On the surface, Punk Rock started out as a backlash against the “Everything is A-Ok and Groovy!” attitude of the Hippies of the 1960s. To the teenagers and children of the 1970s, everything was definitely not okay. Between Vietnam, economic issues, the disdain for the studio polished and corporate-ized Rock of the ‘70s (i.e. Foreigner & Styx), and an ever-present sense of existential dread, the Punk scene grew out of basically two elements: anger and disdain. One of the first truly brash, wild, and unprecedented bands to pop up with this mentality was Cleveland, Ohio’s The Dead Boys. The Dead Boys played every single show like it was their last and made sure every single patron left with an indelible and defining memory of Punk Rock on their mind.