Gutter punk
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A gutter punk is a homeless
or transient individual who displays a variety of specific physical traits and characteristics that often, but not always, are associated with the punk subculture
. Attributes may include unkempt dreadlocks
, nose rings, mohawk hairstyle
s, low quality tattoo
s, or army-style clothing.
In certain regions, gutter punks are notorious for panhandling and drug use, and facial tattos often displaying cardboard signs that make statements about their lifestyles.
Gutter punks are generally characterized as being voluntarily unemployed; their unkempt appearance, smell, and lifestyle making them unsuitable for most forms of mainstream employment.
Homelessness
Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are unable or unwilling to acquire and maintain regular, safe, and adequate housing, or lack "fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence." The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country...
or transient individual who displays a variety of specific physical traits and characteristics that often, but not always, are associated with the punk subculture
Punk subculture
The punk subculture includes a diverse array of ideologies, and forms of expression, including fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film, which grew out of punk rock.-History:...
. Attributes may include unkempt dreadlocks
Dreadlocks
Dreadlocks, also called locks, a ras, dreads, "rasta" or Jata , are matted coils of hair. Dreadlocks are usually intentionally formed; because of the variety of different hair textures, various methods are used to encourage the formation of locks such as backcombing...
, nose rings, mohawk hairstyle
Mohawk hairstyle
The mohawk is a hairstyle in which, in the most common variety, both sides of the head are shaven, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair...
s, low quality tattoo
Tattoo
A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes...
s, or army-style clothing.
In certain regions, gutter punks are notorious for panhandling and drug use, and facial tattos often displaying cardboard signs that make statements about their lifestyles.
Gutter punks are generally characterized as being voluntarily unemployed; their unkempt appearance, smell, and lifestyle making them unsuitable for most forms of mainstream employment.
See also
- The Decline of Western Civilization IIIThe Decline of Western Civilization IIIThe Decline of Western Civilization III is a 1998 documentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris that chronicles the gutter punk lifestyle of homeless teenagers. It is the third film of a trilogy by Spheeris depicting life in Los Angeles at various points in time. The first film The Decline of...
: film about young homeless punks of Los Angeles in the late 90s - CrustiesCrustiesCrusties is a term for members of an urban subculture, with roots in punk and grebo. The term pre-dates crust punk and can be used independently. The trend was most widespread in the UK in the late 1980s and early 1990s but there are also international subsets.-Background:Crusties are distinctive...
- Anarcho-punkAnarcho-punkAnarcho-punk is punk rock that promotes anarchism. The term anarcho-punk is sometimes applied exclusively to bands that were part of the original anarcho-punk movement in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
- HitchhikingHitchhikingHitchhiking is a means of transportation that is gained by asking people, usually strangers, for a ride in their automobile or other road vehicle to travel a distance that may either be short or long...
- HoboHoboA hobo is a term which is often applied to a migratory worker or homeless vagabond, often penniless. The term originated in the Western—probably Northwestern—United States during the last decade of the 19th century. Unlike 'tramps', who work only when they are forced to, and 'bums', who do not...
- Punk subculturePunk subcultureThe punk subculture includes a diverse array of ideologies, and forms of expression, including fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film, which grew out of punk rock.-History:...
- Panhandling
- Freighthopping
- Crust punkCrust punkCrust punk is a form of music influenced by anarcho-punk, hardcore punk and extreme metal. The style, which evolved in the mid-1980s in England, often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on political and social ills...
- SquattingSquattingSquatting consists of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use....
- Street punkStreet punkStreet punk is a working class-based genre of punk rock which took shape in the early 1980s, partly as a rebellion against the perceived artistic pretensions of the first wave of British punk. Street punk emerged from the Oi! style, performed by bands such as Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts, Cockney...
- Squeegee manSqueegee manA squeegee man or squeegee woman, squeegee kid , squeegee punk , squeegee merchant or squeegee bandit is a person who, washcloth and squeegee in hand, wipes windshields of cars stopped in traffic and then solicits money from drivers.-Canada:In Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg they are...
- Refusal of workRefusal of workRefusal of work is behavior which refuses to adapt to regular employment.As actual behavior, with or without a political or philosophical program, it has been practiced by various subcultures and individuals. Radical political positions have openly advocated refusal of work. From within marxism it...