#punk is dead

[raggedyfink]

I think “punk wasn’t political at first” is erasure of women, particularly women of color and queers who created and spearheaded the movement to go against their daily discrimination upfront and without apology and only for their contributions to the scene and their distinct leftist, feminist, anti racist and anti capitalist viewpoints to be erased and rewritten by yt posers who favored bands that had their apolitical or conservative viewpoints that still gets to some degree accepted by other yt punks in discourse to be pretty insulting.

[jtmportland]

“Culture is necessary for human beings to evolve into better creatures.”

[clinically-not-straight]

The punk movement/genre is interesting to me because it's all about fighting against society and not following the rules, that makes a rule in and of itself though. Blah blah rules have exceptions or whatever.

Anyway:

That says "nazi punks to fuck off". Now, I was gonna make a joke about, with how punk works, saying that nazi punks aren't allowed is hypocritical, y'know, as a joke. Anyway, fuck that joke, I'm not making it now.

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So, this is a punk band. Y'know punk, the thing where we say "fuck rules, fuck society and, most importantly, fuck you!" I like it a lot. Can you see an issue here?

Now, I know this came from tiktok and they have rules surrounding censorship there, unfortunately I do not not give such a shit. The fact that you, as a punk band, are censoring this shit actively tells me you aren't very punk. I just don't think it's particularly punk to lay down nice and quietly and say "👉👈 i think the bad punks aren't nice" i get censorship exists but at the same time it only means that video reaches less people, that video in particular... the fact that you censored it tells me you wanted tons of people to see it whilst giving a fairly basic message... it's about as non-punk as it gets really... like yeah, you're angry, but who cares. You can't even express it in a good way because you're afraid the video will get less views. If you're going to censor at least do it creatively, because writing shit like that is what everyone does.

I'm just saying, punk was about being loud, unique, and angry. Honestly this is none of those things. Arguably, the most punk yhink about it is that it breaks the rules of what punk is, but that also feels like sort of bullshit excuse I'd make up as an artist, so I'm not fucking accepting that.

TL;DR - punk may not be dead but tiktok and the internet have their shoe wedged firmly down punk's throat and near nobody within punk cares because now they're all trying to appeal to the masses. Something that punk isn't built around.

[pathennessy]

Punks, punks everywhere....

[demi-raven]

Feel free to tag your fav bands too! I'm curious about your opinions on this poll.

[lets-dance-to-joy-division]

Sure, punks dead, but I'm still fucking upset.

[gothkorilakkuma]

Where the fuck are the actual punks at

The type to say fuck society and all your shit standards

I hate this trendy stuff

[ghostcat-deadbastard]

The social elite with safety pins in their ear I watch and understand that it don't mean a thing The scorpions might attack, but the systems stole the sting crass on punk is dead

[pidgeons-cliffbirds-love]

saying punk is dead is like saying chivalry is dead, technically true but annoying and wrong.

[thyofthee]

The feud between The Exploited and Crass is still the funniest thing ever

Today it’s two groups of old people yelling about whether punk is dead or not, while at punk shows

[raggedyfink]

When u love the Danzig era misfits but hate pretty much all of the members exhibit A

[tmbmtb]

Do I need a business man to promote my angle? Can I resist the carrots that fame and fortune dangle? I see the velvet zippies in their bondage gear, The social elite with safety-pins in their ear, I watch and understand that it don't mean a thing, The scorpions might attack, but the systems stole the sting.

✯ PUNK IS DEAD, Crass

[crabsex]

punk was never white

Mexico city ^

Mexico in the 80's ^

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Not officially credited but tags suggested Myanmar

PURE HELL one of America's first black punk bands

Queens of Marok - Botswana

[malakaiazeria]

Punk is dead and so am I.

[painroulette]

Maybe this is a hot take, but as someone who literally went to a film school for a masters degree and is an avid video game fan, I feel like there’s just too much media out there that uses things like flash warnings to cover their ass for effects they like, don’t even need?

Like, every music video does not need strobe lighting. Games with blinding effects don’t need that effect to be bright fucking white. I’m sick of living in a world where giving a warning is enough to lock an entire group of people of enjoying art and stories for the fucking aesthetic. There are other ways to make things visually interesting I swear.

[nando161mando]