The birth of punk rock is not only the birth of another genre of music, but also the birth of another subculture. This genre of music have also brought new type of art which is commonly known as punk art, or punk visual art. This influenced the making of album covers, as well as punk rock videos.

As what people commonly know, the pioneer punk rock bands talk about opposition, anger and revolution in their lyrics. This is why the punk visual art is associated with rebellion. The most common form of this type of art is expressing sentiments using cut out letters from tabloids and magazines, which was also a common way for kidnappers to ask for ransom to their victims way back. Other forms include two tone colours- often black paired with a shocking colour. Since punk art is aesthetically complex to common people, not all could appreciate it. Thus, punk art could be considered ugly, and dirty by most people. [Read more...]