Euronews
| May 23, 2013
A Russian court has rejected jailed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina's bid for parole, citing infractions like unmade beds and letter-writing during mealtimes. Alyokhina went on hunger strike to protest being denied the right to attend the hearing.
Reuters
| May 22, 2013
An imprisoned member of the punk rock band Pussy Riot is on a hunger strike to protest a Russian court's decision not to allow her to attend her own parole hearing. Maria Alyokhina, watching the trial from prison via video link, ordered her defen...
Euronews
| Jan 16, 2013
A Russian court has thrown out an attempt by Maria Alekhina to have her prison sentence deferred. The member of Pussy Riot, the feminist punk band had asked the court to let her serve the rest of her two-year sentence when her five-year-old son is...
Al Jazeera English
| Nov 9, 2012
Pussy Riot merchandise has become big business since two of the Russian punk rock band's members were jailed -- and with the band's name not trademarked, there's nothing to stop a scramble to cash in. A controversial attempt by one of the band's l...
Associated Press
| Oct 10, 2012
In a surprise move, a Moscow appeals court has freed Yekaterina Samutsevich, one of the three jailed Pussy Riot members, but upheld a two-year prison sentence for the two others.
Euronews
| Oct 9, 2012
Russian punk band Pussy Riot has been shortlisted for this year's prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Three of the musicians were recently sentenced to two years in prison for performing an anti-Putin protest song in Moscow's main...
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YouTube
| Sep 6, 2012
A new video from the free members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot condemns Putin and his attack on feminism and freedom, and thanks musical supporters including Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Björk, and Green Day. The film was produced for ...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Aug 26, 2012
The husband of one of the members of Pussy Riot says two members of the group who haven't been arrested have been moved to safety, away from Russian law enforcement officials. Three members of the Russian punk band were sentenced to two years in p...
Journeyman Pictures
| Aug 17, 2012
In an exclusive interview, three members of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot talk about staging "punk prayers", why they are angry with Putin's sexist regime and the empowering effect of anonymity. On February 21, the band entered Moscow...
Channel 4 News
| Aug 17, 2012
Supporters of jailed musicians from the punk band Pussy Riot air their complaints about the two-year prison sentences.
— May 18 at 01:16 am
...That's what he and his brother Mark Stern (BYO Records, Youth Brigade) are doing with Punk Rock Bowling [May 24-27 Las Vegas, NV]. With everyone...
— May 16 at 07:30 pm
...bands; in 2012, seminal acts like Dwarves, Hot Water Music and Bouncing Souls were among the 150 bands that played. This yearâs festival boasts ...
— last Monday at 07:51 pm
...In the final minutes of Saturday night's season-ender, Armisen reprised his role as punk-rock star Ian Rubbish, the British pink rock character ...
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. Punk bands created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produced recordings and distributed them through informal channels.
The term "punk" was first used in relation to rock music by some American critics in the early 1970s, to describe garage bands and their devotees. By late 1976, bands such as the Ramones in New York City and the Sex Pistols and The Clash in London were recognized as the vanguard of a new musical movement. The following year saw punk rock spreading around the world, and it became a major cultural phenomenon in the United Kingdom. For the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful rebellion and characterized by distinctive styles of clothing and adornment and a variety of anti-authoritarian ideologies.
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