Punk's NOT dead!

[KevinTheOmnivore]

It so isn't, don't even TRY to win this one.

[Perndog]

Not dead - there will always be real punks. The scene was just hopelessly diluted once it became a fad and all the teenyboppers decided it was cool.

[The One and Only...]

I hate all punks. They're like goths, but with more enthusiasm.

[ScruU2wice]

if they were all such individuals then people wouldn't have a stereotype for them :/

[Big Papa Goat]

What is a punk?

[Perndog]

This is what I think:

A punk is a nonconformist for the sake of blatant nonconformism. Their only message is "fuck organized society and the people who want to bring us down," even though they're not really headed anywhere and aren't accomplishing anything with their attitudes (other than maintaining the number of punks like themselves and influencing hordes of posers who are even worse than the real punks).

Disagreements? Additions? Clarifications?

[Skulhedface]

CLARIFY THIS, MOTHERFUCKER unk

[Professor Cool]

I don't know much about punks but i do know about punkasses, and there is a couple of them in here.

[Perndog]

Skulhedface is a punkass. Fucker.

[Big McLargehuge]

OMG KEVIN DO YOU LISTERN TO SUM 41?

[Emu]

Originally Posted by Perndog

This is what I think:

A punk is a nonconformist for the sake of blatant nonconformism.

Isn't that being conformist?

[punkgrrrlie10]

For my summer job at the public defenders, I would wear my pink pin stripe pants suit and bright pink sparkly nail polish. I felt so punk.

[Perndog]

Originally Posted by Emu

Isn't that being conformist?

A lot of the time, yeah. But more real punks are actually unique than most "edgy" groups, they don't buy trendy stuff and they get their styles from a lot of different sources. As far as the attitude goes, it's not really about being totally individual, it's about not conforming to society's status quo, whether or not they're individuals in doing it. Otherwise, they'd try so hard not to be like each other that there wouldn't be such a strong scene.

[Rez]

someone once said the Mars Volta killed punk music.
i dunno. i just like Mars Volta.

[Dole]

PUNKS UNDEAD

[Spooky]

Saying Punk isn't Dead is like saying Limp Bizkit has a large, solid fanbase.

[executioneer]

BEING PUNK IS ALLA BOUT BEING UNDERGROUND, THERE'S NOTHING SO PUNCK AS BEING UNDERGROUND AND VICE VIRSA

-willie