[kj] Prisons had punks first

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

 From Wikipedia, which is infallible:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock#Origin_of_the_term_punk

Origin of the term punk

Preceding the mid-1970s, punk, a centuries-old word of obscure 
etymology, was commonly used to describe "a young male hustler, a 
gangster, a hoodlum, or a ruffian".[44] As Legs McNeil explains, "On TV, 
if you watched cop shows, Kojak, Baretta, when the cops finally catch 
the mass murderer, they'd say, 'you dirty Punk.' It was what your 
teachers would call you. It meant that you were the lowest."[45] The 
first known use of the phrase "punk rock" appeared in the Chicago 
Tribune on March 22, 1970, attributed to Ed Sanders, cofounder of New 
York's anarcho-prankster band The Fugs. Sanders was quoted describing a 
solo album of his as "punk rock—redneck sentimentality."[46] In the 
December 1970 issue of Creem, Lester Bangs, mocking more mainstream rock 
musicians, made ironic reference to Iggy Pop as "that Stooge punk".[47] 
Suicide's Alan Vega credits this usage with inspiring his duo to bill 
its gigs as a "punk mass" for the next couple of years.[48]

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--Oliver


Brendan Quinn wrote:

> Dude have you slept or eaten since starting to look into this? You're more

> than welcome to you know.

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