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"I think a lot of people don't know about the history of punk rock really. I mean, because I grew up with it, so I know the history of punk rock really well."
"You know, I think punk rock means something. It's not just the two fingers to the establishment."
"Punk rock was about complete and utter change. Part of that change is you strive to survive causing as little suffering as possible."
"I think it was a very natural progression for punk rock to embrace vegetarianism because Punk Rockers are very conscious and very mindful."
"Punk rock at its core has this ethos of confrontation, this ethos of activism."
"We were very punk rock in the sense that we didn't give a [ __ ]."
"You look like you're a punk rock guy from the 1970s."
"Here comes my little sister's favorite band next to blink-182, Sum 41, Green Day, Mindless Self Indulgence, Bowling For Soup, Marilyn Manson, Korn, System of a Down. It's My Chemical Romance and I wanted now."
"The Joker movie is the most punk-rock movie that I've seen in a very long time."
"If you like punk rock, you've got Screwdriver, they're punk rock, kinda."
"The current chaos-ridden state of humanity is very punk rock. It is very punk rock right now to be kind and compassionate to one another."
"Jeff successfully comes together with a punk Opus on this one."
"Black Flag belongs squarely in the middle. They're all of these things: nerdy, dumb, angry, and sad all at once."
"Bad Religion played a big role in my formative years because they were the first artists I'd ever heard speak out against question religion."
"I just started a band immediately and started doing cover songs of all these punk rock songs and learned along the way I never took a lesson in my life."
"Bands like the damned the clash and buzzcocks all formed in 1976 with the sex pistols leading the way."
"It's like watching a brawl when you see these old hardcore shows."
"Anti-communism is the new punk rock—it always was actually."
"If you believe that DIY punk rock is important and you want more people to discover it, which I do, then you should want bands like Rancid."
"Rancid is really the one band who never walked away from punk in any way, their entire catalog up to and including their most recent album, Tomorrow Never Comes is Punk."
"Early punk rock was just 'what can we do that's the most extreme thing possible.'"
"Gigi Allen represents what punk should be: terrifying, dangerous, and completely out of control with no limits."
"The indiegogo scene is the new punk rock and you can definitely live there for... I mean, look at Social D. You know?"
"American Idiot is arguably the single most important Punk album since the Sex Pistols put the entire genre on the map way back in 1977."
"It was surfing and then it was skating and punk rock."
"Why does skateboarding and Punk Rock fit? Anarchistic attitude and rebelliousness, just defiance."
"The Pretenders featured the more stripped down sounds of punk rock."
"I'm too old for that very punk rock, dude."
"I got into punk rock through the music."
"That's uh that's punk rock right right there."
"Although up until this point, the bands pioneering this new flavor of punk rock had pretty much exclusively come out of LA and Orange County, the sound had, of course, made its way up to the East Bay and other parts of the US and Canada through the underground tour circuit."
"AM radio is a little more punk rock than FM."
"Punk rock will save your life and be clean, girls like that."
"The most punk rock revolutionary thing you can do is better yourself and then better the people whose lives you're a part of."
"We're from New Jersey, we're the state of the misfits, you know? We're punk rock."
"'21st Century Breakdown' is described as a punk rock opera, taking inspiration from David Bowie, The Who, and the Beatles."
"That is the punk rock. That is the attitude, you know? You get what you get."
"The spirit of '77: Sex Pistols and Ramones, CBGB's alienation and rage at safety pins, jewelry—all that [__]—all part of one of the greatest and most enduring movements in rock history."
"It's weird that conservative, well quote unquote conservative, it's not for everyone, no absolutely not...but it's weird that it's become punk rock to be traditional again."
"Punk rock has always kind of been like the cousin, even though the genres are completely different."
"That's kind of why I mentioned the punk rock sound earlier because that's all about simplicity and straightforwardness."
"Punk rock lyrics have always intrigued me... Us versus them, me versus society, always seemed a little silly once you become an adult."
"Punk rock... the less you do, the better off you are, the closer you are to danger, the further you are from harm."
"That's some real punk rock sh they willing to die for this."
"The most punk rock version of it, just check it out, it's here."
"... leave a lasting impact on punk rock for years to come."
"That's punk rock. Yeah, you know?"
"Throughout the history of punk rock, there's always been a certain association with skate culture and extreme sports in general."
"This song was objectively one of the most well-written tracks punk rock had ever produced."
"The original Misfits are probably in the top five most quintessential punk rock bands of all time."
"Uncle Peckerhead, no one talks about this movie and I love it. Super good, punk rock band goes on tour and they bring like this guy on, and he turns into a zombie every night at 12 o'clock but it only lasts for 13 minutes."
"We Summon the Darkness, punk rock [__] again, so good. Johnny Knoxville's in this, I love that movie."
"They're by no means my favorite punk band... but when I think of the term punk rock, then when the first bands pop into my head, they're the reason many first heard the term."
"The Sex Pistols are still synonymous with the genre more than any other band if you ask me."
"She's one of the most punk rock artists that was in the pop world."
"This is punk rock, and its purpose, one observer says, is to promote violence, sex and destruction, in that order."
"Sonic Youth's 'Goo' album again brought punk-rock back to its rawest form."
"The spirit is the punk rock. And the thing about punk rock that's most interesting is how like, I wasn't a punker like you were or are, like, I kind of appreciate it here and there, but the coolest thing about punk rock is that it's different all over the place."
"Okay, there is only one Bad Religion."
"The punk rocking me had the desire to sort of blow up expectations around what we built."
"It was so instructive to me and so, it felt so punk rock to me."
"It's more punk rock to be a decent human being."
"Punk rock is about embodying the spirit of rebelling against the man and challenging the norms of society."
"I started getting really into punk rock... so of course, I was taking what my dad had showed me and I was trying to take it even more extreme."
"It’s in this very recording that you can literally hear the seeds for punk rock being sewn."
"...let me tell you I was uh hesitant to believe that a punk rock museum can actually be cool and I wasn't sure they'd have that many things that I had liked but there's all kinds of cool stuff..."
"The Beatitudes are the most punk rock thing I've ever read, there's nothing more punk rock than the Beatitudes."
"The most punk rock and badass thing you can ever do is live your life with aggressive empathy and kindness."
"So, here's a great f***ing story that you'll know. I mean, so, first of all, Fear got me into Black Flag, which got me into the Germs, Dead Kennedys, etc., etc."
"At the height of the punk scene, Queen bounced back in classic style with a harder-edged rock album."
"...if punk rock would have ever really been a thing without this album..."
"The quickest way to feel your age is to listen to a conversation about punk rock and boyfriends."
"Imagine building up a following in the punk scene, much like bands such as Green Day or The Offspring did before you."
"this event was actually put on by a charity called punk rock saves lives"
"That's what's wonderful about punk rock, it's our church."
"Once you're punk rocker, you're always a punk rocker. You don't grow out of it."
"What matters at the end of the day is that a good person and, if you're playing punk rock, you need to, you know, be true to punk rock, you know, be yourself, speak your mind. That means don't be a phony, you know?"
"The 1970s saw the birth of punk rock, an anarchic revolution of anti-everything."
"That's circumventing the system, and that is punk rock as hell."
"My roots are planted firmly in punk rock."
"The greatest single thing about punk rock was DIY."
"Billy Joe Armstrong is on the Mount Rushmore of punk rock for so many of the brilliant songs and albums that he has written."
"Every band that came post '94 were always accused of sounding like Green Day, and that's because Green Day wrote the blueprint for all of it."
"It's my favorite Green Day record and arguably my favorite punk rock record ever."
"I guess the best way you could describe something weird founder Mike Vrainy would be as a punk-rock entrepreneur."
"Everybody knows Ramones and there's a reason because they rule."
"Every song on this album is a rock and roll, a punk rock and roll treasure."
"Never mind the bollocks, such a great record."
"It's not overrated, it's a fantastic album."
"Now punk rock is dangerous again."
"Minor Threat is the perfect illustration of the youthful rebellion."
"If you're looking for like a punk rock machine, I think this does pretty good."
"They made a bold statement when they said they were going to change punk rock, and they did it."
"It was here, amid the concrete and steel of New York's skyline, that Johnny's path fatefully intersected with Dee Dee Ramone."
"Punk rock is now regarded as a moment of cultural revolution and excitement and genius."
"The Cramps were a timeless shooting star of rock and roll shock and awe and good bad taste."
"I think the Sex Pistols was folk music, it totally illustrated the people at the time."
"Southern California became a breeding ground for backyard punk rock parties in the 80s."
"I put on like Rancid or Transplants or whatever, you know, like Rob Zombie. I just keep blasting Rob Zombie."
"Punk rock saved my life, especially Black Flag."
"This album was super significant for punk rock in general."
"This is kind of a punk rock idea, it's this whole idea of being able to make something and get it out there for people to see."
"I am still Jello Biafra. You don't even remember that by now?"
"Wire's Pink Flag is an often overlooked album that deserves more attention in the overall punk scene."
"They were punk rockers, man. They were hard looking dudes."
"They were just part of that epic sort of punk rock scene in the 70s, and the energy was just, you know, and it was quite, you know, it was angry, it got a bit political, but it was so cool."
"It was the greatest punk rock sound ever."
"I love how much emotion is in punk rock, where it's like, it doesn't really necessarily matter if it sounds good or not."
"What if I told you that the CIA could have in part been behind the global explosion of punk rock?"
"We grew up with bands like The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Ramones, and Thin Lizzy."
"It's subversive, it's punk rock, it's Wario."
"It's such a punk rock album, I love it."
"It's just everything came together: pop, noise, punk."
"The Sex Pistols' legacy lives on."
"Punk rock is meant to be experienced in person, in the moment, in its violent splendor, and then disappear."
"Punk rock reacted by producing stripped-down, energetic social and political critiques."
"One of the great things I learned from punk rock was anybody could make music no matter how rotten it is."
"Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and accepting anything that you like, playing whatever you want as sloppy as you want, as long as it's good and it has passion."
"I truly don't think that Black Flag would have any legs if it wasn't for the design acumen and the artistry of Ray Pettibone."
"On June 4th, 1976, The Sex Pistols played a concert that reached mythological status."
"I think England would be quite a scary place musically if it wasn't for 'Never Mind the Bollocks'."
"We came from the punk rock school of things, which was anti-establishment and anti-corporate."
"Sheena was a punk rocker, awesome, awesome doll."
"Punk rock was such an overt repudiation of all of what, of everything about the '60s counter-culture."
"The appealing side of punk rock to me was the taking control of your own destiny, making creative things, putting it out in the universe."