Dumbest **** I ever read.
Just because nowadays garbage like All Time Low and other bands are considered punk are popular doesn't mean punks dead. I could name at least 30 bands that came out after 1988 that are worthy of being called Punlk.
I agree with some things said about Hot Topic what with the safety pins and such.
Punks were never big on spending lots of money on there appearance. Nowadays I always see these *******s wearing theese peices of ****:
They're like 60 bucks too, what the hell are they thinking?
I have to admit I have gone into Hot Topic once or twice and gotten a t shirt or two because they are pretty cheap there and have some cool looking exclusive shirts.
Still I perfer ordering online because not as many people have the shirts and I get to choose who gets the money, weather there be a middle man or it goes straight to the band.