What is a Punk?

Sparky · 11-20-2012, 02:40 PM

Fersure on the jeans and t shirt. All im saying is theres a punk bar 2 blocks from my house and i was the only dude not wearing all black or some degree of chains. It was kinda crazy, people my age to far older.

FRED HALE SR. · 11-20-2012, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by A$AP Sparky

Fersure on the jeans and t shirt. All im saying is theres a punk bar 2 blocks from my house and i was the only dude not wearing all black or some degree of chains. It was kinda crazy, people my age to far older.

Strange in this area people generally either fit the bill, Docs, Pegged Dickies, Fred Perrys, or the complete opposite normal joes who like the music and the homeless look seems to be catching on. All black and chains sounds more like an Emo crowd. Guyliner is making a comeback in most scenes, i'd cry but then my mascara would run.

**Janszoon** · 11-20-2012, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

Strange in this area people generally either fit the bill, Docs, Pegged Dickies, Fred Perrys, or the complete opposite normal joes who like the music and the homeless look seems to be catching on. All black and chains sounds more like an Emo crowd. Guyliner is making a comeback in most scenes, i'd cry but then my mascara would run.

Here it seems to be either the homeless look or the rockabilly-tattooed-neck look. No black or chains or guyliner anywhere to be found.

FRED HALE SR. · 11-20-2012, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Here it seems to be either the homeless look or the rockabilly-tattooed-neck look. No black or chains or guyliner anywhere to be found.

How could I forget the Psychobilly guys and the Pinup girls. Tattoed necks are the new tramp stamp.

GrapeSoda · 11-22-2012, 05:14 AM

Punks are the people who admit to liking the most socially unacceptable pop music among the hip crowd without a hint of ironic flavour.

Gavin B. · 01-12-2013, 08:42 AM

The word "punk" really hasn't meant anything in the world of music for 35 years when most of the surviving bands of the revolution of 1977 either went mainstream or went up in flames. Ironically the UK punk revolution came about as result of Malcolm McLaren's efforts to create the British equivalent of New York City underground bands like the New York Dolls, the Ramones, and the Patti Smith Group.

Notable American bands like X, Black Flag, Nirvana, the Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Fugazi, Sonic Youth and even the Strokes were influenced by the UK punk scene but from my perspective, "punk rock" was a distinctly British musical phenomenon that died out within 2 years, but in it's afterlife, the UK punk revolution of 1977 has been a huge influence on rock music for the past 35 years.

The punk style has also endured as statement of youth culture and an element of designer fashion. Nobody dressed in all black clothing, got tattoos or body piercings or wore spiky hairdos or mohawks prior to the punk revolution... Now all of those punk inspired fashion trends are mainstays of contemporary haute couture fashion.

I find it strange to see modern day 16 year old kids sporting the same punk influenced fashion style of black clothing, spiky hair, leather jackets, and Doc Martin boots I used to wear as a club kid in the late Seventies and early Eighties. Now that I'm well into middle age, my daily uniform is a plain black tee shirt, bluejeans and pair of black low cut Jack Purcell model Converse sneakers. For funerals and weddings I add a black Calvin Klein sport coat I purchase at a half-price sale at Saks Fifth Avenue 10 years ago.

Surell · 01-13-2013, 10:15 PM

Minutemen british punk influence ?

i dunno.

P A N · 01-13-2013, 11:44 PM

to me, punk is an ideal seldom expressed by those who possess the characteristics of fashion attached to those who dubbed the term. i'm no history buff, but i doubt the original punks wanted anyone else to dress like them or think like them.

there just seems to be a big difference between "punk" and "a punk."

punk is freethinking. a punk is a b*tch.

Rjinn · 01-15-2013, 06:15 PM

A considerable amount of people use "punk" as some attention warped rebelliousness or some attempt to keep the trend alive to justify that they're angry with the world. I find it quite sad really...

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 01-15-2013, 08:06 PM

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Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	Fersure on the jeans and t shirt. All im saying is theres a punk bar 2 blocks from my house and i was the only dude not wearing all black or some degree of chains. It was kinda crazy, people my age to far older.

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GrapeSoda Groupie Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 26	Punks are the people who admit to liking the most socially unacceptable pop music among the hip crowd without a hint of ironic flavour.

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Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	The word "punk" really hasn't meant anything in the world of music for 35 years when most of the surviving bands of the revolution of 1977 either went mainstream or went up in flames. Ironically the UK punk revolution came about as result of Malcolm McLaren's efforts to create the British equivalent of New York City underground bands like the New York Dolls, the Ramones, and the Patti Smith Group. Notable American bands like X, Black Flag, Nirvana, the Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Fugazi, Sonic Youth and even the Strokes were influenced by the UK punk scene but from my perspective, "punk rock" was a distinctly British musical phenomenon that died out within 2 years, but in it's afterlife, the UK punk revolution of 1977 has been a huge influence on rock music for the past 35 years. The punk style has also endured as statement of youth culture and an element of designer fashion. Nobody dressed in all black clothing, got tattoos or body piercings or wore spiky hairdos or mohawks prior to the punk revolution... Now all of those punk inspired fashion trends are mainstays of contemporary haute couture fashion. I find it strange to see modern day 16 year old kids sporting the same punk influenced fashion style of black clothing, spiky hair, leather jackets, and Doc Martin boots I used to wear as a club kid in the late Seventies and early Eighties. Now that I'm well into middle age, my daily uniform is a plain black tee shirt, bluejeans and pair of black low cut Jack Purcell model Converse sneakers. For funerals and weddings I add a black Calvin Klein sport coat I purchase at a half-price sale at Saks Fifth Avenue 10 years ago.

01-13-2013, 11:44 PM	#58 (permalink)
P A N DO LIKE YOU. Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 629	to me, punk is an ideal seldom expressed by those who possess the characteristics of fashion attached to those who dubbed the term. i'm no history buff, but i doubt the original punks wanted anyone else to dress like them or think like them. there just seems to be a big difference between "punk" and "a punk." punk is freethinking. a punk is a b*tch.