Punk Rock

[roydo]

A money making con, a genuine musical revolution, under rated, over rated?

Did 17 year old lads from the home counties have a clue when they sung along to SLF anthems?

Google Pretty Vacant kids. Timeless.

Loved the good stuff me.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

I was a 90s teen so wasn’t my era. Could never really get into sex pistols, the damned, uk subs etc. Used to listen to more modern stuff like rancid and snuff and some of the US hardcore scene.
I believe @edge might be an authority on this subject.

 

[jaycee]

They've got Burton suits,huh you think its funny,turning rebellion into money

 

[Bluetintedspecs]

It was music for rebellious youth. Rebelling against anything and everything. The fact your parents hated it helped, too.

Didn't like the Sex Pistols.

Did like The Clash, Stranglers and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

 

[navidson]

Never really understood the attraction of early punk - I like my musicians to be able to play their instruments - and never understood why non musical bands were held up as standard bearers

 

[roydo]

Never really understood the attraction of early punk - I like my musicians to be able to play their instruments - and never understood why non musical bands were held up as standard bearers

But they made learning the guitar way easier.

Once you mastered a bar chord, Teenage Kicks was next! Or New Rose.

 

[kev]

Generally speaking, nah, most of it makes my ears bleed. Some good stuff came out of it though, and it genuinely meant that anybody who wanted to, had the opportunity to express themselves through music.

Loved the good stuff me.

I think this can be applied to ALL genres of music TBH lol

 

[Chewbacca]

Badly played pub metal but with terrible singers

 

[navidson]

But they made learning the guitar way easier.

Once you mastered a bar chord, Teenage Kicks was next! Or New Rose.

I like the fact that they showed the simplicity of songwriting - it just annoyed me that virtuoso musicians were seen as a bad thing

 

[Tea_drinker]

Wasn't it just a less threatening version of K-Pop?

 

[daza_1973]

Any musical revolution is a blessing to the greater good of music - whether is punk, rock n roll, prog, new romantic, grunge, rap, hip hop.....
Just a shame todays sanitised music industry seems impervious to them nowadays.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Does not sound very 'punk' to call it punk rock.

 

[roydo]

Does not sound very 'punk' to call it punk rock.

Fair point. Twas the label back in the day though.

 

[chrismpw]

Rubbish.

But compared with the computer generated formulaic repetitive drivel kids get served today absolute genius.

 

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