'Punk': Epix's docu-series matches the energy of the music whose history it covers
It's still a matter of debate between fans of punk rock of when it all really began.
One of the reasons for them not being able to pinpoint a date and location is because punk rock has different meanings for different people and also because it's one of those genres of music... no... cultures of music, that began in several places at the same time.
The four-part Epix docu-series 'Punk' covers some familiar ground and some not while charting the places and personalities that shaped the punk ethos and music over the years.
The term "punk rock" was initially used by critics to decribe music rooted in the 60s garage rock, and which was practiced by small-time musicians in out-of-the-way venues.
These included the early pioneers of the subculture like the Sonics who were playing songs without any training and, more often than not, without any real musical skill.
