The 80’s Punks in The Netherlands – Nederlandse Punkers van de Jaren 80

Punk actually started in the mid 70’s spreading from the UK, USA and Australia to the rest of the world. Previous youth subcultures influenced various aspects of the punk subculture. The punk movement rejected the remnants of the hippie counterculture of the 1960s while at the same time preserving its distaste for the mainstream. Punk fashion rejected the loose clothes, and bell-bottomed appearances of hippie fashion. At the same time, punks rejected the long hair adopted by hippies in favor of short, choppy haircuts. The hippie crash pad found a new inception as punk houses. The jeans, T-shirts, chains, and leather jackets common in punk fashion can be traced back to the bikers, rockers and greasers of earlier decades. The all-black attire and moral laxity of some Beatniks influenced the punk movement. Other subcultures that influenced the punk subculture, in terms of fashion, music attitude or other factors include: Teddy Boys, Mods, skinheads and glam rockers.

By the early 80’s there was quite a significant Punk culture in Breda and the rest of Holland.

YES I was proud to be part of an 80s sub culture I would like to add my 80s pics