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b'Every once in a while, something extraordinary happens in rock\\u2019n\\u2019roll\\u2026I hate the use the clich\\xe9 of \\u201ca perfect storm,\\u201d but that\\u2019s exactly what I\\u2019m talking about\\u2026a bunch of things involving culture, politics, demographics, economics and technology all collide and mix in just the right way for something totally new and unexpected to be created\\u2026\\n\\nLemme give you some examples\\u2026Elvis came along in the 1950s just as million post-war kids\\u2014these new constructs that were now called \\u201cteenagers\\u201d\\u2014began gravitating to new radio stations that played music derived from a mix of the blues, country and r&b\\u2026this music greatly annoyed their parents, something that made it dangerous and forbidden\\u2026\\n\\nIn 1964, the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show with a fresh, new sound that helped drag America out of the funk that followed the assassination of JFK\\u2026as far as rock is concerned, the 60s really began that February night in 1964\\u2026\\n\\nLet\\u2019s try something more current\\u2026you might remember the appearance of the music video in the early 80s transformed the industry\\u2026. or the time you heard \\u201csmells like teen spirit\\u201d for the first time and immediately you somehow knew that whatever came next in the 90s would be very, very different\\u2026\\n\\nAnd hip hop? don\\u2019t get me started\\u2026there are people\\u2014academics! \\u2014who will argue that the appearance of hip hop in popular culture was an even bigger deal that the Beatles\\u2026\\n\\nThere\\u2019s one other event that we need to include on this list: the rise of punk rock in the middle 70s\\u2026as it was happening, it was no big deal\\u2026it was an aberration, a niche thing that indulged weirdos and misfits\\u2026 \\u201cit\\u2019s just noise,\\u201d said the rock purists, \\u201cignore it and it\\u2019ll go away\\u201d \\u2026\\n\\nBut it didn\\u2019t\\u2026in fact, we\\u2019re still talking about punk\\u2026and punk became more than just a form of music\\u2026 it became a way of thinking and acting and creating and presenting\\u2026it\\u2019s music, film, visual art, literature, dance, politics\\u2026 it altered much of western thought\\u2026the punk aesthetic\\u2014that \\u201cscrew you, I\\u2019m gonna do it anyway\\u201d ethos\\u2014can be found virtually everywhere in society today\\u2026\\n\\nBut what led to this? what were the factors that led to the rise of this music? and how it appears worldwide at virtually the same time in an era long, long before the internet? great questions\\u2026. let\\u2019s see if we can find the answer to the question: \\u201cwhy did punk happen at all?\\u201d\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'