What is Punk?

kodi_skate44 · 04-18-2010, 07:59 PM

The so called punk rockers that are at the top of charts... they're not punk. They're pop. Yes, Green Day USED to be a ****ing sick punk rock band back in the 90's. Blink-182 was sick, then Enema came out and people only know them for that album.

Punk is not about the money. Not the real punk.
Punk is about being yourself; **** trying to copy other bands like these so called "punk" bands we always hear about.

Punk, to me, is about change. Like you see Anti-Flag and Post-Hardcore bands like Rise Against and Strike Anywhere... These guys are amazing musicians, and they're trying to change things in the world because they don't like it. I have great respect for them.

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 04-18-2010, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kodi_skate44

Punk, to me, is about change. Like you see Anti-Flag and Post-Hardcore bands like Rise Against and Strike Anywhere... These guys are amazing musicians, and they're trying to change things in the world because they don't like it. I have great respect for them.

SBWNik · 04-21-2010, 09:52 AM

Punk isn't a music. It isn't a style. It isn't a way of life. It's not even a political statement.

It's all those, but it all started with sex, and not the missionary position type sex either.

IYT · 04-21-2010, 09:54 AM

Isn't punk like I hate the government and my girlfriends cat?

SBWNik · 04-21-2010, 10:02 AM

No.

Think that covers that.

IYT · 04-21-2010, 10:04 AM

I'm pretty sure it is.

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 04-21-2010, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by IYT

I'm pretty sure it is.

i'm pretty sure you should shut the fuck up

hip hop bunny hop · 04-21-2010, 03:08 PM

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Zach de la Rocha is not a 'punk' per se but he most definitely embodies the attitude, RATM was a necessary band in the 90s to prompt a generation to take a more critical look at the society they lived in. that's what we're missing in the mainstream now, the attitude of not giving a crap either way about what you do and just doing it because it needs to be done.

The ideology spouted by Rage Against the Machine did not prompt any "critical look at...society". I mean, apologetics for Marxist political theory and minority nationalist groups like AIM and the Black Panthers? That's tired politics; those ideologies were resounding failures when they crested in popularity (in the USA) in the 60s/70s. Not only that, but they shirked away from the most controversial aspects of their ideologies history (read: gulags, executions)....

RATM were a politically correct band, through and through. They were not critical, nor were they novel. They were simply trotted out a mutant form of the old and tired politics of a previous generation, a mutant form missing any substantially controversial aspects. Hence why you could walk into the mall and buy a CD of theirs.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-21-2010, 04:53 PM

It's quite simple really.

You just listen to this

This

And this

and if you still have no idea what punk is then give up.

Thread closed

04-21-2010, 04:53 PM	#29 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	It's quite simple really. You just listen to this This This And this and if you still have no idea what punk is then give up. Thread closed __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

04-18-2010, 07:59 PM	#21 (permalink)
kodi_skate44 Groupie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Sydney, NS Posts: 1	The so called punk rockers that are at the top of charts... they're not punk. They're pop. Yes, Green Day USED to be a **ing sick punk rock band back in the 90's. Blink-182 was sick, then Enema came out and people only know them for that album. Punk is not about the money. Not the real punk. Punk is about being yourself; ** trying to copy other bands like these so called "punk" bands we always hear about. Punk, to me, is about change. Like you see Anti-Flag and Post-Hardcore bands like Rise Against and Strike Anywhere... These guys are amazing musicians, and they're trying to change things in the world because they don't like it. I have great respect for them.

04-21-2010, 09:52 AM	#23 (permalink)
SBWNik Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 67	Punk isn't a music. It isn't a style. It isn't a way of life. It's not even a political statement. It's all those, but it all started with sex, and not the missionary position type sex either.

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IYT Ifail Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lead me back into my bedroom, and put my clothes back on. Posts: 96	Isn't punk like I hate the government and my girlfriends cat?

04-21-2010, 10:02 AM	#25 (permalink)
SBWNik Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 67	No. Think that covers that.

04-21-2010, 10:04 AM	#26 (permalink)
IYT Ifail Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lead me back into my bedroom, and put my clothes back on. Posts: 96	I'm pretty sure it is.