What is Clockwork Punk?

Amy Green
3 min readMar 18, 2021
What is Clockwork Punk?

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Punk rock music and fashion is a rebellious style that began in the early 1970s. It was a reaction to the overwhelming conservatism of the post-WWII era. Musically speaking, punk embraces loud distorted guitars, fast tempos, and songs with raw vocals. Fashion wise it often features ripped jeans or skirts with studded patches. Clockwork Punk is a subgenre of Steampunk that combines elements from Punk rock and Victorian era clothing styles.

Clockwork punk draws heavily on fantasy and science fiction genres for inspiration as well as from other types of punk music like grunge, heavy metal, new wave, deathrock and psychobilly. It blends in these musical elements with various industrial and gothic styles and with the aesthetics of early 20th century technology. Punk rock is often associated with anti-fashion. Clockwork punks embrace it as part of their style and use it to construct their punk identity.

Clockpunk clothing pulls inspiration from a wide variety of sources including…

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Amy Green

Hi I’m Amy — travel blogger, dog lover, digital marketer. I write mainly about Europe, Middle East and Southeast Asia. Getting into drones!