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"Punk embraced a DIY aesthetic; many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through independent record labels."
"Combining punk with pop as well as they did just resonated with me deeply."
"Pastel Goth was all about marrying traditional punk elements of the 1980s with softer, more youthful colors."
"Punk is supposed to be anti-establishment, anti-authoritarian."
"This is the punk spirit right now: DIY, challenge the facts, challenge the establishment, create your own narrative."
"Ska punk: more diverse than the punk scene in general."
"Without Suicidal Tendencies, Punk and metal just would not be what they are today."
"Then punk happened, and it was liberating."
"Wouldn't it actually be kind of cool to start playing super weird, obtuse, deliberately complex, difficult music as a reaction to punk?"
"Can't hold me. You can't touch me. What you gonna do, punk?"
"Punk proved to people and it is now ingrained in people that what they thought was impossible is not impossible."
"The Go-Go's took much of that punk influence and dressed it up in bubblegum pop."
"Few genres have had the lasting impact of punk."
"This innovative minimalist, three-chords and the truth, turbo-powered rebellious music had to have precedent."
"The beginnings of punk rock at its most elemental are entwined with the first shouts of rock’n’roll."
"They've got something here, they've got Punk and the real world champion, and the fact that he's going to draw a viewing boom when he comes on the screen."
"Punk rock had been born, and this man claimed that he was responsible."
"What I'm doing now is still punk. It's still about shouting about injustice and making people think, even if it's uncomfortable. I'll always be a punk in that sense."
"Street punk and oi began in the early UK punk scene and actually started with oi on its own."
"They were one of the first bands from the first wave of British punk to properly encapsulate the pop-punk genre."
"For a young 19-year-old punk kid like myself."
"Punk's return single-handedly going to make AEW the alternative."
"There are so many ways to go about a natural dark Essence, embracing the flowiness, the tattered, the imperfection. Naturals look very good in a minimalist goth look, a minimalist punk look."
"The person arrested for her murder was a man named Sid Vicious her boyfriend he was the basis for the Sex Pistols which was a British punk band very popular at the time."
"If for some reason you have never listened to the Operation Ivy discography, you should absolutely go do that right now."
"Blink-182: the punk boy band that marked the end of the era of 'weird is cool.'"
"When Punk didn't want to be a guy to just come back and do bad television, now he does good segments on a sometimes bad TV show but at least his is good."
"What's better than being a punk? How about being a cyberpunk with Cyberpunk 2077 coming out."
"Don't be a punk or get punked and save some extra cash by using my coupon codes and links down in the video description below."
"It's almost like a kind of wonderfully punk but tragic American opera, so it was a perfect canvas to explore so many things."
"Punk is the Dante of wrestling. Welcome back Punk. I can't believe it. They all come back one way or another man, at some point."
"There would be no punk historian if it wasn't for No Effects."
"The godfather of punk didn't just embrace chaos, he made it fashionable."
"Punk is the excitement of what you could become."
"We always love a good punk moment. It breathed new life into her, you know, normal looking self. I feel like it gave her this whole new energy that I was completely here for."
"Punk blowing a kiss to Vince over the guardrail is a classic moment."
"Punk is a big word now but it started small."
"This is about as punk as film can get."
"'Walk Among Us' is the Misfits' mission statement, a cacophonic barrage of power punk riffs, evil Elvis vocals, and a lush, rich atmosphere. It's such a fun time, the equivalent of putting on the best B movie you've ever seen with your friends."
"Santa Cruz is... so far from that in a lot of ways, and... I think that a lot of people gravitate towards Punk and hardcore there because it's just difficult to live there."
"This record right here proves that punk has no age limit."
"They lived and breathed their punkness and they never sold out to a major label."
"Racism is not really a problem in punk or hardcore like you might actually get killed for being racist in a hardcore show."
"When the Sex Pistols went after Queen Elizabeth, she didn't start a punk band, okay?"
"These gals more than have you covered. It's everything I look for in a good punk album: obnoxious, bratty, and twisted."
"I can't wait for Punk to get back."
"Punk is the one with issues and problems and the rebellious attitude."
"When you look back at it, it was more of a fashion than a genuine sort of musical revolution, although there's... If you call the Ramones punk, I'm not sure they are really, but I like what they did. I like that short, sharp lining in it."
"If punk wants to be happy then let him be happy."
"Ingenious songwriting paired with angular passion, a sort of punk angst combined with subtlety."
"The Clash gave an authentic political dimension to the punk movement."
"The Clash broke with the ideological vacuum of punk."
"Punk is folk music, especially when it's good."
"I'm kind of branching out more with Punk now."
"...Moe’s drumming 'changed history…' and is '…where the punk notion of how the beat works begins.'"
"Echoes of Moe’s primitive beat can be heard across most Punk music."
"Return of the Living Dead is the greatest punk horror mashup."
"Unknown Pleasures: Groundbreaking, emotionally harrowing, and transcending punk."
"We need some punk ethic back in music we need bands with more than great songs we need bands with Edge."
"Tank Girl is supposed to be this badass, punk rock, feminist character."
"Progressive rock died, and punk came and reenergized the music scene."
"Punk is undoubtedly an incredible genre. I absolutely love the Sex Pistols, I love The Clash."
"Punk isn't the sound man. Punk is up here, it's a way of life, it's a set of Ethics I guess."
"I think there's certainly been a commonality between Punk and comedy for years."
"You know, I'm a big believer, get Punk out there right away."
"We are electric angels, we are the sixth string Queens, we are the new Dead Kennedys."
"Punk was so sort of marginal anyway, so the scene was pretty small I imagine at that time."
"Bad Brains are the Godfathers of American punk."
"Drew versus Punk is as real as it gets."
"Punk isn't about singing. There's no singing. It's not about the words, it's just the emotion and singer."
"When it comes to independent thought, DIY attitude, sticking it to the man, going their own way... come on, best punk band ever."
"Creativity, frustration, passion, boredom — those are ingredients that could lead to the creation of a punk thing that doesn't only live in New York. That can be anywhere."
"Death rock pretty much takes the goth rock sound and mixes it with punk rock."
"...the original punk rock... The Damned, Stranglers, Ramones, stuff before that like New York Dolls, Stooges, Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators..."
"Punk was about doing stuff. History is made by people who turn up."
"I think one of the most important things that came out of Punk and still is and still lives and should still be adopted is make the place you happen to live in a place you want to be."
"Is Punk more of an attitude rather than a moment in time?"
"Frank Turner, he is like folk pop punk kind of artist, he definitely more punk but if you like lyricism, oh my goodness this man, the way he writes songs."
"I love punk because it was boys on the down-low and big girls with attitudes."
"Patti Smith recording her first single 'Hey Joe' which some people consider the first ever punk single."
"It's punk power pop, excellent stuff."
"It's the perfect blend of new wave, punk, power pop."
"It makes you want to go wild, man. I love it."
"Every song on this album is a rock and roll, a punk rock and roll treasure."
"Love song, I just can't be happy today, noise noise noise, smash it up, excellent stuff."
"Punk made it clear that people that had no self-respect suddenly started to view themselves as beautiful in not being beautiful."
"Now I am an antichrist, I am an anarchist."
"I want to make an arena feel like a punk club."
"I'm such a fan, I mean the political punk bands, they had some really great ways of opening my mind when I was young."
"The UK has always been an important location throughout punk history."
"If you're a fan of crust punk, D-beat, crossover thrash, or really just hardcore punk in general, then I'm sure you're familiar with the everlasting impact of the one and only Discharge."
"Punk represented change, resistance, honesty in a rigged sports entertainment world that apparently didn't allow for independent thought."
"The fans have never given up on Punk. Ever. It's crazy."
"Void punk is about people reclaiming how they're perceived as not human."
"Bibliopunk is a subgenre of punk focused on reading in libraries."
"Not giving a [__] about being punk was maybe the most punk thing they could have possibly done."
"To all who say punk is one note, brutish, uncultured, dumb, I present to you London Calling."
"I had a blue mohawk and safety pins in the ear, the whole thing chained around the neck like Sid Vicious. I was a proper little punk terror."
"Stuart Copeland was an innovator in the way that he fused reggae funk with that raw power and speed of punk."
"We don't have bodyguards, we don't act like big corporate rock stars, we're punk rockers, we take care of our own."
"Through discovering punk, I actually... became interested in and ultimately involved in [the DIY community], sort of gave me a loose set of structures and ideologies that I have been applying ever since then."
"With punk seemingly on the verge of extinction, it seemed right for these new musicians to return to the pure essence of the genre and get more minimal and even more DIY than before."
"So what was this evolution of punk? Many of you may know it by the name of hardcore."
"The Who were the godfathers of punk; they couldn't care less about yesterday and even less about tomorrow."
"We were kind of discovering this kind of American punk music that was massively influential on us."
"This is my hot take, but I think the aesthetic is cool, has a decent punk look to it."
"The lyrics almost give me a punk vibe, like a punk rock vibe."
"The Descendents made it okay to be, I guess for lack of a better word, relatively normal and not edgy in the punk scene."
"They were 100% authentically part of the punk scene but doing something that was a lot more melodic and accessible."
"You're focused, you've still got a punk state of mind."
"During the 80s, it was like punk heaven."
"We are a fun-loving punk core act."
"While there's a kid on the street... willing to make a sound, the punk ideal won't die."
"It has this really sort of brutalist punk thought experiment vibe that I find very interesting."
"I feel very punk rock in this look now."
"I think there's a desire out there for a punk novel."
"It's the old punk thing of turning your back on the authorities and doing it yourself."
"I think this is like a really cool, edgy, underground vibe, the kind of punkish kind of palette."