Well I was there pogoing to a series of punk bands that couldn’t play in Barbarella’s and don’t remember anything political or social about it – anti-social and anti-political maybe. I lost interest when the gobbing got out of hand. The new wave that punk inspired I liked much more and still play.

As mudmonster says punk lives on in places you might not expect it. “Punk and roll” rather than pure punk though. Die Ärzte and Extrabreit in Germany for example.

STW is bugging again – I now have the “Video” icon so here you go:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6NqBFDphm0&feature=related[/video]

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5_Ow7yg8OY[/video]

Only the second one seems to be playing.

Fugazi. Pure brilliance.

indeed 😀 I don’t really listen to much punk, the “traditional” punk sound isn’t really my sort of thing but I admit I do enjoy catchy pop-punk stuff like Blink 182! I also love properly ‘orrible sounding stuff like this which is classed as hardcore apparently.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX0rMJC9nIw[/video]

snip <folk>Unfortunately we’ve bred a generation so closed minded that they’ll never even consider listening to it.

You think so? Folk looks pretty healthy from where I’m standing… At the mighty age of 32 I’ve been one of the oldest people at all the recent folk gigs I’ve been at, including the bands.

I agree that folk’s in better shape than it’s been for ages! 🙂
But the bigger pity and my point is it’s still nowhere compared to the mainstream that most of the population will never venture outside of!
Your bog standard clubs will be playing generic tunes to halls packed with many times more people than the folk clubs will ever do! Despite the folk scene being full of individual and witty and opinionated talents and tunes! (you did notice the link I posted as an example of a fine and powerful song?)
But until Hollow Point’s played in the middle of the X-factor or on MTV or even on radio one then it’s never going to reach the masses that it deserves!
Back in the 70’s, 80’s and even into some of the 90’s alternative viewpoints in songs could stumble into the wider stage and be seen by non enthusiasts in passing. You’d get the Specials doing Ghost town on top of the pops, you’d get Frankie goes to hollywood making your dad feel uncomfortable while singing about nuclear war, next to the Cure and the Smiths and then you’d have U2 with bloody sunday and later Pulp with Common people, to mention a tiny few, all being seen and heard by people who tuned in to see Joe Dolce or Robson and Jerome or whatever massive selling hit was about at the time.
If there was another punk bubbling under I fear it would never get to see the light of widespread broadcast day in the current climate and that’s far more damaging for our society than what brand of tune it may be.
It’s better to discard an opinion that you’ve seen than never to have had the opportunity to make that decision in the first place.

(and if anyone’s still reading this far down * Wolfie Smith mode/ Power to the people! (etc.) Wolfie Smith mode/ off* )

I think you’re underestimating the youth there wolfie.. and the power of internet and the perception of cool..

What gets aired on TV and radio and played in cheap nightclubs is one thing.. and possibly a sector of young schoolkids are influenced by it.. along with some culturally lazy older parents
But in my experience.. if you’re hearing it on the TV or the mainstream radio then the college aged kids almost certainly aren’t listening to it..

transmute,

I sort of agree with you and I sort of don’t, I know loads of people, myself included who’re are happy to switch on Heart FM and mess about in the Kitchen/whatever with some pleasant background music. What I do know is NONE of any of my friends would actively buy/download/steal that sort of music (appart from maybe one or two standout tracks). The music world is full to bursting atm with all sorts of fantastic music from all sorts of genres, it’s just that there so many outlets, that by the time it’s got to “The Mainstream” it’s so out of date that it gets more or less ignored.

Take for example Two door Cinema Club. they released on the Kitsune label a track called “Something Good can Work” in 2009, I heard it the other day on radio one and was told they’d released it as a single. 2 years later!!! Nice track, but been to see them, lost interest, moved on…

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyqbISKd2nk[/video]

Point is there’s so much out there, it’s hard to keep up, don’t panic though, it’s not all X factor 😀

I thought it was this bands time.

http://www.wulyf.org/

I thought it was this bands time.

http://www.wulyf.org/

According to the NME eh?
Shame they are absolute shit really.