to me 'Punk" as an ethos was always about the ability to be yourself. There were supposed to be no rules to the look or sound or anything. a band with poetic ideals and good clothes could be just as punk as a group of male prostitutes in leather jackets who only know barre chords. I hate that in the mainstream pop hive-mind punk is solely the look that vivienne westwood outfitted the Pistols in. so fucking stupid.
it got codified REAL quick. same as "grunge."
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