page_title: Punk Rock Girl
section_title: Music video
hierarchical_section_title: Punk Rock Girl / Music video
caption_attribution_description: English: Hallway of the Eastern State Penitentiary
context_page_description: "Punk Rock Girl" is a song by American rock band The Dead Milkmen. It was the first single released from the band's fourth album Beelzebubba. Released in December 1988, the track was primarily composed by guitarist and vocalist Joe Genaro and bassist Dave Schulthise, though it is credited to all four band members. The idea behind the song was to create a punk rock nursery rhyme; as such, it is a simple love song, written from the perspective of a sheltered boy dreaming of a rowdy, delinquent girlfriend. Lyrically, it depicts the duo bonding over record-shopping and eating pizza.
  The song was recorded with producer Brian Beattie in Austin, Texas. In addition to the band's normal lineup, the song also incorporates an accordion. Beattie hoped to emulate the quality of the quartet's original demo, by ensuring the guitar solo seemed stifled or imperfect. "Punk Rock Girl" makes several pop culture references, from comedian Minnie Pearl to musicians Mojo Nixon and the Beach Boys. It mentions several locations in the band's hometown of Philadelphia, including the counter-culture shop Zipperhead.
context_section_description: The "gritty" and "low-budget" music video was partially filmed at the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Parts of the video were filmed at Zipperhead, "a popular counterculture store on Philly’s South Street" which is mentioned in the song. It was directed by Adam Bernstein.
  The video was first added to MTV's rotation the week it reached its peak position on the Billboard charts;  peaking at number one on the channel's Dial MTV request list. Several years later, the song saw a resurgence in popularity when it was featured in a segment of MTV's animated series Beavis and Butt-head. MTV included the video among its annual yearbook of videos from 1988 on its website, calling it among the "biggest, best, most memorable music videos".
caption: The music video was partially filmed at Eastern State Penitentiary, an abandoned prison seen here in 2009.
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