The “punk rock” genre has been around longer than you may think, and has left influences on many modern genres today. Punk rock has a rich history of spreading throughout the world and eventually assimilated into different sub-genres such as: Proto Punk, Classic Punk, Post punk, Post Punk, etc. The list could go on for ages, but we are only going to focus on a select amount. Punk rock first began showing its roots in the night club scene in New York City in the mid 60s. The first significant band to that is believed to have started the movement is a band called The Velvet Underground. The band was organized by New York artist Andy Warhol, and mostly consisted of noisy guitar riffs, bass guitar, and a drum set made up of garbage cans, This began to form the genre people now call “proto punk”. Rolling Stone Magazine describes the band as having “intentional crudity, in their sense of beauty in ugliness, and in their dark and risqu é lyrics.”(Rolling Stone). This shows what type of behavior punk rockers exercise. This began to set the ideal of Punk Rock saying, “I’m gonna say what I want and I don't care what you think about it!” The Velvet Underground’s concerts often consisted of crazy lighting, crude language, and a large verbal interaction between the bandmates and the audience, setting the tone for most all punk rock shows today. Another Proto punk band that set ideals was a band called The New York Dolls. This band was “known for "manic screaming" of lyrics, a foreshadowing of a similar trend in punk to follow.”(Bartelt). These bands were really two of the most primary group of musicians to begin to take a leap of faith and stop theming their music on romance. Following the New York City proto-punk scene, began a new sub genre many presently refer to as “Classic Punk.” The movement began to take place across the pond, in London, England. After the scene took root in NYC, a band called The Sex Pistols