It's not just any style though. All of the X-punk genres are alternative imaginings of the world. So the rebellion is against the current consensus reality. Al

It's not just any style though. All of the X-punk genres are alternative imaginings of the world. So the rebellion is against the current consensus reality. Also, this is just what words do over time. Punk used to mean prostitute. Then it generalized to any ruffian. See also, words like: gay, awesome, nice, robot/bot, slave.