Pure, Unadulterated Punk, OR: Automatic For The Individual?

Tonight, I lie Under The Dog and address punk rock fashion(punk again? Yr an emo kid wishing.) So. Last week I messed up and forgot the sex pistols when talking about rebellion in rock music. How could I possibly pretend to have knowledge of this genre?
Answer? I don’t care if I mess it up. The Sex Pistols have more in common with the Backstreet Boys than Iggy Pop. I’ve been fairly clear on my stance on hXc versus ’77 styles. Either way though. Anyone can be a waster and rip their jeans. It takes a Jello Biafra to bring intellectual commentary(however much I vehemently disagree with his ideas) to the genre of Sid Viscious and Darby Crash(yes I know Darby had ideas, but he’s dead by his own hand, and his ideas were fascist, so he’s at least half idiot.).
I grew up in a stranger setting than most fans of punk music. As an outsider of everybody(For my christian youth group I was the freak who dressed weird and listened to *Gasp!* NON-CHRISTIAN MUSIC!!!!!!!!! And to the punks I was, a friggin christian. Duh.), I found the whole thing stupid.
The punk kids had patches and leather jackets and all that shit that everyone wore. I always thought they looked like the opposite of what they wanted to be. How rebellious is it to pick one of 7 hairstyles, wear the same clothes as all yr friends and smell bad?
I always thought Sonic Youth had it right. Not only did they not play what people were expecting, but they did it artistically and intelligently. Also NoMeansNo, who proved you can be expert musicians and still make challenging, fun and cerebral punk.
Why is it that certain bands are always on every punk uniform? I’ve always wondered why the misfits are on every jacket. They’re so overrepresented it’s silly, although I do like The SubHumAns’ Worlds Apart.
What am I trying to say? Think for yrself. Like music because you like it, not because of the genre it’s in, or if someone you look up to likes it. Being an individual means not having to look to anyone for anything. Being an individual means being strong and secure in yrself. Be yrself, dammit!
Stay out of the rain and under the dog!
Geoffro




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