Also known as " guys who were actually around for punk rock".
The world ended in '81, eh?
Doesn't make their opinion any more relevant.
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Is punk dead?
- Thread starter RexNFX79
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The world ended in '81, eh?
Doesn't make their opinion any more relevant.
Thought it was fun.
Take it easy, bud.
No problem mon.
I never cared for punk really .And if the world had stopped in 1981, I'd have never heard the goodness that is FISHBONE!
To be honest, Anti-Flg and Bad Religion scare me with some of the things they say. not really scare just unnerve. Great bands and songs. Just full of "oppresion hate"
Check out the album "Our Darkest Days" by Ignite... it's from a few years ago ('03?), but fantastic record. Great for getting yourself pumped for a long day of work.
in the end I think we all feed off each other. and punk has split into many facets just like rock has over the years. I still play Oi to this day, though Ive been seen at local cover shows playing green day covers
. I think the only thing dead are the minds of those not willing to accept just because they don't like it doesn't mean its crap.Umm, i'll give you that there is only so many 3-chord songs you can write. However, punk was about bringing up problems with society, the government, etc. Its about making people think, get angry. I wear a bad religion shirt around(with the cross x'ed out) and people who don't know who they are get offended. But that is the punk genre. I still say its alive. And even if the only bands playing are only "punk influenced" then that really goes for all music genres doesn't it? every band is influenced by one band or another.
watch the documentary "American Hardcore". the bands interviewed said hardcore punks was dead. Yeah, traditional punk rock and hardcore punk are dead, but their influence lives on in the punk bands of today. but their are so many sub genres of music catagories that who knows whats what anymore. So being that their are still bands playing punk, even if they're only "punk influenced", i'd say punk is alive.
