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take all of this weak pop and emo and nerd and art crap off of the punk rock listings and let real punk rock rest with what resp...


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Initial post: April 24, 2007 3:30 PM PDT
 PUNK ROCK IS NOT FOR THE WEAK! says:
1st i would like to say that not only has punk rock been a major part of my life for over 20 years ive also respected it for that long also and thats why I'm sick of little kids and record producers and music stores and websites thinking little pop groups and little artsy emo groups and dance groups like blink 182 and simple plan and Good Charlotte and greenday and Hawthorne Heights and afi and Dashboard Confessional and Panic! At the Disco and Taking Back Sunday and All American Rejects and Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance and Yellowcard and Relient K and Less Than Jake and Coheed & Cambria and Armor for Sleep and Bowling for Soup and Jimmy Eat World and Motion City Soundtrack and Offspring and the plain white t's and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and My Chemical Romance and Hellogoodbye and Gym Class Heroes and Boys Like Girls and Cartel and ...(well, i could go on for hours)...are punk rockers. because it should be clear to anyone that has listened to them for less then a second that they aren't close to being in the same realm as real punk rock in anyway!. If they want to listen to that junk fine ill live after all i made it through crap like poison and all the rest of that hair meatal crap in the 80's and the backsteet boys and all of the boyband crap in the 90's (Like there really is a difference when you look at most of it.). But at least call all of that pop and emo and artsy crap something else that truly shows what it really is (like art rock or neo goth or just pop or alt would work) and let real punk rock rest in peace with what little respect it still has.It died in 84 so it wouldnt become some soft kiddy pop trend (yeah there might have been 1 or 2 albums that came out afterwards but nearly all were from bands that came out pre-84 and were just kind of giving punk rock its last gasp of breath because they refused to look at the big picture and see the truth)...

Real punk rock is timeless so stop saying that just because an album isn't made within the last 5 or 10 years its not worth your time thats being closed-minded and if any bands these days were really punk rock i would say so TRUST ME! and i also like to point out that i love bands from lots of differnt kinds genres of music, just not all.. but for good reason!, (but real punk rock is far beyond just music!) and can you guess what is not only one of my 10 favorite of all time, but may very well be the best band to come along in the last 16 years and has one of the most innovative, breathtaking, and transcending sounds of any band in the history of not only rock but music period? its Sigur Rós and they are FAR from punk rock but if you just look at their musical expertise and NOTHING ELSE they may be one of the best bands to come out in the last 25-50 years... but punk rock rock is far beyond just music (just like the true rebel rock of 50's that laid the foundation of all true hard rock and metal was far more then just music) so...

THE BOTTOM LINE IS: If you want to know what real punk rock is then listen to the sex pistols album -Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols- they are and it is punk rock in its most raw, ungrateful, destructive, rebellious and ultimately greatest form and the place to see if you are truly part of punk rock or just in its way! and i hope at the very least you see how foolish and childish it is to even try and call all the pop and emo and artsy crap of today punk rock and wake up and realize Real punk rock is about creating conflicts not stopping them!. Thats why im sick of people bring up the clash every time they talk about punk rock. The clash were just u2 with a little more of a rock edge (And u2 are just tree hugging save the world so we can fill good new age hippies with a little bit more of a rock edge.). So in the end im sure all of the kids and so called adults would hate for people to think that the little emo and pop groups and that you listen to were about what real punk rock is about anyway. And remember i said REAL punk rock you know, the kind of music that is about destruction, chaos, anarchy and rebellion (And when i say that i don't mean it as some buzzword there are real anarchists out there and and we use punk rock as our political stance and our way of life and NOT as some pop music trend!.). And also, punk rock can be used be used to scare and intimidate and just make the rest of the world suffer for your own enjoyment on the side (A nice plus if you ask me). The bottom line is when you step on punk rock your stepping on something bigger then just music and you wont like what you wont like the outcome that you make for yourself and other by doing so!. And i would like to also point out that punk ROCK is just that, a form of ROCK!. I think most people forget that it IS a form of rock and not only that its the hardest form of rock there is and how can a band be called a punk rock band when its not even a rock band to begin with? and i would also like to note that im not just saying that the sex pistols are the only real punk rock group or the only good punk rock group why i only mention them is because i am writing this to try and show people the difference in punk rock and all of this pop and emo crap and not bore them to death on some history lesson and what better way to do that then to simply let them listen to the best example possible and then if they really like what real punk rock is then they will not only go and find other real punk rock bands but, will also try and see what real punk rock is all about on they're own. If they don't and they want to go back to the fake pop and emo crap of today then fine but at least they will know what punk rock is really about and know that the weak pop and dance and emo crap that they listen to is by no means real punk rock and thats the important thing and also hopefully places like amazon and mtv wont try and promote the lie with them (wake up emo is newage goth music amazon and mtv, and pop is just that pop and dance music again is just that dance music)!.

Lastly, i would like to call out all the so called punk rockers (remember what i said earlier people punk rock is a form of ROCK so maybe if real punk rockers would use the word rock people wouldnt think its some pop tread) that say that you really shouldn't care about something this much. Well, why put your time into it? real punk rockers know this is worth fighting for and thats why we do it and also to all the nerds (why do nerds even think that anyone with half a brain would think that weak little nerds could really be punk rockers anyway?!?!?!?!?!? they are like the least punk rock thing i know of!) whos heads are about to explode because i didnt use the best gramer writing this GOOD! there are more important things in life to worry about!.

AND STOP WATCHING TRL ITS THE ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT REAL PUNK ROCK (OR WHAT ANY REAL ROCK) IS THESE DAYS
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In reply to an earlier post on April 24, 2007 5:35 PM PDT
 Doug Johnson says:
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 Robert Kennedy says:
Real punk rock taught all of us the value of making your message SHORT, SHARP, and SHOCKING. A several-thousand-word rant defending your chosen genre seems a little bit more like something I'd attibute to a hippie.

Cecil Taylor, Kurt Schwitters, John Zorn, and John Fahey are way more punk than the Pistols and The Clash, by the way, as great as '77 and its children remain.
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In reply to an earlier post on April 24, 2007 7:46 PM PDT
 Boy says:
But punk rock IS for the weak - most punks are skinny little runts with pink hair and ear rings. Wussies.
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In reply to an earlier post on April 24, 2007 8:00 PM PDT
 Robert Kennedy says:
This from someone who's into Clannad, U2, and Christian-era Dylan?
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In reply to an earlier post on April 24, 2007 9:05 PM PDT
 Amaranth says:
The revival of real punk lies with...real punk rockers,NOT with complainers.If you don't like TRL,don't watch it.If you don't like Panic!At the Disco,my Chemical Romance&All American Rejects (great names,BTW)--don't download their music,don't buy their albums.It's as simple as that.I don't like the current state of American pop...so I'm not out buying Justin Timberlake&Christina Aguilera's latest albums.
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 Richard Singer says:
I'm not sure who appointed you the guardian of punk, but you come off like one of those Japanese soldiers holed up on some south Pacific island unaware that the war has been over for 30 years (or was that just an episode of Gilligan's Island?). Punk to me (the American version) was about spontanaety and the idea that creating popular art is open to all. And I think you overplay the purity of the Punk movement. It's not hard to have integrity when you don't believe in anything. It's much more difficult and takes a stronger person to be positive in this effed-up world. If someone like (the late) Darby Crash is your hero, you can have him.

Note to SP, two words, tough guy: Henry Rollins
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In reply to an earlier post on April 25, 2007 2:35 PM PDT
 Matt says:
Your mile-a-second rants don't do anything for anyone, nor do they make any sense.

Please do us all a favor and keep your thoughts to yourself.
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 Boy says:
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 J. Simon says:
I feel like I've already read this post about punk rock before. Many, many times before.

I'm surprised that with all of the problems in the world, you've chosen this as your issue.
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In reply to an earlier post on April 25, 2007 9:28 PM PDT
 Amaranth says:
I think much of current pop music is awful...but it's not worth ranting about.I'd rather be RECCOMENDING musicians/artists who are an antidote to it.Let's talk about good things.Happy times all around.
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 PUNK ROCK IS NOT FOR THE WEAK! says:
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 Markhantonio Yeatts says:
PUNK ROCK IS NOT FOR THE WEAK! says:
what REAL punk rock is about -Raw Chaos, Destruction, Composing unease and fear throughout sociality, And standing up and being not only a true man and the toughest man you can be, but, also the toughest kid you can be (This was back when kids wanted to be tougher then adults had the courage to stand up to adults and didn't just have the desire to cry for their attention.)....And in the end doing all of this this just for the fun and rush that you can get that no drug or act kindness could ever give you.- Name me one of those pop or emo bands that i mentioned that represents that...Because i know that genres of music change in someways over time but what makes them FUNDAMENTALLY doesn't.as so what they are remains the same and all of the crap theses day that people try and pass off as punk rock is completely different.

I posted this just in case nobody saw it the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th........500th time it was posted.
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In reply to an earlier post on Jun 27, 2007 8:52 AM PDT
 Amaranth says:
I still like "composing unease and fear through sociality";it sounds like an emo band's motto. Will My Chemical Romance, All American Rejects or Good Charlotte trademark it? It's the only good part of the entire rant. Reminds me of Engrish.
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 Amaranth says:
"Composing unease and fear through sociality"-can you trademark that because dude,it is liek so kewl.
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In reply to an earlier post on Jul 3, 2007 5:23 PM PDT
 J. Brady says:
I'm just posting so this thread makes it back to the top of the list. It is without a doubt the funniest thing I've read here in ages.
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 Amaranth says:
Everybody needs a good laugh. Thanks for returning this thread to its rightful place!
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 Sick Girl says:
AFI used to be punk 10 years ago :(
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 Rod Hansen says:
Funny...

I was in the coffee shop recently and heard some kid going on about how "music today is so awful, blah, blah, music used to be better, wah, wah, wah, all we get now is Britney and Avril, sniff, sniff, sniff..."

Well, yeah, if you sit in your high chair like a little baby and take in whatever MTV and corporate radio feeds you then, yeah, modern music sucks. But by those standards, music has ALWAYS sucked. Sure the 60s gave us The Beatles/Bob Dylan, but it also gave us the Archies and that stupid Fruitgum Company band.

There is great music out there, you just have to seek it out. Listen to your local alternative rock station. If you're lucky enough to live in a college town, listen to their station and go check out the bands that play their student union (just prepare to feel old). Almost any town has a place to go and check out local live music.

So, if your idea of "modern music" is My Chemical Fallout Boy Matchbox Nickleback Hinder Britney, then that's the music you deserve. Punk.
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In reply to an earlier post on Jul 4, 2007 11:14 AM PDT
 Amaranth says:
Very good way of putting it ;) I like your "there is great music out there,you just have to seek it out"--if only people who complained about current pop/rock/Top 40 radio followed your advice!
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In reply to an earlier post on Jul 4, 2007 12:51 PM PDT
 Jeffrey Thames says:
The Archies and the 1910 Fruitgum Co. beats My Chemical Fall Out at the Disco Heights Rejects everytime. Old school bubblegum will never get stale.
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In reply to an earlier post on Jul 4, 2007 3:36 PM PDT
 J. Brady says:
Exactly ! I'd rather hear "Sugar Sugar" over any of that Hot Topic punk any day of the week.
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In reply to an earlier post on Jul 4, 2007 6:26 PM PDT
 Amaranth says:
Old school bubblegum is actually FUN...now it's all emo. New school bubblegum can be summed up in two words,"Poor me."
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