Cowpunk

Cowpunk or Country Punk is a subgenre of punk rock that began in southern California in the 1980s, especially Los Angeles. It combines punk rock with country music and blues in sound, subject matter, attitude, and style. It tends to downplay the fashion elements associated with the British psychobilly genre, and grew directly out of the influence of bands like The Cramps and The Gun Club; with few direct ties to the British movement. The term cowpunk has also been applied to several bands that play a fast form of Southern Rock; primarily based in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, or Florida.

Notable cowpunk musicians

• The Beat Farmers
• Colorfinger
• Cowboy Mouth
• The Crocketts
• D-A-D (early career)
• Dash Rip Rock
• Frank Black and the Catholics
• Gas Huffer
• John Thomas Griffith
• The Gun Club
• Jason and the Scorchers
• k.d. lang (early career)
• Lamont
• Fred LeBlanc
• The Knitters
• Mary Prankster
• The Meat Puppets
• The Mekons
• Minutemen (band)
• Nashville Pussy
• Nine Pound Hammer
• Red Shift
• Reverend Horton Heat
• Rose's Pawn Shop
• Rubber Rodeo
• Social Distortion (in late 1980s)
• The Supersuckers
• The Vandals (early career)
• Sonia Tetlow
• Three Day Threshold
• Unknown Hinson
• E.J. Wells
• Hank Williams III

See also

• Alternative country
• Gothabilly
• Psychobilly
• Punk blues
• Punkabilly