Comments | lucabrasi: It's official

lucabrasi

It's official

Sep 26, 2003 19:03

I finally feel that the time has come. The time has come to officially say that punk is dead. The time 7:16 on Friday September 26, 2003. It is over. I will no longer use the term "punk rock." It committed suicide. It no longer wanted to live when it heard that bands like Good Charlotte, the Ataris, AFI, and Simple Plan were being called "punk rock ( Read more... )

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There's folks that agree with you I bet... bboyck September 27 2003, 01:06:12 UTC

I can't speak on their behalf, since "poppy punk" is all I know... :P

Agreed. tacosage September 29 2003, 09:28:48 UTC

Stix is right. I agree. You did, however, forget The Used and the aptly-named All-American Rejects. But, it matters not. They're all the same band anyway.

I never correlated punk to rap, but you're absolutely right. All I listen to is old-school rap...before there was women, weed, and wine to distract everyone. Now, it's gonna have to be the same for punk. I think the same can be said for anyone else who's been punk for awhile...nobody really listens to any albums that are younger than 1-2 years. =/ Fat Wreck is a joke now, and Epitaph is clinging to bands that should've quit years ago.

So what do we call the music WE listen to? I am nominating the title "Underground Rock" for the old Punk movement. I've selected this name because I don't know of any band that currently claims to fall into this category. Plus, it'll confuse and intrigue the neophytes, and hopefully they'll steer clear of the poppy trash.

Taco Out.

Sorry... anonymous October 2 2003, 08:14:35 UTC

I killed both punk and hip hop. I admit it, it was me who injected the mindless commercial material into the genres. I'm also responsible for the recent reality tv craze. I apologize for that as well.

//Ken