Explore → Punk / Hardcore Punk / Hardcore Punk's own world — proto-punk through '77, hardcore, post-hardcore, emo, pop-punk, crust, anarcho, Oi!, ska-punk, post-punk and the global undergrounds. Cross-listed with Rock.
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Click a family to fan out its sub-genres · dashed = cross-listed Proto-Punk Garage Rock Detroit Proto-Punk Pub Rock Glam-Punk Roots Freakbeat 1 UK '77 Punk US '77 / CBGB Punk Power-Pop Punk Mod-Punk Punk Revival '77-style 2 US Hardcore UK82 Straight Edge Youth Crew Powerviolence Thrashcore / Fastcore D-beat Crossover Thrash Beatdown Hardcore 3 Post-Hardcore Emotional Hardcore (Emocore) Screamo Mathcore Post-Hardcore Revival Swancore 4 Midwest Emo Emo Revival Pop-Punk Skate Punk Easycore Mall Emo / 2000s Emo Twinkle / Math-Emo 5 Anarcho-Punk Crust Punk Stenchcore D-beat Grindcore Neo-Crust 6 Oi! Street Punk Streetpunk Revival UK Oi! American Oi! 7 Ska-Punk Two-Tone Skacore Third-Wave Ska Reggae-Punk 8 Post-Punk No Wave Death Rock Gothic Punk Dance-Punk Post-Punk Revival 9 Art-Punk Synth-Punk Egg-Punk Noise Rock Cold Wave 10 Garage Punk Riot Grrrl Queercore Cowpunk Budget Rock Punk Blues 11 Folk-Punk Celtic Punk Anti-Folk Gypsy Punk Sea-Shanty Punk 12 Psychobilly Horror Punk Deathrock Gothabilly Punkabilly 13 Japanese Hardcore Brazilian Hardcore Latin American Punk Scandinavian Hardcore (Käng) German Punk (Deutschpunk) Russian / Eastern-Bloc Punk 14 Punk Hardcore ◎ hide wheel 1. Proto-Punk / Garage Roots 6 › 2. First-Wave / '77 Punk 5 › 3. Hardcore Punk 9 › 4. Post-Hardcore 6 › 5. Emo / Pop-Punk 7 › 6. Crust / Anarcho / D-beat 6 › 7. Oi! / Street Punk 5 › 8. Ska-Punk / Two-Tone 5 › 9. Post-Punk / No Wave 6 › 10. Art-Punk / Synth-Punk 5 › 11. Garage Punk / Riot Grrrl / Queercore 6 › 12. Folk-Punk / Celtic Punk 5 › 13. Psychobilly / Horror Punk 5 › 14. International Punk 6 ›
1 Proto-Punk / Garage RootsThe loud, primitive 1960s–70s ancestors before 'punk' had a name.
Proto-Punk / Garage Roots The loud, primitive 1960s–70s ancestors before 'punk' had a name.
First-Wave / '77 Punk The 1976–79 explosion in New York and London.
Hardcore Punk Faster, harder, shorter — the early-'80s US/UK acceleration.
Post-Hardcore Hardcore's arty, dynamic, more melodic offspring from the mid-'80s on.
Emo / Pop-Punk The melodic, confessional and skate-park wings.
Crust / Anarcho / D-beat Politically charged, grimy, distortion-soaked punk.
Oi! / Street Punk Working-class, terrace-chant, boots-and-braces punk.
Ska-Punk / Two-Tone Punk fused with ska and reggae upstrokes.
Post-Punk / No Wave The angular, dub-wise, art-damaged reaction to '77.
Art-Punk / Synth-Punk Punks who weaponized keyboards, noise and concept.
Garage Punk / Riot Grrrl / Queercore Lo-fi revival plus the feminist and queer undergrounds.
Folk-Punk / Celtic Punk Acoustic instruments, raised fists and pub singalongs.
Psychobilly / Horror Punk Rockabilly, B-movie horror and punk speed.
International Punk Scenes that built their own punk vocabularies worldwide.