Let there be light, and there be light, ahLet there be rock)In the early 1950s, when rock and roll was born, it was so new and so different from anything heard before that by the time the song above was released over 25 years later, it seemed like nothing existed before it. Punk rock had a similar effect on the music scene. Just as the original Rock and Roll was embraced by youth culture as something new, exciting and perhaps dangerous, Punk Rock was embraced by many as a new revolution with the potential to change everything. But did it happen? This essay will address the question of whether punk rock changed anything. It will focus on the business and industry that evolved within and around the punk scene, the politics of punk, and internal ideological debates within the scene. The music industry can trace its roots to the 18th century, when classical composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sought commissions from the church or aristocracies by touring to promote their music (Boerner). By the early 20th century, collections of recorded songs were available for purchase for home listening. By mid-century, the production of record albums had become the norm for introducing new music to the general public, and album sales had replaced sheet music sales as a measure of popularity, with the first gold record ......in the middle of the century. paper ......S. Middle Tennessee State University, June 2009. Web. June 13, 2010. Rimbaud, Penny. Interview with Penny Rimaud Ben Conoley. July 9, 2009. The Guardian. “EMI takes down the Sex Pistols.” The Guardian January 7, 1977. The Sex Pistols. "Biography." The Sex Pistols official website. June 23, 2010. The Sex Pistols. “God save the queen.” Never mind the bullshit... Here are the Sex Pistols. By Paul Cook et al. London: Virgin, 1977. Thompson, Stacy. “Market failure: punk economics, early and late.” Collegiate Literature 28.2 (2001).Time. “The best music of 1994.” December 26, 1994. Time. June 24 2010 .