the success of another mainstream punk style, which is called power pop or pop punk. Examples of pop punk bands are Green Day and Descendants.

Many followers of the early punk subculture felt that the commercialization of punk brought disillusionment. They claim that punk should be unpopular by definition (taking "pop punk" as a contradiction), so it should always be so, because it brings necessary challenges to mainstream culture.