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Garage punk (fusion genre)

<p><b>Garage punk</b> is a <a href="/en/Rock_music" title="Rock music" class="wl">rock music</a> fusion genre combining the influences of <a href="/en/Garage_rock" title="Garage rock" class="wl">garage rock</a>, <a href="/en/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock" class="wl">punk rock</a>, and often other genres, that took shape in the <a href="/en/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock" class="wl">indie rock</a> underground between the late 1980s and early 1990s.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)_2-3"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> Bands drew heavily from 1960s garage rock, stripped-down 1970s punk rock,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarkesich201243_1-1"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarkesich201243-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> and Detroit <a href="/en/Proto-punk" title="Proto-punk" class="wl">proto-punk</a>,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)_2-4"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> and often incorporated numerous other styles into their approach, such as <a href="/en/Power_pop" title="Power pop" class="wl">power pop</a>, 1960s <a href="/en/Girl_group" title="Girl group" class="wl">girl groups</a>, <a href="/en/Hardcore_punk" title="Hardcore punk" class="wl">hardcore punk</a>, <a href="/en/Blues" title="Blues" class="wl">blues</a> and early <a href="/en/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues" class="wl">R&amp;B</a>, and <a href="/en/Surf_rock" title="Surf rock" class="mw-redirect wl">surf rock</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-MTV_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-MTV-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template " style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/en/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability" class="wl"><span>verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p>

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<ul><li><a href="/en/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock" class="wl">Punk rock</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarkesich201243_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarkesich201243-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></li>
<li><a href="/en/Garage_rock" title="Garage rock" class="wl">garage rock</a></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/Proto-punk" title="Proto-punk" class="wl">proto-punk</a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)_2-1"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></li></ul>
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cultural origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist">1980s, United States</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Other topics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Garage_rock_revival" title="Garage rock revival" class="mw-redirect wl">Garage rock revival</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock" class="wl">indie rock</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Grunge" title="Grunge" class="wl">grunge</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Punk_blues" title="Punk blues" class="wl">punk blues</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Stoner_rock" title="Stoner rock" class="wl">stoner rock</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)_2-2"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></li></ul>
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<p>The term "garage punk" often also refers to the <a href="/en/Garage_rock" title="Garage rock" class="wl">original 1960s garage rock movement</a> rather than the 1980s-90s fusion style. The 1980s-90s style itself is sometimes referred to interchangeably as "garage rock" or "<a href="/en/Garage_revival" title="Garage revival" class="mw-redirect wl">garage revival</a>".<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-MTV_3-1"><a href="#cite_note-MTV-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span> The term "garage punk" dates back as early as 1972 in reference to the original 1960s garage rock style,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENobles201232_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENobles201232-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> although "punk" as it is known today was not solidified as its own distinct genre until 1976. Therefore, despite earlier references to 1960s garage rock as "garage punk", the usage of the term "punk" in regard to the 1980s-90s "garage punk" fusion genre refers to the fusion of 1960s garage rock with the late 1970s-1980s genre currently and more commonly referred to as “<a href="/en/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock" class="wl">punk rock</a>”.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAusten2005168_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAusten2005168-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span> After the 1980s, groups who were labelled as "garage punk" stood in contrast to the nascent retro garage revival scene, moving past a strictly mid-1960s influence.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarkesich201243_1-2"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarkesich201243-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> Associated bands from that period contributed to the development of <a href="/en/Stoner_rock" title="Stoner rock" class="wl">stoner rock</a>, a more psychedelic variation of the genre.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)_2-5"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic_(Garage_Punk)-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>



Garage punk is a rock music fusion genre combining the influences of garage rock, punk rock, and often other genres, that took shape in the indie rock underground between the late 1980s and early 1990s. The term "garage punk" often also refers to the original 1960s garage rock movement rather than the 1980s-90s fusion style. The 1980s-90s style itself is sometimes referred to interchangeably as "garage rock" or "garage revival". 