As someone else said--there's too much of it. It's just a retro act though. It's like watching some old doo-wop group at a reunion. Sure, it's great to hear the old songs and nice to know they are still gigging around but it is just not the same. Even the post-punk era is long gone.
Punk needs a new beginning but the West is a cultural wasteland and it can't happen here. My guess is that the Japanese are doing the most innovative work with punk just as they are with jazz and god knows what else. But stick a fork in us over here. We're just one big Detroit.
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