04-06-2006, 05:06 AM
Much as I hate to say it, punk is dead.
I actually feel sorry for those kids I see now-a-days sporting their little Mohawks and leather jackets. It doesn't mean anything any more-it's just a uniform like any other culturally encoded outfit. If they were truly rebellious they'd have the guts to create a whole new look for shock purposes rather then fall back on a safe and established outfit.
And don't get me started on bands like Green Day that get called "punk." The true punk movement burned itself up just like it had to. It was a wild and reactive force that wasn't created as some sort of everlasting phenomenon that can be picked off a shelf and purchased at a warmly lit Target.
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I actually feel sorry for those kids I see now-a-days sporting their little Mohawks and leather jackets. It doesn't mean anything any more-it's just a uniform like any other culturally encoded outfit. If they were truly rebellious they'd have the guts to create a whole new look for shock purposes rather then fall back on a safe and established outfit.
And don't get me started on bands like Green Day that get called "punk." The true punk movement burned itself up just like it had to. It was a wild and reactive force that wasn't created as some sort of everlasting phenomenon that can be picked off a shelf and purchased at a warmly lit Target.
outcast