Originally posted by mjnova:
Originally posted by Shoddywork:
I don't beleve that there is such a thing as 'fake' in music. I do beleve that there is such a thing a good. GC is not good, but that never stopped anyone from selling records. I just wish that they would sell advertising space on their untattooed body parts so we could get this whold punk rock nonsence over with. Infact, if your the front person of a band, I highly recommend getting a Mountan Dew tattoo on your forhead as a proactive messure, for the punk rock band of the future will be messured by the power of their sellout.
Although it's mostly BS, the punk scene was built in some sense on authenticity. Definit it is hard, but to paraphrase that old Supreme Court Ruling on smut, "I'll know it when I don't see it". And they just give off this real obvious impression of doing anything to further their career. I remember seeing an add for one of their tours with the band standing next to a Honda or some other car that was sponsoring their tour. There's nothing wrong with selling out, but you can't have it both ways. Either you're still part of the "scene" or "community" or you're a big rock star. [/b]
I supose the problem I have with punk was the whole "Lets all be non-conformists together" vibe I got from the sceen, when I was younger and cared about these things. And I find myself scared of any band that calls themself's punk. But, then again I don't have the same fear if a band calls themself's bluegrass, so perhaps it's just because I grew up lissening to punk rock and don't like to see the music of my youth becoming another predictable catagory.
