WHAT KILLED PUNK?

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

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[@neildunlea7282]

Hey Finn

[@jburdsinfuse]

Great vid. You asked earlier, what killed punk? My reply: Green Day. Nailed it. Got trendy and chose a political side. Maybe punk won...the old punkers are now mainstream. Good for them?

[@andrewbair7810]

@@jburdsinfuse remember when they were ostracized from Gilman street after they "sold out," and years later Gilman was like, ahhhhh shit our bad. Sorry about that.

[@davidisaacstephens6647]

The Los Punks film killed punk in LA!!! Before the full length doc there was a mini-doc, also by vans, that brought more tourists and added divisiveness in the scene to the point where it lost its love, and the documented bands were left exploited.

[@matthewwoolhouse3829]

SOPHIE 🎒

[@tylerjafelice]

This is like Finn's self titled album

[@logantelles319]

Same thoughts

[@MyMiserableLife]

That's a great observation

[@charlesschwaboverhere5582]

I really wish I got this but I'm not ashamed to ask you to explain.

[@mikef1867]

@@charlesschwaboverhere5582 The Punk Rock MBA, who is known for videos like "What killed Metalcore" or "What Killed Skate Punk" is now finally doing a "What killed punk" video

[@j3rkcat]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lenorahummell1580]

Punk taught me to question authority and question anyone in power. Which is a beautiful thing. If you don't question authority then nothing changes.

[@cinnamon_biscuit08]

I think the better word is critical thinking. If you question everything you’ll be paranoid

[@stillcursed5168]

Im not questioning everything, but i question alot of things. does that make me paranoid? @@cinnamon_biscuit08

[@milascave2]

@@stillcursed5168 It depends. Do you use verifiable acts and logic to question the dominant social and political culture? If so, you are not paranoid. But if you fall for every stupid conspiracy theory that comes along, that makes you paranoid

[@gowjer]

You aren't allowed to question the establishment these days otherwise you're cancelled and called a bigot, racist etc.

[@tjsogmc]

The punkest dude I ever met was a guy that wanted to join the local motorcycle club. So he put on a 3 piece suit, walked into their clubhouse and asked to speak to the president of the chapter. He then handed the guy his resume and sat down as if he was at a corporate interview. They took him in immediately because he was the only one they ever saw with that amount of sheer balls.

[@The_eyeball_in_a_skinsuit]

Lmao, respect

[@tbone6924]

If this story is true, that is AWESOME!

[@florida_sucks]

yeap, that's punk

[@danrae]

Joining any sorta congregation is probably the least punk thing you can do.

[@ptmerciless7997]

That is awesome.

[@dannydelgado788]

Punk ironically became the older generation that they tried to piss off back in the 70s

[@pdempsey]

Hmmmm? Isn't it that the older generation didn't ingest enough punk, which is why the 20teens looks a lot like the 70s? DIY = less distribution, thusly not enough converts. My $0.02 ... anybody got change for a nickel?

[@AlexGreat321]

That reminds me of Grandpa Simpson telling Homer how he was with 'It' until they changed what 'It' was. It'll happen to you

[@felipecavalera8729]

Yes, punk and rock music and some rappers are going through that stage, learning how to be old and stay relevant. The rebellion was won, having long hair, being tattooed, listen to rock etc is now accepted socially. Today, the only rebellion is on politics.

[@elonmush4793]

Every generation will challenge the ones that came before them. And those in return will be upset about the youth and their new ways. It goes back to ancient Greece. There's quote by Socrates who expressed his contempt for the youth and their lack of manners.

[@K0sm1cKid]

@@pdempsey Now DIY doesn't have to mean much less distribution with streaming being so accessible. 👌 Although most don't achieve much attention it is certainly more than was possible in years past.

[@zombieflipkick]

There was an old joke/saying that this kinda reminds me of: "A punk with a huge mohawk and leather studded vest was walking down the street when he was stopped by an average 30 something. The 30 something asks the punk 'whats punk' so the punk knocks over a trash can nearby and says 'thats punk'. The 30 something then knocks over another trash can and asks 'so is that punk then too?' and the punk responds, 'no, that's conformity'"

[@illiadmcswain3956]

A good summary....👍

[@Phoenixx1127]

Didn't Sid Vicious say that?

[@americanidiot713]

cherrysoda97 wait i thought it was billie joe

[@ThomVardell]

except that kid already is conforming with his mowhawk

[@dolphinberserk]

Once you're doing it to be punk, it isn't punk. You could argue that a lot of what we call punk after 1976 was just pop music, calling itself punk. It was the great rock and roll swindle. The attitude of Link Wray, Patti Smith, A Band Called Death, The Stooges, Lou Read was punk but they never advertised or sold it as such. It's like the kicking a dust bin analogy. I played in heaps of bands for thirty years before I realised the punk idea was part of where I was situated, which I found funny. I don't think of myself as a punk. Punk to me is more like a state of mind you can be in or approach you take. The thing is, you could say to someone "You sound really garage" or "you sound kind of punk" or "you have an edgy sound" or 'your art is kInd of punk" and they wouldn't care, so that's kind fo of punk, but if they are thinking "that's what I was shooting for" then .... you get my point.. (and who cares anyway, fuck you all, and me too) (How was that, did that sound punk enough?)

[@kmstirpitz4285]

Punk has resorted for many to just dye your green, wear black-eyeliner, be an anarchist, and dress like you came out of a 70's night club. I look on IG and the punks there are literally only branding themselves as such while they look like they pressed random on a character customization menu.

[@AlmasAztekas]

they can't even name a black flag song or a punk band as well

[@ktiitfa2491]

i´m weirded out by who calls themselves punk now it´s all like people who didn´t even grow up with it and styles one would call basic bitch or chav or emo crap or dad what the fuck ha ha

[@candideggplant1575]

Thats funny, some people in og punk bands, actually wouldnt even be considered punk by todays standards or punk standards back then. Milo from the descendents was straight up a nerd. Greg gaffin from bad religion, great punk band that had melody, conscious lyrics to an extent, and that hardcore edge/sound, is a fucking professor. Johnny rotten was just a smart ass. Bad brains was a bunch if jamaican dudes from DC. Idk, its weird seeing the difference between actual members of original punk bands and the punks of today

[@Blackadder153]

Punk is saying. I own myself. The fashion was just window dressing to that attitude and arbitrary to the culture of the time.

[@leahflower9924]

@@candideggplant1575 ok well early punk had a more from the streets element to it people liked greaser and white gangster culture in Detroit and new york

[@RemnantOfBirth]

I really appreciate someone finally distinguishing between Punk Music and the Punk Mindset. So thanks for that.

[@HessianHunter]

On the Turned Out A Punk podcast episode with Mike Watt from Minutemen, Mike didn't even say the word "punk". To him it was "the movement", where that meant anyone who was performing from their heart outside the scope of the mainstream entertainment industry, whether they were a rock and roll band or an avant garde performance artist.

[@fueledbypaintwater]

Yes. The punk mindset is true punk. The punk music just comes with it.

[@Heisenbinks]

Punk music is what matters hc, pp ect whatevers. Listening to top 40, dying your hair and hating your parents is alt cosplay. I literally would have no interest in the scene if it wasn't for the music itself. 3 chords and the truth 🤘

[@ktiitfa2491]

@@fueledbypaintwater yeah. not sure what punk evanesence and other have to do with eachother. to me that would be anti punk. lol

[@ktiitfa2491]

@@Heisenbinks lol and people calling themselves alt now. i´m the alt generation who grew up alt. this is so bizarre that they are coopting our names, styles etc how we grew up, creepy as fuck definitely alt cosplay

[@darrenpierre4905]

Punk didn’t die. It evolved and spread like butter into all genres. Punk is no longer is a genre it’s an adjective. Respect.

[@InnerRevolutionProject]

word!

[@robertosnow3841]

Thats what i said years ago!

[@nectarinedreams7208]

Na lol it died

[@darrenpierre4905]

@@nectarinedreams7208 there is still a lot out there. Check hoopla out. Barker is doing some interesting colabs. Even mgk has found his niche.

[@darrenpierre4905]

@@robertosnow3841 fifteen was one of my favorite bands. Listen to tracks like Petroleum Distillation or The End and punk is in everything right now. It’s emo rap, it’s pop, it’s even Bella. It was just anti establishment at first, then hey, feelings, then I don’t agree with the status quo, now kinda everything

[@ericspencer4599]

"Punks not dead it just goes to bed at a more reasonable hour" Ian MacKaye

[@DetroitFettyghost]

Minor Threat and Fugazi are two of the biggest gems ever given to music. I've listened to tons of his other projects, Paleface which was basically him singing for Ministry would be my fav. I hope Ian lives to be a 110. He deserves too.

[@candideggplant1575]

@@DetroitFettyghost embrace is an og emo band too so thats cool, seeing than ian was in that many defining punk bands.

[@JonasMoore-b6v]

Pop Punk killed Punk

[@enmanuelsan]

Like that Dead Kennedys song said: Punk's not dead It just deserves to die When it becomes another stale cartoon A close-minded, self-centered social club Ideas don't matter, it's who you know If the music's gotten boring It's because of the people Who want everyone to sound the same Who drive bright people out Of our so-called scene 'Til all that's left Is just a meaningless fad

[@mathish100]

I LOOOOOOOVE DEAD KENNEDYS!!!!!!!!!!

[@goregore6259]

What song is that? Sounds like a tone for the pogo punks right? Ha

[@enmanuelsan]

@@goregore6259 the song is called chicken shit comformist

[@goregore6259]

@@enmanuelsan thanks never heard of the song tbh

[@chocolatematter]

My dad was into dead kennedys, and when he heard me listening to it one time he was pretty shocked. Great band

[@stevester9148]

''We are the ultimate anarchists. Now if you wanna be part of us, follow our strict rules...''

[@nathanbraun2067]

Now you know why you shouldn't base your identity on being anti-something else

[@mikef1867]

The only rule of punk is there are no rules...and you have to have a mohawk, listen to the Sex Pistols and Agent Orange, and hate the Beatles. Seriously, if you are caught listening to anything that poppy, you are a poser.

[@elonmush4793]

When you "have" to have the right clothes or hair to be part of the group then you're not different from a businessman putting on his suit before going to the office.

[@DA-nk6gx]

@@elonmush4793 The only difference is that the "punks" are making less money.

[@rocknroll_jezus9233]

Anarchist meeting at 7 sharp, don't be late!

[@Doobernicus]

To be punk is to be unashamedly, and unapologetically yourself. That's it. Punk has transcended musical genre and lives on as a lifestyle and a mindset.

[@TheFlenen]

I think this is the most accurate description of punk. Punk doesn't equal political ideology, genre, fashion, it's exactly as this guy describes

[@The_eyeball_in_a_skinsuit]

I interpret it differently, but hey, think as you will mate ✊

[@TamaHawkLive]

By that same logic the groups who go around protesting woke culture demanding everyone accept them for their freak of nature selfs are also punk. Which they of course are not. There's definitely a real definition for the lifestyle, one part of it was giving zero fucks, something people who walk around blaring their political ideologies don't posses because they care very much about how the world perceives them. Another part of punk was it's very loud blatant stance of anti politicians and corporate over reach, again something new age groups don't posses because they walk around like personal lackys of old guys in suits preaching their campaign agendas. Punk also involved people, it was social and based on gathering, something that we don't experience or younger kids even have proper exposure to because of the age of smart phones. If you ask me punk largely died with the digital age and I also believe that when punk died so did the whole sub sector of youth culture that had been evolving since the Beatles where kids actually had their own thing going on that wasn't tied to adults and to me that's quite a sad turn of history.

[@The_eyeball_in_a_skinsuit]

@@TamaHawkLive yeah I've actually noticed that, me being a 17 year old punk born into a VERY low middle with a phone that is only used for music and trying to talk to more people outside my state while still going out and practically live a life I can say that what you said was completely correct, however I do kinda disagree about the "woke" thing you were talking about, but that's not important. What's important is that punk technically did die socially, like you said with phones, it made punk die. But let's keep in mind that it's not dead culturally, while yes it has fallen down dramatically, it's still there in the crack on the concrete of a sidewalk. I do go out and live in reality while simultaneously coming online to listen to music or virtually talk to you guys. To me punk is about being real in a literal sense, attitude,music, and having a General sense of being something that you want to be than rather following the next trend that other people do because they saw it on TikTok. So yeah, you are right about this completely

[@Hiajarock]

That was the idea,but ended up as fascist old rock with spikes and mohawks

[@SkaTuneNetwork]

“Stagnation is the kiss of death” oooof someone needs to tell the ska elitists this

[@xSmittyxCorex]

Wait, that’s a thing? I always thought ska And pop-punk were the best genres at not taking themselves too seriously

[@JasonTzzz]

The was a local band (from San Luis Obispo, CA) called Skaletor in the early 2000's that mixed ska and metal. Really cool concept that never really went anywhere beyond their Myspace/ Bandcamp page. No ska-metal scene ever emerged. The vocalist was a metal vocalist with 1 rhythm guitarist, 1 bassist, 1 drummer, and 1-2 horns mostly playing lead. It was a cool mixture of ska and metal riffs/ breakdowns.

[@albert2524]

Ska can be interesting and fresh if done right. The ska scene in LA is not as big as it used to be, but it's still beloved by people everywhere. You got the big Latin-ska bands, the popular american ska bands, and the local ska punks and metalheads. Lots of diversity.

[@sonikku956]

Ska punk? Or ska as in the genre as a whole? Because if it's the latter, I 100% agree. Each wave of ska was influenced by another genre. Jamaican ska was influenced by jazz and R&B, 2-tone was influenced by rock, reggae, and 70s punk, and ska punk was influenced by skate, pop, and hardcore punk. Shouldn't the fourth wave have a different sound now?

[@SkaTuneNetwork]

sonikku956 the genre as a whole. Regardless of wave. We had a boom of skacore in the mid 2000s, we had the ska pop punk ordeal in the early 2010s, and now there’s so many sounds of ska that are new and unique. I have a long hot take on how fourth wave ska will never happen but that’s a conversation for another thread lol

[@inversemyself]

"If you want to be one of the non-conformists all you have to do is dress just like us and listen to the same music we do."

[@ItsAsparageese]

I think that's largely an age thing. I think a lot of people are more like that when they're younger fans of a genre but as people's peer community ages, those traits tend to drop off.

[@inversemyself]

@@ItsAsparageese You're absolutely right dude. I was just quoting South Park.

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@inversemyself Hahahaha I should so have recognized that quote, too XD

[@RevStickleback]

We're non-conformists, and this is our uniform.

[@beavercleaver7848]

That's how they teach you to resist peer pressure, also.

[@Homeslice130]

I don’t think punk is dead I just think it grew up and got a job 😂🤣

[@OswinOsgood]

🤣🤣

[@rokch1ck]

"Punks not dead it just deserves to die when it becomes another stale cartoon" - Jello Biafra

[@real_fjcalabrese]

Beat me to it.

[@amberhiggins6327]

Thats punk is still aground but the question is should it still be?

[@ArmyBoiSweat]

Chickenshit conformist is probably my favorite dk song rn

[@Mattm182]

Jello Biafra IS a stale cartoon.

[@bluBlaq33]

@@amberhiggins6327no it shouldn’t sadly

[@JJJKKK445]

the irony of "punks" being less punk than non-punks is not lost on me...

[@maxx1014]

Gate keeper syndrome

[@Ms666slayer]

Most modern Punks are SJW and in a weird way pro left wing government, I man you are supposed to be anti government no matter the side.

[@jimmydurmody2490]

@@Ms666slayer Yes it is obvious to me that SJW movement is devolved version of punk. Degeneration is real. They have become what they swore to destroy.

[@DA-nk6gx]

@@Ms666slayer I viewed punk less as antigovernment but anti mindless conformity which can in turn can be antigovernment. That it's more about individual thought and reasoning thats not afraid to express dissenting views.

[@nicholashouse4261]

@@Ms666slayer The best explanation I've ever heard of this stance was the guy on reddit who said that punks don't like the government, but it it's going to be around, it should at least be helping people by providing free healthcare, etc. You may disagree with that (in various ways), but it makes sense.

[@BeatrizToro-t4v]

To me, the reason why Punk died is because Punk was a genre for generations of people who were living their teen years or early adulthood during the 80s and 90s, and we all grew up, that's it.

[@streetsofsouthphilly]

Yeah, I had a close friend l had known since I was 11. We grew up in the same town and went to the same college and co-hosted a punk show on the college radio station and went to shows together.He moved back to the same town after graduation. I got a job, bought a house and some land, got married, and had three kids. He's still in the same town in the house he grew up in living with his mother. We stopped meeting up after my first kid came along and he unfriended me on social media over a silly political squabble after 34 years of friendship. Like others here have touched on he Rages On Behalf of the Machine. If it's more punk to still be in the same room you were in since junior high I don't want to be punk. I still have an interest in punk, because hey, I'm watching this KZbin channel, but I listen to outlaw country these days

[@nuradio5048]

@@streetsofsouthphilly i think that it does not matter what is "more" punk, you can be a punk and wear corporate suit, it doesn't matter, well I don't mind good country now and then, but don't judge your friend because you can't know who is happier, you or him.

[@paulsecrest9427]

Everyone hates punk and metal. Until a corporate company wants to rip off a cool logo.

[@jimmydurmody2490]

Funny how all punks from my teenage years ended up in corporations in marketing department.

[@Keepitsavage21]

godsNgenerals weed

[@viscountrainbows6452]

I remember a brief phase of metal/punk logos being used as "memes" where random non-metal artists got spiky or drippy stylizations and suddenly you'd be like "omg does Brand™ like Devourment?? Maybe they're cool" and it's like "no, silly, that's just genius marketing." Same with celebs/pop stars wearing punk aesthetics but more than likely, not being into it. It just made the gatekeepers mad and in a way, hurt the carefully crafted Image the fringe had been building. I mean, it was always corporate sponsored to a degree, with the Approved™ punk boots implicitly being Doc Martens, but it's gotten too obvious that it's an industry like any other, tied up in the capitalism it simultaneously rails against. Meh.

[@RiffKing719]

Punk: Generational angst that transforms per decade.

[@Phoenixx1127]

Someone had to say it

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

exactly nothing lived nothing died

[@RiffKing719]

@Anti-commie Spray This is why no one likes you.

[@RiffKing719]

@Anti-commie Spray No man it’s because it’s a Saturday and you should be enjoying your day instead of creating a useless argument on KZbin. I could care les about the selling out and so does everyone else. I’m gonna watch Bruce Lee movies and play guitar. Have a nice day.

[@helpwanted134]

in one of the documentaries I watched about punk, they were interviewing punk artists from the late 70s scene, a few of them said that one thing that killed punk was the addiction of heroin and other drugs that the artists at that time were using. They said that once the artists got addicted to those, it killed the creativity and the motivation to keep going. And I kind of agree with these statements, drugs are capable of killing not only people, but entire music genres, like they did with punk rock in the late 70s

[@maxmeggeneder8935]

It was the exact same with the local punk scene in my town. When most punks became addicted the scene died. I think that has happened 5 to 10 times everywhere since punk started.

[@justingivens6783]

I think that what you said is more of the cause for sure. Then this new green day left wing garbage.

[@maxmeggeneder8935]

@@justingivens6783 Do you actually believe that left wing convictions entered the punk movement with Green Day?

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

​@@justingivens6783what? 😂😂😂

[@hiroshi138]

I came here for the the "punk is alive in emo rap" comparisons.

[@LieHopf]

Every vid

[@dariohc6898]

Because is true. Yungblud is WAY more punk than current punk bands

[@frizzlefriar4417]

I disagree. Emo rap is it's own thing, with similar elements. By the same logic, if emo rap is punk, than punk is folk music. All of them are disaffected people making their own music, but they're all their own things.

[@alessandrotorres3537]

Frizzle Friar punk is not a genre, it is a way of thinking, it’s a lifestyle

[@Xylarkor]

@@dariohc6898] Haha! Yep, that dude is as hard as a kings Hawaiian bun.

[@robk7266]

You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villian.

[@TravisTaylor-dn6ui]

I think you've got it the wrong way around. Punk didn't die, it evolved into about 50 different genres because it was such an open creative platform. Both musically, but also in terms of a creative diy, anti overproduced attitude. The person who invented the first car didn't just invent that design, they produced the whole concept. In a way that's what I see Punk as

[@tomanthony3943]

One of the saddest stories in punk is Old Skull. Band of preteen boys, they released 2 albums in the late 80's/early 90's. They were gaining some decent success. Most of what happened after the 2nd album is hear say. The band broke up (possibly after a temp player tried to black mail brothers J.P. and Jamie). The brother's mother died, the boys and their father spend much following decade with no stable home and a lot of drug use. The father died of drug related health problems, causing the boys (now men) to clean of their lives. Unfortunately, J.P. experience health issues, believed to by caused by the drug use, and died. The following years, on what would have been J.P.'s birthday, Jamie ended his life.

[@corneliusagrippa4613]

Anyone who hasn't considered suicide a few times in their life have lived a happy, but sheltered life. And I am HAPPY for them...

[@Mikesjeff]

One thing I've learned from the people were around and part of the punk scene in the UK in the 70s is that, as much as the music was a rejection of all the bullshit, overproduced music at the time like you pointed out Finn, a lot of people didn't really care about that, or even know that's what the bands were doing, they just thought it was cool. Just my observation from conversations I've had.

[@kylebible]

Not even, sex pistols were started by a clothes shop & had management even before they played a gig 👍🏻👍🏻 it was a trendy trend that self imploded with identity politics

[@noneofyourbusiness1114]

@@kylebible aye that statement you made is still pretty relevant today isn't it?

[@briankerrigan3529]

Punk started out pure, and got watered down. Happens to every good idea unfortunately.

[@jeremyrobertson7267]

Very true, they're scene kids.......or were anyway

[@vinnregi4882]

I've noticed that too. Some (i dare to say many, if not most) people don't actually listen to the music they listen to. Like, Black Sabbath on Twitter posted that they support BLM, and they released a shirt to support them, and people were like "W0w, nOw yoU'rE inVOlved iN PolitICs?!?? I'Ll neVeR lisSen tO SaBBaTh agAIn". Meanwhile "War Pigs" is playing in the background...

[@brentblack5025]

Dust In The Wind is actually a timeless classic.

[@doom-mantia]

with great lyrics

[@jamessullivan4391]

Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!

[@joshbowling3736]

Yeah I was like wtf how’s that dumb

[@thecleancanvaspodcast]

I always felt punk was an attitude. Not a fashion. Thats why it fades in and out, Evoles with the current climate.

[@pantsnjacket381]

Right

[@mat777ify]

same sentiment, somehow I never considered punk as genre, i define it as a 'don' t give a fuck' attitude.

[@viscountrainbows6452]

I feel like someone can be Punk without ever having listened to a note of music. I.E. Diogenes.

[@fueledbypaintwater]

It's really just about not conforming to what others want you to be. Ironically punk became what it was so against. I'm a new punk, but I think the mindset is the most important part about it.

[@GCHR1991]

“ ...I didn’t sellout I bought in “ perfect

[@GT0wned1]

knew this comment was coming from someone XD

[@razebeats308]

Sounds like the lyric from The Pride by FFDP

[@bertmclin]

Couldn't have said it any better

[@nullreference00]

I love that movie

[@deaconthedevil3441]

So many great points here. I remember coming to the “conformist conclusion”, realizing that I was essentially wearing a uniform then slowly moving away from “dressing punk” as a result. In that, I think the main point to be made, that was just barely touched, is that punk is more of a mentality and an individualist lifestyle taught by a scene, rather than a single style or set type of music. In that vein, I definitely agree with the point about wannabe “edge-lords” like NOFX and anti-flag just aping mainstream political parties and news outlets, but pretending to be revolutionaries. There’s nothing “question authority” or “anti-establishment” about that, just blind hive-mindsets and mindless head nodding, all in agreement with the modern establishment; All of it predicted by Subhumans in the early 80’s: “the subverts became politicians, and finally got the upper hand, meanwhile back in subvert city, someone’s writing on the wall, ‘Fuck the Government’”. Except nobody is writing “Fuck the Government” these days, they just beg for more totalitarian systems and censorship then publicly condemn anyone who questions their very establishment beliefs... Which is not very punk, lol.

[@vincewise855]

Once the uniform became standardised by late 70s i put my bondage trousers away and adopted a newer to us look , Rockabilly with quiffs and donkey jackets , another uniform , music and fashion are close bed fellows , even the beboppers sported berets , goatees , and zoot suits.

[@scottejohnson83]

I came here to say just this... this comment is perfection.

[@ktiitfa2491]

@@vincewise855 i remember seeing mohawks as quaint in 1983

[@ktiitfa2491]

@@vincewise855 also what people call punk now is a fucking shit ass uniform too ha ha what the fuck has that even got to do with punk anymore

[@leahflower9924]

People don't realize early punks were trying just not to be squares or conservative looking they went more for greaser and gang looks at the time with leather jackets leather shoes holes in clothes etc... it was mostly the British scene that made everything ridiculous Richard hell was edgy looking but pistols were like a boy band

[@Moo231]

Punk and hip hop are kind of like half-siblings with different moms. I am not taking any questions at this time.

[@Mixwell1983]

True! I was into 77/uk82 style streetpunk and oi in highschool and then got into underground hip hop. 20 years later I am mostly into hip hop still and cant stand most of the old punk bands I used to listen to but the ones I do I still listen to them now and then

[@urphakeandgey6308]

"Punk is just hip hop for white people" is a common joke.

[@yordygarcia1242]

Digable planets, crimpshrine and fifteen.

[@frankienamosaki7547]

Sexy moms...

[@vincewise855]

Hip hop was the Punk of its day , once adverts start using the underground music its over , the wave has passed , move n , but still enjoy the music.

[@analogsignal]

I’ve always viewed punk as a mindset. You don’t have to play three chords through a distorted amp to be punk. The DIY ethic is the core of it and has since gone on in almost every genre of music and it’s awesome to see.

[@javierreyes392]

Subscribed... I try to explain punk music to people but I cannot get anywhere near as eloquent or succinct as you. Great job 👌

[@dronesaur4328]

Punk's always kinda defined the arc of my music taste. The first music I ever really cared about was the skate punk and pop punk of the late 90s and early 2000s. From that, I got into classic punk of the 70s and early 80s, then a lot of anarcho-punk and post-punk, as well as no wave acts like Teenage Jesus and Theoretical Girls. For a long time, though, I didn't really listen to much punk; I was mostly interested in noise, ambient, and vaporwave, which I feel had the same DIY, antagonistic position as punk. In the last month or so, your videos have really inspired me to delve back into the punk music I loved as a kid, while also having a better understanding of the cloud rap phenomenon that's going on now, so thanks for that. ...but still, you should lighten up on Sonic Youth and The Cure.

[@Manymannys95]

I think this is the earliest I've been to any video ever...

[@cxssetteman182]

Do you want to last longer?

[@koolyman]

Yeah I happened to randomly search punk

[@Geek_Harder]

Right

[@deekmjones4463]

Hilarious

[@ryandiraaaa]

Yeah, even i participated in how he ask the community how to defined "punk" in youtube and twitter

[@Messiah_Black]

Biggest thing that killed Punk was when it stopped being an artistic movement, and started becoming a cultural fad.

[@Arthur-nh3oj]

Next: What killed Grunge 🤘

[@matthewkelly1418]

They all killed themselves

[@ThierryRocksTV]

Creed

[@IsopropylAlchemist]

Shotguns

[@jacobmeyers270]

It killed itself like kurt cobain

[@microchrist6122]

Courtney Love

[@Carnage1138]

Been wanting this explanation for a while. Have never gotten a satisfactory explanation for it. Now if only you will chronicle the rise and fall of Melodic Death Metal.

[@InkAndPoet]

He might do that, but if I remember correctly, i don't think he likes Melodic Death Metal.

[@Iyashikei-t4u]

@@InkAndPoet He doesn't like black metal either and he still made a video about it.

[@CH-jq9su]

MeloDeath is the best

[@shanebergman5801]

@@Iyashikei-t4u he did say he regretted making that video. I think his dislike of the genre made him less informed on it

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Nah i know lots about black metal - if i listen to LLN bands I am hardly a tourist

[@johnd6006]

Rancid and The Dropkick Murphys got me through most of my hard times

[@abnats88]

When you see a word “punk rock” and combined it with “what killed”, auto click.

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

In the 70s, Punk had potential. New Wave gave Punk a chemical castration in the 80s

[@fe3bal]

Punk started as music but then it became more than that, and is now a culture. Just like Nu Metal and early 2000's emo after it, they become more about the fashion or way of life, with the sum bigger than its parts. Grunge was definitely a "punk" phase, as it too was a backlash to the polished OTT poodle rock hair metal that proceeded it. Listen to Nirvanas Bleach and tell me its not punk!

[@bombercountyblues]

Punk culture and fashions existed in the 70s before the music bud.

[@Brieflyme]

@@bombercountyblues The music existed before the fashion, "Death" being one of the most notable proto-punk band.

[@MiniMight]

Kurt Cobain was in a straight up punk band before nirvana, and re recorded some of those songs with nirvana, so having those songs in Nirvana's catalog adds punk to their genres by default

[@sly11benal7]

Word....

[@StJimmy89]

Grunge is a sub-genre of punk

[@adonismedrano2139]

Punk rock era will never be forgotten

[@dead_yami]

What killed Mongolian throat singing? *10 minutes in* “and you can really see that play out with artists like Charli xcx and 100 gecs..”

[@mfc5808]

You fucking nailed it

[@TheSlicktyler]

I really enjoy Finn but I want to learn about punk, metal, and rock, not rap or pop. I do listen to a lot of hip hop myself but I am here for good informative videos about punk, not "Punks and metalhead are all meany heads, pop music good get trolled" and its just annoying to me

[@eusouodougras1677]

I think he overrates a lot of those emo trappers

[@1986jamesa]

@@TheSlicktyler I agree with this, I find most of his vids unwatchable, but this one was pretty informative and even handed.

[@illiadmcswain3956]

Mongolian throat singing...lol😄😄😄

[@michaelmoser3483]

I always loved punk because I thought the people in the scene weren't only rebels und non conformists but also really open minded. No one in my real life circle talked about stuff like rights of LGBT people, racism and all those issues and punk Bands did. So I thought wow those guys must be really open minded to different people and believe systems. Well turned out that they were some off the most close minded people I ever met and I realised that I was becoming the same. I judged people on the music they listened or what clothes they wore. And I saw the exact same problem that literally everyone was hating on every person that was trying to get their lives in order. Some aspects of punk will remain with me forever but I'm also really glad that I dropped some aspects forever.

[@tbone6924]

Punk...as in true hardcore, OG late 70s and 80s punk died because it had a very niche audience and zero general appeal. In the 90s and 2000s the explosion of pop-punk (Blink 182, Green Day, etc etc) with it's much broader appeal and accessibility, put the final nail in the coffin of "real old school punk". But let's be honest, Punk was kind of dead all along. There is a reason that bands like the Sex Pistols, Misfits, Ramones, Dead Kennedys, etc. never had any commercial appeal, and their tours were in tiny clubs in front of a few hundred people. To say a scene had "died", would imply that it was ever really alive to begin with. That does not mean that punk music, despite its lack of general appeal, did not have a massive impact on other genres of rock. Also, in the current day...Punk has no chance. Punk was all about counterculture...Fuck the government, fuck authority....and now we have liberal, snowflake Gen Z. The generation of do what you are told and trust the government, get all your injections they tell you to get, etc. GenZ is about as non-punk as it could possibly be, so there is no chance for a resurgence of punk anytime soon.

[@redfin382]

When I was in high school there were these 2 kids who thought they were the only ones allowed to be punk. And I used to call them the punk police Bc they would be like "why do you like hatebreed? They aren't punk." they thought you could only like misfits, the Ramones, and all the standard bands. That always turned me off.

[@bugnut82]

RDF1nner Agreed. True punk is not giving a fuck about what you wear, or listen to. I’ve always felt it’s a mindset. I’m a commercial pilot, and underneath my stupid monkey suit, I’m punk as fuck! At least I think so, lol. Have a nice day buddy.

[@madiCOB]

Oh I would be quizzed on band members names! True story.

[@redfin382]

@@madiCOB yeah I always thought that kinda stuff was so counter to everything punk stood for. Punk is about not confirming.. But in order to be punk you need to conform to exactly what we are like..

[@Gabber_Hardcore_Terrorist]

What nonsense, that's the difference between the gabber and punks we gabbers are extremer in everything who cares what is allowed you just dominate all on school 90% was gabber in the end . Still gabbers , punks are friends forever .

[@ziggyboogydude1]

hatebreed's ass but thats just because they're ass, not because theyre not punk

[@AlexTuble]

Let's be honest - a lot of "punk rock" is Dad rock at this point

[@piotrb8434]

Everything becomes "dad rock" after some time.

[@srslee5966]

no

[@AlexTuble]

Ever watch Portlandia? Yes 😂

[@jcast23]

That reminds me of a comment someone left on a Babes in Toyland video: "That's right kids......your parent's music was much crazier, abrasive, and harsher than yours!! !"

[@evergray5063]

Any genre of music becomes “DAD rock“ when the people who were in the scene as teenagers become old enough to have children.

[@commondog3956]

Always thought of Sonic Youth as more noise rock but they were heavily inspired by the NY no wave scene.

[@ghostlightning]

Punk's not dead, and yet punk rock is. I love what you said here. Someone had to.

[@tudormiller8898]

The music. But not the attitude.

[@fueledbypaintwater]

I'm a new punk, and I don't really listen to much of that music that he shared. I'm all about the attitude and I like the look of what people think punk is too. I want to do more DIYs, but I'm still living with my parents, who don't really want me doing that kind of stuff. I totally agree with the whole "society and conformity is messed up" idea that punk is all about.

[@vincewise855]

The original "sound" , fast distorted guitars and rhythms not dead but "done" , when i heard the Pistols in 1977 the sound was "new" , like different to the pervading blues forms , disco , heavy rock etc...of course new lasts a time , then becomes "old hat" , natural progression really.

[@EpicB]

Punk as an ideology may have never gone away, but when it comes to the original genre of music, I imagine plenty of people eventually just moved on.

[@ktiitfa2491]

@@fueledbypaintwater well evanesence is not punk and our styles were already hijacked by the mainstream decades ago

[@nu-punkrants1551]

I will forever be as skate punk guy. Nofx, bad religion, pennywise.... They are forever

[@matttaylor1449]

And i bet you were born some time between 1982 and 1988. It's nostalgia. We all experience it. The music we listen at 10-20 years of age, will forever be nostalgic music because that when your personal identity starts to form. It's simple logic really. I was born in 1990, so naturally growing up with Linkin Park, Evenscence, Trivium, Behemoth and Meshuggah, that's always gonna be my taste.

[@nu-punkrants1551]

@@matttaylor1449 you'd lose the bet. 91

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@matttaylor1449 I didn't get into punk really until I was about 19, still totally my jam and Bad Religion is my all time favorite band on their own merit. Not all fondness for something is a simple matter of nostalgia silly, sometimes people just enjoy things

[@colina1330]

I've been listening to NOFX and Bad Religion for a looooong time, and I still love them, even their new stuff. But, that's not to say I don't love and appreciate The Ramones and The Clash (London Calling is one of the best rock records of all time).

[@lofipoppunkradio]

@@matttaylor1449 Yeah try to tell that to my cousin who loves Queen but was born years after Freddie died...

[@mileswatkinson8135]

I got into punk in the first years of the 80's, when I was 12-13 years old. I greatly loved The Ramones, The Clash, and the Dead Boys, and moved on to The Dead Kennedys, MDC, and the Exploited. I agree that the whole "you aren't a punk" mentality really helped kill the genre. It also didn't help how much attention it got from the media. Then there was the whole heroin thing, taking away some of the icons, like Sid and Topper. I still listen to old school Punk and Hardcore, and some of the other offshoots of the original genre. I can't get into rap, but I can see your point in drawing parallels between some rap artists and the punk ideal. Yes the punk attitude meant a lot more than the punk music scene, and as long as there are artists that just say "im going to donthis my way" punk lives on. Thanks for the video.

[@justingaines207]

Punk never died. It just evolved into other things.

[@plusmin09]

That is true of every past significant genre

[@AndyDosMil]

It’s for the better, because if not it would just end up becoming corny and boring in the end

[@ulver1187]

Yeah the people grew up and realized there are mortgages

[@hyphelia]

so... it died xD

[@2doobsmcjubes555]

Punk was a conduit for like minded young people organizing under the guise of a music scene, I think now our culture is less music focused and more media focused but young people are still organizing and "fighting the system, man" just with like youtube and twitter and shit.

[@dakotawint]

You got into punk at 89? How old were you? 2?

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

11

[@dakotawint]

The Punk Rock MBA You look 30

[@djdemon51]

@@Noirxheart what kind of punk rocker has never smoked crack? God damn posers..

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

No they said, they got into punk at 89. So they were 89.

[@MicheallikeMJ]

@@djdemon51 You'll cowards dont even smoke crack.!

[@blaisetzu]

When punk came out in the 70's cursing, explicit situations, taring down the system, terrible musicianship, hard abrasive sounds, anti-fashion was almost unheard of. It was shocking. As decades went on 80s, 90s and 2000s it became less and less shocking as people had almost seen it all to its maximum extent and eventually former or current punkers became parents. Maybe some are grandparents now. So something sonically like that may never happen again. Unless punk is almost forgotten, the music becomes safe and bland as totalitarian control continues to tighten, then there could be a re-emergence of that punk energy.

[@shaneharrington3655]

Punk today is Deathgrips, Persona 5, A24 and footlong veggie patties at Subway.

[@SuperRadAttack]

yeah I'll take uhhhhhh footlong veggie patty

[@danbam3411]

A24? Good one. They’re pretty hipster af.

[@honestalex5790]

The fact that I literally got mad at my veggie patty subway sandwich for falling apart right before reading this lol

[@shaneharrington3655]

@@J.G.Wentworth69420 I won't shut the hell up. You shut the hell up. You Wentworth person who is not shutting up who should shut up. Now. Woooooooooo!

[@steamingshit7742]

Persona 5.... No

[@mattthompson1876]

Who's worse: gatekeepers? or basement neckbeards? We need a chart.

[@JasonTzzz]

Punks (punk), Hipsters (indie), & Neckbeards (metal) are all gatekeepers who stick to their scene and shun innovation/ evolution. They despise other genres and shun success. If you're not scene enough you're a poser or sell-out.

[@mega6836]

@@JasonTzzz wait, all Neckbeards are metal-heads?? Since when?

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@JasonTzzz "XYZ are all gatekeepers" Did you just gatekeep being a legit one of any-of-those-things by implying nobody can be those things without gatekeeping? 😂

[@JasonTzzz]

@@mega6836 I don't know what all Neckbeards listen to. But the ones I've known (long hair, messy beard, overweight) like metal (prog, black, power, death, thrash, symphonic, folk) and hate on Metalcore/ nu-metal/ other genres.

[@JasonTzzz]

@@ItsAsparageese I guess I did actually did gatekeep. Lol

[@nicholascameron6603]

The fans also killed the genre. I remember going to a NoFX and Bad Religion concert, and everyone there was either: 1) High School dropout 2) Into Drugs 3) A total "Fuck Everything" anarchist Or 4) Just a Bum You'll immediately feel out of place for someone who just wanted to enjoy good live music.

[@GRIZZLYBEARDMAN]

Finn "Not to get political or anything" Next week's episode: "How did the Clintons ruin America?" The Alex Jones MBA

[@Mharriscreations]

I’d watch it too.

[@kage6613]

By solidifying the neoliberal order, completing the work of Reagan, Bush, and Nixon.

[@Icynova]

Sell out, with me tonight Sell out, with me oh yeah The record company's gonna give me lots of money and everything's gonna be ALRIGHT

[@jamesfurz7406]

Doo Doo Dooooo Dootdodododoot do do doot doo doot doot doooooooo

[@mikef1867]

(Insert more horns here)

[@gavinmccabe2176]

I have no clue what song this is and have never heard it before but could not read the lyrics in anything other than a generic ska tune

[@alejandroramirez4470]

@@gavinmccabe2176 rbf sell out

[@gavinmccabe2176]

@@alejandroramirez4470 ion even know what that means lmaoooo

[@dj-um7el]

Much love from me to The Damned! Glad you used footage of em!

[@njsteere]

Assuming the answer "Punks", but in for more info.

[@tylerleeson3045]

We're a very self-destructive group. But what's interesting, my favorite bands have been the ones putting punk on blast, such as Propagandhi. I always had an issue with punks telling me I wasn't punk because I didn't carry the aesthetic, and my answer was always "fuck you" to that.

[@fueledbypaintwater]

@@tylerleeson3045 I dont listen to the music and I really only have the mindset of punk and sort of the look. I say I'm punk, because I dress how I like to dress and act how I want to act. To me that's punk, non conformity.

[@ng0249]

Death Grips was the most punk thing that happened the last decade. Not sure they're still a thing anymore, but they were definitely a punk art collective masquerading as a rap group.

[@patrickquinnsucks]

Yeah, industrial hip hop isn't hop hop to me

[@adeptdamage3669]

@@patrickquinnsucks Better than that 808 shit.

[@jandaris7214]

Im pretty sure they're still around, they have infamously been inconsistent and straight up trolls with releasing new music. I 100 percent agree with you though

[@ng0249]

@@jandaris7214 i hope you're right, i'd love to hear some more music from them one of these days.

[@Turtl289]

@@ng0249 they put out a record last year didn they? Year of the snitch is the name of the album

[@CrisHaasbro]

dude! thanks for voicing what I've been thinking for so many years at 13:20, the monolithic politics in punk

[@MyMiserableLife]

Smart editing that riot grrl acknowledgement in there.

[@zsoltsandor3814]

"New Wave, the Scene Music of Punk". Ngl, I like that description, it's absolutely spot-on. You could also say that Industrial inherited a lot from Punk - both directly, and indirectly via Post-Punk and New Wave. And of course: Goth, and more precisely the trad-Goth, Batcave, Grufti scene.

[@jeremeskornicka3054]

you probably don't see it from the burbs, but punk is alive and well with great new punk bands coming out every day

[@alessandrotorres3537]

I don’t care what the “true punx” say. I’ll always be “punk” in my own way

[@sandollor]

And makes you more punk then they'll ever be.

[@johnortega7489]

Hella punk

[@viscountrainbows6452]

True Punx be like "why's that dude wearing a business suit to the show" and it turns out that business guy moshes harder than anyone else because his frustration is real😤💯

[@fueledbypaintwater]

You're like me. I dress and act how I want too and that is the heart of true punk.

[@blakecurtis7809]

I didn't sell out son, I bought in.

[@WhateverWhenever888]

SLC PUNK! Love that movie

[@jeff5566]

Underrated comment.

[@CapriSunnPapi]

When I was younger I used to go to punk shows dressed as a rapper and people would laugh and make fun of me at the shows. But I thought I was more punk rock than they were. I hated that they all wore the same uniform and I wanted to defy against the punk scene for all looking the same. That’s what I always thought punk was. Pushing boundaries and being innovative not wearing a uniform.

[@rangercal1]

Yeah, I don't believe you. If you think for yourself, you are a societal outcast, this is absolute. We see all people as equal. So, the people laughing at you were suburbanites coming to the Punk Scene to follow a fashion trend. If you are really punk you don't care what suburbanites think about you. The Punk Scene is a place where you are happy to be yourself.

[@somberlainnn9883]

Finn: Punk is no longer anti establishment Purists in the comments: so you have chosen death

[@viscountrainbows6452]

Purists™ are so cute. So brand loyal, they can't understand that they simp for an ideology to pass its vibe check, when they'll eventually either make their timely exit, or be spat out by a bigger Gatekeeper😹

[@forfor6450]

Tbf you would expect Punk to be a more popular genre if it was no longer anti-establishment. I largely agree with Finn that punk became stale both musically and ideologically but it doesn't make much sense to seize upon the fact that its not popular and then simultaneously deride it for "selling out" or compromising with the establishment. Usually, but not always, things that are popular are *not* anti-establishment.

[@WhateverWhenever888]

@@viscountrainbows6452 You used the word simp unironically...you have no place to speak on this

[@viscountrainbows6452]

@@WhateverWhenever888 Ah shaddap ya queeah

[@viscountrainbows6452]

@@WhateverWhenever888 You have no place on the internet. SCRAM!🙂🖖🏿

[@LastOneLeft99]

When I was a teen in the 90s I had my friendgroup shit all over me for not being "punk rock enough" because I got into Industrial music. They were exactly like Steve-O from SLC Punk.

[@BarkertheScrunkly]

That's funny. The original industrial acts were actually trying to out-punk punk.

[@alejandroramirez4470]

@@BarkertheScrunkly industrial sounds pretty punk to me actually

[@nicholasromig5506]

industrial, especially the version that got big in the 90s, is a direct descendant of punk so that's weird.

[@LastOneLeft99]

@@nicholasromig5506 Yeah but they were a bunch of 14 year olds who thought they were judge and jury over what was "real punk" or not.

[@njandrews4105]

The less mainstream attention there is on punk rock the more it’s alive.. it’s aesthetic and sound wasn’t what made it totally revolutionary it was the DIY aspect by far

[@firesideattic9544]

the analogy about the cars is probably the best way to explain anything in the past and how much things have evolved

[@steezbuscemi]

IMO the anarcho punk movement in the UK (Crass, Subhumans, Conflict, etc.) was also extremely important. It took the “aesthetics” of anarchy from the Sex Pistols and brought in actual anarchist politics (the left wing social and political movement that seeks to abolish all unjustified hierarchies). I’d suggest checking out the book ‘The Day The Country Died’

[@Anarchidi]

Heck yeah! I just wrote the exact same comment above you. Also, love the Makhno profile pic.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Yes agreed and i wish i would have mentioned it

[@lewis5384]

Exactly. The point Finn made about punk becoming mainstream thought does not apply to those. Listening to Crass for the first time is revolutionary even now listening to them basically tell all sides of politics to just fuck off and make songs promoting real change. Crass is honestly so relevant even today it's scary.

[@davidisaacstephens6647]

Dick Lucas is a great reference point to how important punk was, as is anything written by Steve Ignorant

[@steezbuscemi]

lewis aside from RATM I’d say crass probably influenced my politics the most as far as music is concerned

[@deanna2091]

It was also mostly rebelling to what was happening in the uk at the time with politics and royalty in the 70s/80s. This influenced all of the angst and rebellion in the uk punk lyrics. Great videos I love them ! 🎉

[@alllittlethingzz]

So many punks back in the 80s and 90s we need it back!!!

[@Cherryxskramz]

I definitely see punk more as an ideal and an attitude than a genre currently. To me I agree that gatekeeping is what killed punk as a genre. Over the past years I've seen a few "punks" in my scene attack the lgbtq+ community, POC, and women cause apparently punk is only for white cis men and I can only imagine it was worse back in the 70s/80s.

[@pantsnjacket381]

It was that worse.

[@neodinok-it3ym]

9:37 whats this “get out” song?

[@mikeydavis6033]

Punk is not dead, it is simply the heart beating heart under the floorboards. It will come back in a more open way...with a message. So many bands had that attitude about not caring about anything else except telling their story or expressing their thoughts and feelings.

[@Doobernicus]

Actually I believe the current state of rock music is ripe for a punk revival. Labels don't wanna spend the time and money on recording instruments, but punk rock is lofi and cheap in its best form. Because everything doesn't have to be perfect. The label doesn't have to spend 6 months recording an avenged sevenfold record, they could instead spend a week banging out a dozen punk songs.

[@ktiitfa2491]

people fron the original punk cultures never went away

[@ktiitfa2491]

@@Doobernicus not sure what mumble rap fans who raid our cultures styles have to do with punk

[@stophersrawr]

Came for what killed punk, stayed for the floating skull that was easily green-screened in seconds with Filmora.

[@tryingsohardtocalmstheorga9206]

Back in that day, I was having a talk with my friend. We talked about punk. I told my friend that punk was about freedom. And then my friend said that if that so, so that could be meant that hippie was also punk because they were about freedom too. Then I felt confused. Like, yeah. It was also right. So now, all I can tell is just do whatever you want. As long as no one is bothered, why not ? The universe knows your cover but you are the only one that have written the full of the book. So just choose : keep them reading or make your own gala premiere. Wow. Luz Noceda really got me. And also, have a nice day, you all my dear !

[@ranmanthesolencer]

"The universe knows your cover but you are the only one that have written the full of the book" I absolutely love that Also, Owl House fan? Nice

[@idkanymore9869]

Punk Rock MBA definitely carrying quarantine

[@Thanksforaskingme]

Adam Levine, Finn McKenty, and the entire boomer generation: "Noooooo you cant just listen to punk you need to listen to alt rap and billie eilish" Me: "REJECT MODERNITY. EMBRACE TRADITION."

[@B88-h6n]

The new punk

[@penfold-55]

I dont think Billie Eilish, and these mumble rappers are in the same category as punk in terms of their "anarchy" ideology mainly because they appear to be trying hard to "be different" as opposed to the punk ideology of rejecting mainstream. The problem is also caused by the massive teams contribution to their success. The 80s and 90s did not have the same level of production machines that are being used today to prop these people into the mainstream. Perhaps this is different in the US but in the UK it is very clear. UK radio consists of pop, classical, "classics" and talk-show based content. There is no radio station dedicated to rock, metal, pop punk etc. The radio stations, "festivals", TV stations and media provide so much more power to these people. Ask 10,000 UK people who "Billie Eilish" or "Post-Malone" are and you will get a high response. Ask who "periphery", "Animals as leaders", "Knuckle Puck", "Four Year Strong", "Dance Gavin Dance", "The Wonder Years" and you will get very very little response. All artists mentioned here have talent, no doubt about that, but the way they are shoved in front of the public and transformed into "social influencers" is very different.

[@RevStickleback]

@@penfold-55 You missed limp half-paced indie bands, who are deemed radio friendly in the UK too. There is the odd radio station or two devoted to rock, but they tend to be dreadful "classic rock" type stations, that only play songs you've heard 1000 times before, as if they believe rock UK fans wouldn't ever want to hear rock bands who can't remember the Sony Walkman being a new invention.

[@dennisrees9615]

I perked up when i thought we were gonna get some casualties/ unseen streetpunk talk . Id love a video on that!

[@ayyjay91]

Punk never died, it just evolved.

[@ItsAsparageese]

And this isn't even its final form. I have a feeling this current young generation that's super steeped in electronic music will lead a cool musical and artistic resurgence where older more raw more analog sounds become hip again. It'd be so cool to see a new wave of slightly more aggressive and vehement straightforward punk rock just like how thrash metal is having a dope resurgence among small and medium bands

[@scottoleson1997]

Emerald yes exactly, it’s what inspired me to stop trying to play guitar as well as I can, because my playing didn’t improve much for the last 5 years, but since I got a ton of synths and noise machines that help me make punk through experimental means and trying to make songs out of the emotion and negative energy that comes from isolation

[@elonmush4793]

I love that you addressed conformism in punk. When you "have" to have the right clothes or hair to be accepted then you're not different from a business man putting on his suit before going to the office.

[@bugnut82]

Elon Mush That’s what got me into Guttermouth in the late 90”s. I was disillusioned with “punks” dressing a certain way, and you weren’t punk if you didn’t. Pretty commercial, right? I went to a show in 98 to see a band , and the opener was Guttermouth. I had never heard them before, but what won me over was their lack of caring about looking cool. The came onto stage wearing a white T shirt and basketball shorts, barefoot too. Their music was fun! It was created to pit to, after that day I went to hundreds of their shows, while pitting at everyone. Are they punk? Nope, although I don’t care either way. Maybe skate punk, if someone had to classify them. To me, they are a band to pit to, and have a great time.

[@Mia-N-Dan]

Punk will never be dead! Not until we're all dead! Punk is an attitude, a mentality, and musical genre that has and will never die!

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

Unless you live in New England or Japan exclusively who seem to interact in a one to one basis on their scenes yeah. I see it in Massachusetts still but nowhere else cares.

[@HorsesArePeople2]

I didn't think I'd walk away from this video saying to myself "Yeah, Linux actually is pretty punk"

[@punk-o-matic9248]

John Lydon (Rotten), said he hated the idea of Punk being a fashion trend that it had to be a Mohawk leather Jacket which is interesting. In terms of commercially yes. Is it dead no. Punk reduced itself back down to something people can still draw from, it became accessible to everyone. I've met old school punks, generally nice guys not very you must do this or that to be Punk. I found that more in metal, hardcore, rap, pop, and all the artsy stuff Finn seems to listen to. It seems these emo rappers and alternative pop people seem to be taking the punk image to try and be shocking and outlandish but it's nothing you haven't seen before in Punk, Art school or alternative scenes. They're music is experimental which i respect not my kinda thing though. Like Billie Eilish (sp?) She's not very unique turn back time and her music, look, behaviour all done before in art scene's it's just enough time had turned for it to be forgotten and revamped. Now here's the controversial bit! Was punk killed because it became stale?..... No if you notice Finn and every one, Finn says it's this then goes on to say people took a piece and ran it as far as they could. This is what i believe killed punk have you noticed that what everyone does in genre's? It's like attaching it to 4 horses and pulling it in an opposite direction. It burns it self out cause it removes itself so far from where it was it's no longer that thing. However should it have those bits more connected to the source then it won't run itself out so quickly. Although the music is more underground now i think the attitude has just gone around the world more become a daily thing and something you can dip into. Just some of my thoughts otherwise agree with alot of what Finn said.

[@MrStephen182]

The other members of the Sex pistols have said plenty of times they were looking for a lead singer for their band and they choose John because he had short hair where everyone had long hair in the 70's, even your bank manager. So he was made the lead singer based on a fashion choice. It makes me laugh that the whole punk rock fashion trend started because the Sex pistols manager owned a sex shop so they got this stuff like leather trousers and spiky dog collars for free because they could not afford new clothes.

[@evergray5063]

Yeah, the Johnny rotten quoteis very amusing. There are plenty of documentaries on Sex Pistols, but one of them said they were essentially “assembled“ the way that 90s “boy bands“ were assembled, and a young aspiring fashion designer put together the outfits for them to wear, which then essentially became “the look“ of punk. So his statement certainly lacks self-awareness.

[@Will_-ij5rf]

Punk will never be dead as long as there is something to argue against

[@skabcat242]

It always bothered me that being successful was always frowned.

[@Tbass17]

Not to get political, but there’s a lot of crossover between “not being punk” and “not being left wing enough” which boils down to the point you continue to make about how there is a disconnect between being successful and being aligned with a certain world view. I also discovered a load of new music through you constantly referencing Ghostmane and “Emo with 808s” - and I love it!

[@nicholashouse4261]

In my experience, anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders is "not punk," and even Bernie himself is suspect.

[@alexosborne3642]

Yeah it’s weird. I always though of punks as being extreme libertarians (anarchists) before anything else. Although their message of equality was always left-leaning, there certainly does seem to be a hard lurch further left at some point.

[@nicholashouse4261]

@godsNgenerals Since when was punk not politically in roughly the same place as BLM? Early punk, sure, but all the political punk bands of the 80s would share a lot of the same concerns, e.g. DKs, Crass, MDC, etc.

[@aedenmatthews2660]

@@alexosborne3642 anarchism=/=libertarianism like, why would you think that?

[@a4t976]

@@alexosborne3642 The word libertarian has a far-left origin, much alike anarchism. Anarchism is not only rejection of the state, but in fact all unjust hierarchies, and capitalism inherently creates such things. This is why anarcho-capitalism is not considered to be anarchist.

[@fedayeentaqx9956]

Husker Du was originally a.hardcore band, known for playing way faster than any other band in hardcore

[@facepalmdeath3785]

Words of wisdom to live by. Punk means thinking for yourself not like everyone else, punk means doing what you want to do not what everyone wants of you. I will always love by those words and try to be as open minded as possible. Punk completely changed my outlook on life for the better as a kid and made me a better person who is able to be humble and not so serious all the time. One other thing, speaking of hip hop and rap I would definitely say the begginings of the genre and specially into the early 90's was punk. It even had a similar thing happen to it that stagnated the genre as well as achieving mainstream success and then going back underground in recent years.

[@ktiitfa2491]

lol why do people call rehash and in the era of the phones and internet underground no one from the original underground will call any of that underground

[@danadrewmichelle13]

I was raised on punk music. My dad listened to it my entire childhood so it was my norm. I lived an breathed it and still really, really love it. Now I have 3 kids and look like your friendly neighborhood suburban mom (minus my tattoos?) And even though I deeply appreciate punk and always will, I've mostly stopped interacting with the vast majority of the punk community because I just don't look punk enough for them. It's whatever though.

[@Kaz999998]

If you're old enough to have kids and you see people still looking like "punks", they're either young and in it for the fashion, or your age (maybe older) and have refused to move onto other things. Either situation it's kinda like who cares what people like that think, y'know?

[@vincewise855]

I got into what was becoming known as Punk Rock in 76/77 , i was 14/15 years old. The attraction for me , it seemed to aim solely at my age group , songs spoke about "my" life , dole queues , girls , school , work etc it was angry , but with a distorted guitar sound which blasted out barre chords with venom (and in a way different from the more heavy blues/rock based forms) , fast , with 3 or 4 minute songs that were catchy. Along with it the fashion , which appealed to me , not me dad or my older siblings , but it was mine. (sort of a club membership thing , part of a group) , oh and the older generation were like shock , you aint coming in this pub with those bondage trousers on! Exciting music , then it died , i think burn out by 1980 was due to many things , heres some the media wouldnt promote it , radio wouldnt play it , The Pistols got banned so touring the UK was minimal , too much infighting between the emerging punk bands , the media brought in the notion of "new wave" as opposed to punk , this created division and the movement couldnt coalesce. Some of the early bands split up , members died , it really was over by 1980 , a short burn then gone. I suppose the nearest analogy would be 1950s rock and roll , by 1960 elvis in the army , eddie cochrane , buddy holly dead , little richard packs in music , etc etc the initial wave has past. All good stuff though and i still listen to those old singles and muse.

[@Hy-jg8ow]

How could you not love Black Sabbath tho??

[@Badlands_moon]

Me too. LA/Hollywood then. Good memories. Such a fun, inclusive scene - until the hardcore kids got so violent and the cops started shutting down shows.

[@davedger]

D. Boon said it best “Punk is whatever we made it to be” that’s exactly what the Minutemen did too. They didn’t sound like any of the other area beginnings of punk.

[@adamhunt397]

I'm old enough to remember rock before KISS and a definitely remember rock before punk. When punk came on the scene it was both a bit scary but it was also a kick in the nuts. Heck, I was in London just a few months after Sid died. More on topic, for me the creative period for punk was about '76-'82 then it finally fizzled out sometime around '84. By '84 most of the sound and looks had been established and after that things began to get calcified. Also by '84 most of the important punk bands had either ran out of gas, broken up or key members had died. That said, punk's on contradictions killed it, the emphasis of punk purity imposed by Maximum Rocknroll killed it. However, I agree, punk's attitude and ethos are probably more important than it's musical legacy.

[@walterwhite4329]

dont remember asking but good 4 u

[@vincewise855]

True i was 15 in 1977 , by early 80s Punk was over , still some great stuff being released but the excitement of the distorted guitar sound , fast rhythms , anger had morphed , some of us moved on musically.

[@hechticgaming7193]

WTF? Ever heard of Suffer?

[@adamhunt397]

@@hechticgaming7193 I wasn't familiar with them but thanks for turning me onto them. You may like Dragged IntoSunlight, Portal, or Iskra. I didn't say there weren't any good bands that came out after '84 only that punk had begun to get calcified, it's look had become solidified, it's sound began to become less adventuresome so gone were the days of Suicide, Patti Smith Group, Television, and in were sound-alike bands or jocks that could bang out a song or two.

[@hechticgaming7193]

@@adamhunt397 No the BR Album Suffer, you know the album that saved Punk

[@JT-un7dc]

Got into punk in 84 & love 70s, 80, punk rock! Punk doesn't need to be relevant!