When most people think of Punk, the first thing that pops up is either Avril Lavigne or Greenday. What most people don't know is the Punk is a culture that arrived in 1975 as a rebellious musical movement. As much as Greenday and Blink 182 is on the radio, Punk is actually suppose to be a sort of a Anti-Corporate/Anti-Conformist attitude. Unfortunately, that isn't around anymore and all we have is little 11 year-olds wearing eyeliner and pink skulls while they claim Tokio Hotel is the "shit".
This is NOT Punk:
It's just a prep wearing black.
This is Punk:
At least they made the promise of never going mainstream.
See the difference? Now after reading this, I hope you don't claim to be punk unless you actually know the history. Punk is dead.... very dead.
Great article :P The number of times I've had to tell people Greenday and Avril aren't punk is crazy xD
ReplyDeleteOMFG. Just OMFG. I LOVE the Ramones and "REAL" Punk Bands. I'm 10 years old and therefor smarter than the Usual People who think Avril Lavinge is "Punk"
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