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10 years ago
@Germ.Fishthis is a reply to your comment cuz for some reason it won't let me reply.wow. i don't really want to get into a dissertation at the moment, but wow. your entire comment makes it plain that you were never really punk or hardcore. everything you said is what punk and hardcore are TRULY not about. anyone who is, gets what i'm saying. if you have a punk/hardore/etc. soul, you know it's not about living fast and dying young and then growing up and magically morphing into this normal upstanding citizen who is ashamed of their past and resents/regrets it.. it's not about partying all the time and being an apathetic narcissist. not trying to rail on you dude but seriously. it's not about partying and being cool and tough and wild. it's about so much more than that. if you'd listen to the lyrics of these songs you have so much disdain for now, you might actually see the point. punk is more than a trend, it's a state of mind, a way of life, a part of one's spirit and soul. it's a piece of who we are as ppl who are not one-dimensional in our identities.punk and hardcore (and their offshoots) are NOT "bullshit". the way you misunderstood it was bullshit. the way you bought into the image was bullshit. the way you latched onto it as an avenue for your rebellious phase, and nothing more, was bullshit. punks are maturing every day of their lives, as our are bands and our identites/outlooks/perspectives on life, ourselves, the world, each other, etc. i contend that the more one matures, the more relevance they see in the thoughts/ ideas of punk/hardcore. as one matures, looks around and sees the world, the lyrics of these songs ought to bring new insight and vice versa. THAT is punk/hardcore. THAT is what it's all about.i was into agnostic front, youth brigade, subhumans, rudimentary peni, slapshot, youth of today, suicidal tendencies, social unrest, mdc, bad religion, as well as the ramones, misfits, black flag etc. i still am into those bands years later, and many more of all genres including classical, black metal, blues, bluegrass. you'd be amazed at the social commentary out there.i did my share of partying too. i barely survived it too. i ran wild too. none of that really has anything to do with this music and what it means, especially to me. you, dear sir, are what they used to call ppl back in the day, a 'poseur'.ironically, this quote is from wikipedia, about poseurs:"The early 1980s hardcore punk band MDC penned a song entitled 'Poseur Punk', which excoriated pretenders who copied the punk look without adopting its values. As part of MDC's 25th anniversary tour in the 2000s, frontman 'Dictor's targets remain largely the same: warmongering politicians, money-grubbing punk poseurs (including Rancid, whose Tim Armstrong once worked as an M.D.C. roadie), and of course, cops'.and there you have it. :)