I also listen to rock and roll from the 1950s and 1960s that is considered "noise" and "too loud" for oldies radio (Link Wray, the Sonics...).
The castrated sounds are illegitimate. The Ramones and the Saints and the Dictators lurked under the radar in the mid-1970s. And the Saints had horns on some cuts so don't I hope that FReepers don't typify "punk" as british/LA hardcore. The Standells' Dirty Water was a punk song. Iggy Pop was punk. The Ramones were punk. The Dictators had their album out on Epic in 1974 AND they covered the then contemporary Sonny & Cher "I got you babe".
I find it "funny" that the Mass Media pushes rap and hip hop and divas as the only voice of black entertainers (past or present). James Brown isn't dead yet. Mick Collins has led bands including The Gories, Blacktop, The Dirtbombs, and some side projects. The lead singer of the Bellrays is a black woman (Lisa, I can never remember her last name) .
Where are the clips of black rock and rollers like Roy Brown, Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix, the Chamber Brothers, and the above acts on BET? What about the recently deceased R.L. Burnside? T-Model Ford? Older clips of Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, T-Bone Walker and others?
Gang bangers and pimps are no musical movement. They are in it for cash and celebrity. Thugs for life. Don't believe the hype. I hated Kiss as a kid too (they absolutely refused to be seen without their makeup).
I think the only way to revive rock is to do what these bands are doing--start it up all over again, from the ground up, spending years being ignored but plugging away until college stations and people who just want something with that vibe come around.
It won't happen over night, but rock can be the "rebel" music it once was again. As long as these bands resist the siren song of cash and MTV and stick to their guns.