Photos from when Punk Mattered

[kosmo vinyl]

hmmm let me see... I heard The Clash on the radio when I was in High School graduated in 80.  Creem and Rolling Stone magazine were covering punk. The Ramones and the rest of the New York bands were being savored by fans.  So yup Punk didn't matter in the US.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Someone please answer my question. Or is it more "punk rock" to call Rhett names?

[Arlette]

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
  But really, who did punk really matter to in this country? I graduated from a class of 200 in 1985, and I can't remember anybody who was in the couple of grades ahead of me or behind me who were into punk at all.
 
 It seems that punk was mostly a thing for a very tiny group of jaded upper middle class suburban white kids.

It was hugely influential to many musicians and spawned several different, new genres of music.  
 
 Just because it was not commerically successful does not mean it was not influential.
 
 I forget who said this, but it's apt for this discussion:
 
 "Only 1,000 people bought the first Velvet Underground record, but all 1,000 of them became musicians."
 
 Not classifying VU as completely punk, just making a comparison to commerical vs. influential.

[markie]

Green Day were one of the top 10 grossing tours from last year, U2 were number 1. U2 appeared on some punk compilations and were spawned from the can do era.

[ggw]

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
  But really, who did punk really matter to in this country? I graduated from a class of 200 in 1985, and I can't remember anybody who was in the couple of grades ahead of me or behind me who were into punk at all.
 
 It seems that punk was mostly a thing for a very tiny group of jaded upper middle class suburban white kids.

Sure, but those jaded upper middle class suburban white kids are now movers and shakers, while the 200 goobers from Podunk, NY are either faceless pencil pushers or work the morning shift at the big 84 Lumber store in Oswego.

[chaz]

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
  Someone please answer my question. Or is it more "punk rock" to call Rhett names?

You bile spewing sack of shit.
 
 Punk rock!!
 
 Isn't this like asking who alt-country really matters to.  Or brit pop.  Or whatever.  You fucking moron.

[HoyaSaxa03]

after combing through this:
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 i've got some new favorite punk singles:
 
 the vibrators - "baby baby"
 the saints - "i'm stranded"
 stiff little fingers - "alternative ulster"
 the runaways - "cherry bomb"
 the damned - "new rose"

[bearman🐻]

Punk rock definitely mattered to me. Even though I wasn't old enough to remember punk when it happened, I appreciate the fact that it basically brought rock'n'roll back to life and that bands like the Ramones and the Clash breathed life into music when it DESPERATELY needed it.

[BookerT]

the saints - "i'm stranded"

i just discovered this song within the past few months myself. holy shit is it amazing.

[markie]

another girl another planet by the only ones is the best song on there.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Arlette:
  I forget who said this, but it's apt for this discussion:
 
 "Only 1,000 people bought the first Velvet Underground record, but all 1,000 of them became musicians."
 

bowie, i think

[bearman🐻]

The Stooges had more impact on punk rock than the New York Dolls did. I think ultimately the Ramones were the band that became a blueprint for the UK punk. I still love the LA punk scene. The Germs, X, the Screamers, the Weirdos...all of them fantastic. Though my fave punk band is probably the Buzzcocks. John Maher was/is the best punk rock drummer.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
  another girl another planet by the only ones is the best song on there.

yeah, that's a nice track .... it's definitely not as "punk rock" as a lot of the other ones, almost sounds like it's proto-smiths or something

[markie]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   it's definitely not as "punk rock" as a lot of the other ones, almost sounds like it's proto-smiths or something

Not smiths, not at all too fast, too much flashy guitar solo nonsense, but I know what you mean. It is almost as incongruous as the Cure track in the compilation.

[Arlette]

Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
 It is almost as incongruous as the Cure track in the compilation.

There ya go using big words again.