punk's dead / punk's not dead

WHY THE HELL DOESN'T EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT "PUNK'S DEAD/PUNK'S NOT DEAD"??? IT JUST EVOLVED LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE... AND EACH GENERATION DOES WHAT IT WANTS TO WITH IT. I TRY TO FIND WHAT'S GOOD IN ALL OF IT AS LONG AS IT IS THE REAL THING. BACK IN THE LATE 70'S & EARLY 80'S IT WAS SHITTY BANDS WEARING CLOTHES THAT WE COULD ONLY AFFORD TO STEAL OR BUY AT THE SECOND HAND SHOPS, BUT WE WERE STILL KIDS WILD IN THE STREETS AND IT WAS FUN (KEYWORD)! I THOUGHT IT WAS STUPID WHEN AMERICAN PUNKS TRIED TO INVOLVE THEIR POLITICAL BULLSHIT INTO THE PUNK SCENE. ROCK AGAINST REAGAN, ETC... I MEAN THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR YEARS AND THE HIPPIES COULD NOT CHANGE IT & SOME DIED TRYING... (uhh well, I still don't wear a bra!! TEE HEE), JUST ANOTHER FORUM TO GET NOTICED. PUNK WAS AN EVERYDAY WAY OF LIFE FOR ME & MY FRIENDS... I LOVED AND STILL LOVE THE MUSIC, I LOVE THE IDEA OF WEARING & TEARING WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANTED TO, AND YES I STILL DO IT! WE LIVED TO PERFORM AND IT WAS THE BEST WHEN ALL OUR FRIENDS WERE THERE DRUNK AS SHIT! CAUSE WE PLAYED FOR FREE DRINKS. THEN THERE WERE THE SONGS FROM VERY YOUNG, FRESH & SOME TWISTED MINDS AND POINTS OF VIEW... "MY FACE IS ON YOUR LUNCHBOX" (VOMIT PIGS, Dallas), "I LOVE YOUR NEUROSIS" (NERVEBREAKERS, Dallas), "WHITE COLLAR WORKER" (THE DOT VEATH GROUP, Dallas), "CHEAP GIRL" (THE SKUNKS, Austin), "HATE IN THE 80'S" (STICKMEN WITH RAYGUNS, Dallas), "Fun,Fun,Fun" (THE BIG BOYS, Austin), "Mommy Mommy Mommy... look at your son, He's got him a good job, kills niggers and mexicans" (THE DICKS, Austin)... and we absolutely loved THE BRITISH & AMERICAN PUNK THANG... every week we would take what money we could beg, borrow or steal and head to Peaches Records & Sound Warehouse. headed straight for the import section, and it was like digging for gold! The Texas Bands loved covering The Pistols and other British bands... as well as Iggy & The Ramones too. "FUNTIME" & "I WANNA BE YOUR DOG" & "SHOCK TREATMENT". IT'S 2001 AND THE KIDS ARE STILL DOING THEIR VERSION OF MY GENERATION... AND ITS A GOOD THANG! DO YOUR MUSIC... DRESS YOUR WAY... AND FUCK WHAT THE REST SAY! IF YOU ARE GENUINE THEN YOU SHOULD BE JUST FINE...