Puke Rock, also referred to as Nu Metal core is a relatively new genre of music, and was morphed from many different rock and punk genres.

‘My Ticket Home’ was considered the founding band for Puke Rock  when they came out with an album entitled ‘Strangers Only’ in 2013 which mixed Metal core and Nu Metal.

“I heard about it from listening to other genres that are related to it and by friends who listen to that style of music” senior Jeremy Wikel, a musician and Puke Rock enthusiast said.

“Puke Rock is pretty much just a sub genre of hardcore punk and punk rock styles of music” said Wikel.

Because Puke Rock is a result of so many different genres, it uniquely highlights individual genres for a section of the song, and then switches to a different genre and mood completely. As Wikel is an enthusiast of all of music from indie to metal, and the way Puke Rock combines all music genres is the reason he likes the music so much.

“It is such a unique genre that has extremely chill songs and really fast paced heavy songs,” Wikel said,  “sometimes both in the same song.”

Wikel agrees that Puke Rock can fit any kind of mood he may be in, and it can portray a multitude of moods from excited to angry.

“Puke rock usually portrays either an angry, or just a really pumped mood, but is definitely not limited to that” said Wikel.

As a musician, Jeremy exposes himself to a wide variety of music, ranging from indie to classic rock. He has been playing drums since he was six years old, but took a brief intermission until his freshman year.

Jeremy primarily plays the drums although he is teaching himself guitar and occasionally sings vocals as well. While this genre may be little known compared to metal, he has hopes to continue his music career and aspires to record music.

“I hope to record music in this genre [Puke Rock] one day.”