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I just can't articulate it yet but saving this archive feels anti-punk...
by rr-geil-j 7y ago
I just can't articulate it yet but saving this archive feels anti-punk...
- jacobush 7y agoThey'll collect it all then burn it in a huge dumpster fire!
- mieseratte 7y agoNah, gotta burn it on a barge[0] [0] - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38120496 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38120496
- sverige 7y agoWhen you figure out how to articulate it, you'll have the perfect description for what it feels like to watch a Henry Rollins comedy set on YouTube.
- kjs3 7y agoI can't say for certain, it's early, but I'm pretty sure this is going to be the single most insightful comment I will read this month.
- lubujackson 7y agoI feel like there should be a slo-mo gif of Henry Rollins putting on his reading glasses to instantly and dramatically turn from punk legend to Volvo driver.
- benj111 7y agoIts the nature of these things, that the original ethos gets lost, for example, Green Day is classed as a punk band.
- Lio 7y agoThere's something very punk about innocently asking "oh you're a punk fan? Do you enjoy the 'The Greendays'?" and then stand back as they either ooze contempt or explode... :P You can throw Avril Lavigne in there are a curveball but they'll probably know you're taking the piss if you do.
- Lio 7y agoThis shouldn't be seen as an attack on punks ...it's more like a Minor Threat. (Damn it, I've become my father.)
- igetspam 7y agoNah_ dude. You're dad didn't listen to Minor Threat. You're still cool. (If you're not, then I'm not and I refuse to accept that and I have the bad tattoos to back me up.)
- weare138 7y agoJust because some people say that doesn't make it true. Green Day fans are like the flat Earthers of punk.
- benj111 7y agoWhat else have we got other than some people saying it? Some people say the Sex Pistols are punk, there isn't really an objective measure we can measure this against.
- weare138 7y agoWhy? I think many people have somewhat misguided notions about the punk scene.
- rr-geil-j 7y agoI did a quick search and it seems there are multiple branches of punk ideologies. I was never in the punk scene but I had friends who did (some are probably still are). I just remember them mostly focusing on the current and do not care much for posterity.
- simonh 7y agoWho gives a crap what they think?
- vibrio 7y agoI found the punk rocker.
- SwellJoe 7y agoThat's not my experience (I've loved punk for decades, have played in punk bands, etc.). There is a pretty strong reverence for the roots and evolution of punk among, at least, the musicians who make the music. I recommend reading Our Band Could Be Your Life for a really wonderful biographical snapshot of some of America's most important punk bands (it spans late 70s to early 90s, through the stories of a handful of the most influential/interesting bands), and the ties that bind them to earlier and later punks. There may be a subset of fans that don't care about the historical context, but it's not what defines "punk". Collecting (45s, stickers, patches, zines, posters, etc.) has always a big part of punk culture. And, the fact that punk bands can reform after a couple of decades and tour and even make new records and have some success even among younger audiences seems to indicate there's people valuing that history. e.g. The Pixies, Mission of Burma, Black Flag, The Stooges, have all had success in recent years, after being dormant for decades. Of the shows I've seen in this category, there's always a pretty good mix of old-timers like me, who are there partly out of nostalgia, and younger folks who weren't even alive when those bands were first doing their thing.