Punk Options

[satch]

Just wondering I am an old school punk guy been into since I was 13 saw Social Distortion at a backyard party got in for 2 bucks lol...so here is my question...


I know times have changed what do you all consider Punk??

Thanks!

[NoSex]

Punk rock, specifically, is just a musical genre. Mainly categorized by it's use of chords, fast tempo, common progressions, raw instrumental style, and speech-singing aggresive vocals. Beyond this we can find common grounds within lyrical content inside the genre. Highly individualistic, anti-authoritarian, freedom striving, rebellious, abrasive, and free thinking.

The ideology surrounding the original punk rock music demands an attitude which fits common musical methods, and more strongly a stress on the lyrical contents. But, it doesn't really matter. Taken the contents of the lyrics to be honest, we should not hold a punk ideology in the first place, for a punk ideology would go against itself in the sense that it would become non-individualistic, and inherently authoritative. So, we must deny an ideology, given that it holds within itself those strict punk sentiments. Not to say, that these are qualities that must always remain empty from such a system, but within punk, it appears that they should.

In the end, the counter-culture movement within punk was a waste. But, even still, it was never, and should never be about, hair cuts, leather jackets, and denim jeans.