[qam1]

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[ClearCase_guy]

A lot of people who are really into "freedom of expression" don't have much to say. They just lack maturity and self-control and want to get away with whatever they can get away with. "Hey, I'm expressing myself. Back off."

Sounds like this guy has grown up a little. But not a lot.

[Thrownatbirth]

Pennywise was OK, but I’m a Bad Religion zealot.

[Kenton]

Prematurely old and gray, refusing to admit the folly of his youth.

Growing up's a bitch, huh?

[Mr. Jeeves]

"But I think as long as you stick to the ideals of punk music, you can be a grey punk rocker."

Yes, but to the kids, you'll always be a poseur. 18-year-olds are going to live forever, after all, and have no desire to take cues from some geezer. ;)

[LongElegantLegs]

[TheKidster]

Sell out!!

Nah, just kidding, life is a series of stages, you can fight it or go with it. Moving past one stage into another doesn’t make you a sell out or disqualify what you may have accomplished in an earlier stage, it’s just a natural progression of life. Peter Pan is a fantasy and folks like his dead bandmate illustrate that point.
Experience changes a man for the good or bad and experience makes it impossible to return to one’s youth no matter how hard you try.

[Sam's Army]

Pennywise is as about as punk as my toddler.

NTTAWTT...but it's a misnomer.

[RepoGirl]

Never listened to Pennywise, they may be a good band, but I just lump them in with the quasi punk bands that came out in the 90s. If they weren't around in the 70s/80s, I can't really consider them punk--but that's a personal thing.

But this guy sounds pretty cool. And yes, aging punks are preferrable to aging hippies. The sad thing is, punks tend to die early, whereas the hippies just cling tenaciously to this mortal coil.

Punk moms rule... well, at least I do! ;-)

[Starter]

Sigh. Beacuse of this article, I’m going to have “Punk Rock Girl” stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

[Blind Eye Jones]

“Lindberg said he is one of millions of dads who grew up in the 1970s following Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols and Joey Ramone of the Ramones, adopting punk rock’s rebellious attitude toward the establishment and distinctive clothing.”

Ya the big bad establishment are the ones who sold you that guitar and amp, sold you your clothes and are offering a record deal so that you can sell your soul to rock & roll... and make a lot of money that you won’t be giving a way to the needy in some third world country as much as you cry “f*ck capitalism!” Ya writing rock songs in some mansion on the coast of California and feeling the pain for the world’s poor... and that you can’t get a proper butler that has been to butle school. Ah, woe is me...

Millionaire punk rockers like Green Day... now there's a happy, cash-cow contradiction. But they so desperately want to be thought of as dangerous! They will give you money if you tell them, "Look! You're Johnny Dangerous! George W Bush knows you and fears you!" Such flattery!

And that is one of rock's selling points, why you got to love punk rock music... its so wonderfully moronic.

[stylecouncilor]

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[GOP_1900AD]

I was part of the SoCal punk scene, in the day. Still have all my real teeth, it’s a miracle.

[FierceDraka]

20 years ago, I was metal embodied - long hair, leather, piercings, "f**k your authority" attitude, and lots of dirty women. A whiskey-swillin', head-bangin', fist-pounding, tornado of testosterone and Slayer, shakin' my a$$ at the metal clubs for the big-haired chicks who wore too much makeup and tiger-print miniskirts.

Now, I'm an Army Dad, working 9-to-5, sporting the high-and-tight cut, wearing a button up shirt while I'm rockin' my Dockers, and enjoying vodka martinis.

Still, when I'm at home, the Old Devil still comes out, and my woman LOVES it.

[Clemenza]

Anyone else remember the punk episode of "Quincy?"

"I wanna see ya CHOOOOOKKKKKKEEEE!"

[t_skoz]

Rock & Roll ping

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Pennywise was a punk band? Who knew?

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Canonical List of Punk Bands

Note: This list is probably hardcore/Boston/DC-centric; feel free to add or subtract to it.

Angry Samoans
Bad Brains
Black Flag
Butthole Surfers
Dead Kennedys
Decadence
Discharge
Effigies
The Exploited
The F.U.'s
The Freeze
G.B.H.
Gang Green
Government Issue
Groinoids
Husker Du
Jerry's Kids
The Meatmen
Minor Threat
The Misfits
The Proletariat
Social Distortion
SSD
Suicidal Tendencies
Youth Brigade