What is Folk punk?
{{Infobox music genre | name = Folk punk | bgcolor = goldenrod | color = white | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Punk rock]]|[[folk music|folk]]|[[British folk rock]]}} | cultural_origins = Early 1980s, [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]] | instruments = {{hlist|[[Electric guitar]]|[[acoustic guitar]]|[[vocals]]|[[banjo]]|[[drums]]|[[violin]]|[[mandolin]]|[[trumpet]]|[[accordion]]|[[washboard (musical instrument)|washboard]]|[[washtub bass]]|[[bass guitar]]}} | popularity = 1980s | derivatives = | subgenres = {{hlist|[[Celtic punk]]|[[gypsy punk]]|}} | other_topics = {{hlist|[[Anarcho-punk]]|[[anti-folk]]|[[folk rock]]|[[cowpunk]]|[[indie folk]]|[[list of folk rock artists]]||[[DIY ethic]]|}} }} '''Folk punk''' (also known as '''rogue folk''')<ref>Humphries, P., ''Meet on the Ledge, a History of Fairport Convention'', 2nd ed. (London: Virgin Publishing Ltd., 1997), pp. 149-50.</ref> is a combination of [[folk music]] and [[punk rock]]. It became popular in the early 1980s by [[The Pogues]] in Britain, and by [[Violent Femmes]] in the United States. Folk punk got some mainstream success in the 1980s. In more recent years, its [[subgenre]]s [[Celtic punk]] and [[Gypsy punk]] have gotten some commercial success. ==Characteristics== Folk punk includes [[Celtic punk]], [[gypsy punk]], riot folk, [[anti-folk]], [[Alternative country|alt. country]], [[Crust punk|crusty punk]], [[acoustic punk]], [[gutter punk]], [[Indie rock|indie punk]], [[Lo-fi music|lo-fi]] punk and many more. Folk punk is linked with [[DIY ethic|DIY punk]] scenes, and bands often perform in [[Punk house|house venues]] as well as more traditional areas.<ref name=Haas2013>{{cite web|last=Haas|first=B.D.| title=''Performing folk punk: agonistic performances of intersectionality''|date=2013|publisher=LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 798|url=https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/798 |access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref> Folk punk musicians may play their own songs in the style of punk rock, but using some folk instruments, such as [[ma