Photos from when Punk Mattered

[Arlette]

Rhett, what the hell are you talking about?  You call people names and use personal attacks quite a bit.  Get down off that high horse you are sitting on, you have not earned that perch.  
 
 I don't think personal attacks and name-calling are necessary.  But you can't call someone else out for it when you do it all the time.

[bearman🐻]

Thanks for articulating that Arlette. I didn't have time to post anything in length, but you said it well.

[Paul Styrene]

"My simple premise was that the period of punk that Kosmo initially referred to (1976-1985?) did not "matter" to a large number of Americans."
 
 In a sense, this is correct. (sorry for jumping in late) Back in the late 70's when the fun began the US kids did not have easy access to the music.  Around here, aside from some college stations (WGTB) and one truly alternative station at the time (WHFS...103.1 Bethesda), there was no (relatively free) outlet for the music in the DC area.  Back in the geezer days of 77-78 I was in high school, and nobody around me heard of the stuff I had fallen into.  And those that had knew it as "punk shit" and never took the time to listen to it. I had to purchase music based on word of mouth and to some extent, reviews in CREEM and other magazines that were covering the scene.  So yeah, it didn't matter to the masses.  But, as Martha says, that's a good thing.  Otherwise it would have been diluted much quicker than it was.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

All the time? Puh-leeze. And before you recall the Nickleback coment, I was totally joking when I called you pathetic for singing a Nickleback song...that was a joke!
 
 
 

Originally posted by Arlette:
  Rhett, what the hell are you talking about?  You call people names and use personal attacks quite a bit.  Get down off that high horse you are sitting on, you have not earned that perch.  
 
 I don't think personal attacks and name-calling are necessary.  But you can't call someone else out for it when you do it all the time.

[SPARX]

Obviously, punk mattered.There is a 3 page discussion going on about it 20 some years later on this one forum alone.I'm quite certain there are many other likeminded individuals elsewhere who would also agree. The percentage of people to which it mattered however,could certainly be debated infinitely.As someone who came of age during that timeframe, it certainly mattered to me and ultimately, to some extent shaped the person I am today. Long Live Punk!!!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Thanks for posting that. That was all that I was getting at. Interesting post, and I agree with your final comment.
 
 

Originally posted by Paul Styrene:
  "My simple premise was that the period of punk that Kosmo initially referred to (1976-1985?) did not "matter" to a large number of Americans."
 
 In a sense, this is correct. (sorry for jumping in late) Back in the late 70's when the fun began the US kids did not have easy access to the music.  Around here, aside from some college stations (WGTB) and one truly alternative station at the time (WHFS...103.1 Bethesda), there was no (relatively free) outlet for the music in the DC area.  Back in the geezer days of 77-78 I was in high school, and nobody around me heard of the stuff I had fallen into.  And those that had knew it as "punk shit" and never took the time to listen to it. I had to purchase music based on word of mouth and to some extent, reviews in CREEM and other magazines that were covering the scene.  So yeah, it didn't matter to the masses.  But, as Martha says, that's a good thing.  Otherwise it would have been diluted much quicker than it was.

[SPARX]

Originally posted by Paul Styrene:
  " Around here, aside from some college stations (WGTB) and one truly alternative station at the time (WHFS...103.1 Bethesda), there was no (relatively free) outlet for the music in the DC area.  

I need to give WAMU 88.5 some props as well. Growing up a few hundred miles from DC myself, HFS at the time, did not have  a very strong signal and was hard to get at certain times. 88.5 however, was stronger and they were ahead of their time with what they were playing. So Kudo's WAMU, I was sorry to see you fall to pieces.

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