What is a "Punk"?

[robertpaccard]

From what I knew a "Punk" was a edgy anti trendy aggressive young person with a multi collered mohawk hair dew....The Ramones are now old men and half of them are dead.. I am just a old man who loves to travel on the cheap by bike and rail and am not into making a fashion statement...I just want to go along to get along,,,Though that's kinda hard in some circles these days..

 

[roguetrader]

the four original members of the Ramones are all deceased amigo ! and while they might have been the original punk band, there's much more to the scene than those guys...

punk means many things to many people, but to me a true 'hardcore' punk is someone who's beliefs are strong enough and systemised enough, that they choose a life apart from mainstream society... because they view the current system as having major flaws -

our planet is being destroyed so that a minority can get very rich and the majority can have more shiny new toys to play with each month - couple that with the 'divide & rule' tactics those in power utilise to keep us all apart and it all starts to look really fucked up !

It's all about perception....

 

[Tremor]

To me punk only has to be three things; anti-authoritarian, anti-mainstream, and DIY. They kinda form a punk trinity. Conservatives can never be punk because they are pro-authority and mostly pro right wing mainstream. What disqualifies something from being "punk" is if not anyone can just jump in and do it. If it requires a fancy degree or years of training, it's not punk. Etc. You get the idea.