Punk's Not Dead

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Hot Topic is not punk rock!

Sorry. Getting carried away.

Heh heh. I always snicker to myself when I see kids shopping in there buying shirts with bands on them that they probably have never listened to, and no real punk would pay $30 for anyways.

Modern punk style is so sterile and manufactured. I'm too punk to be punk.

[wendybeth]

If true Punk were to be carried out to it's natural conclusion, it wouldn't have made it past 1978. Of course anything that catches on with a large segment of the population is going to get commercialized- it's silly to suppose otherwise. So long as they continue to write the songs (especially the lyrics) that first got me going, I could care less. I love Green Day- I ignored them for the longest time, but the lyrics on this last album caught me and give me hope that the next generation won't be so unquestioning of authority. I had been very disenchanted with music for the past decade, and now I have reason to look past the 'oldies' stations and actually start buying cd's again.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Heh heh. I always snicker to myself when I see kids shopping in there buying shirts with bands on them that they probably have never listened to, and no real punk would pay $30 for anyways.

Modern punk style is so sterile and manufactured. I'm too punk to be punk.

It's a song! Seriously! DJ Lars, or somesuch. You can listen to it online.