human fire

Kind of going a little bit against what i said before, but people can play punk music but not be punk, just as people can be punk and not even like punk music. It's a lifestyle. By today's standards, and the true definition of punk, you might call communists punk. But no matter what anyone says, it's always going to be lost in arguments whether Good charlotte or a simple plan are punk etc... even if they do play some songs in the style that was adopted by punks to express their feelings, they aren't truly, and people don't get that. It's not wearing long shorts and singing about how sht high school was, it's not having a green mohawk and a leather jacket with studs on it, it's about expressing a different view to the mainstream.

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They are all good bands, but I dont consider the white stripes, pixies, hives, or strokes as punk. They are definetly aternative, yes, but punk? No way. I think people are losing sight of what punk was really about: being downtrodden and playing music because you're angry about the way people more important than you have ****ed you around. Bands like the dead kennedys and the saints etc... I define as punk, because they sang about rebellion and social issues, as well as satire sometimes. So, as refused put it so aptly in their song: "the shape of punk to come" : Adolescent beats with a new thing to see Smashed guitars just like you've seen on T.V. With burning speakers & flaming hair We'll have a riot right here ...... they were saying punk has become pop culture... which it has. sniff sniff