There was a, as far as I know, a yet to be documented faction of the American east coast punk scene that I'd love to see get a formal treatment. Where the tradi

There was a, as far as I know, a yet to be documented faction of the American east coast punk scene that I'd love to see get a formal treatment. Where the traditional view of punk is anger with volume, I found and became a part of what we called "a psyc club" - a sick club / a pseudo intellectual club - where everyone was style-wise a Sid Vicious punker, but in addition everyone was well read and serious into philosophy. Bands like Joy Division, Psychic TV, Einstürzende Neubauten and authors like Burroughs, Jean Genet, and Hesse, artists like Brion Gysin, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Warhol were our idols. The overriding aspect of these punkers was intellectual depression, with a public debate held at Boston's "Pour House" bar about 3 days a week with the topic being "what is and has value" with the debate finding no value worth pursuing in earnest over and over. It was a shared nihilist delusion, with one another egging each other to view darker, and darker. The debate disbanded after two debate members killed themselves. Four decades later, my memories are like we were role playing the end of the world, wishing for the drama that would allow. I'd love to see a formal treatment of that scene.