In the context of the time, the connection makes perfect sense, at least economically: by the mid-1970s, when punk was initially gestating as a defined concept, it was a buyer’s market for the hundreds of twisted, juvenile songs that were tossed out on cheap 45s by the barrelful in the 1950s and 60s. In fact, some modern punks might even be offended by the suggestion that they’re related at all: punk is serious art about serious issues, man! Before the days of po-faced hardcore sourpusses, though, punk basically was novelty music a concerted effort by a ragtag group of rejects, queers, and cough syrup drinkers to undercut any and all of the self-seriousness that had leaked into the rock ‘n’ roll enterprise post-Woodstock. Nowadays, the connection between punk rock and novelty records may seem tenuous at best.
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