Punk rock music—that blistering, snarling, enlivening style—has exhilarated audiences for some 50 years now. What rose to prominence in the mid-1970s has become a sound for the generations. Never ...

Some of punk and metal's most influential outfits arose from the Bay Area, with many of them serving as an exciting and explosive response to classic rock.

Punk rock didn’t hit its peak until the mid-’70s, but the groundwork was laid much earlier. The first murmurings of punk happened in the ’60s. Many rockers were leaving behind all sense of innocence, ...