We undoubtedly live in pretty crappy version of cyberpunk. For already quite some time. Authoritarianism and techno-feudalism are on the rise. Cristo-fascism is blooming. Rights and freedoms are being taken from us every single day. Tech is transformed purely into means of data extraction, surveillance and control. However there does not seem to be any counter-culture forming, no music or art genres with strong messages rising up against all of this. Where is the punk of today?
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Julie Andrews didn’t sing Edelweiss, that was Captain Von Trapp’s song. He’s the Punk you should admire.
Thank you for setting the record straight. Von Trapp is punk af. His whole vibe is NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF
I first saw that movie in the theater when I was about 7. I thought Captain Von Trapp was badass as fuck when he pulled up to his house, and tore down that Nazi flag.
Punk isn’t anti-right. But it is anti-authoritarian.
That a lot of right are also authoritarian is just coincidence.
Yup, Skrewdriver are an early UK punk band and they are neo-nazis.
Revocaton - new gods, new masters is about exactly what you described. Excellent lyrics.
Not punk, metal.
Not helpful for the question but it made me remember one book I read on Buhhism that was written by a punk artist that used to be around Ohio? Crap can’t recall the place think Akron was a city spot. Seemed like a fairly small artist from whati recall of the stories.
It’s fun to see where punk comes up is all, was never my particular taste for sound (or scene really) but I think their messge is awesome. Think all systems need their message reflected in controversial art, may not agree with their sound but so far a lot of messages have sounded better than the status quo. And sometimes seeing what the system brings shows what may be needed for change.
It’d be nice one day if punk couldn’t have the same message cause we did better for ourselves as society.
DEVO is from Akron Ohio
Youre here aren’t you? Why do you think theyre called subcultures? Punk/punk idealogy was never mainstream until it was tamed, domesticated, and commercialized decades later
I’d say the Clash were simultaneously highly mainstream and true to the spirit of punk. Dead Kennedys as well, albeit slightly less mainstream.
Honestly I’d say there’s a lot of punk bands that enjoyed something close to mainstream success without being sellouts.
Rage Against the Machine aren’t quite punk, but they’re heavily punk-influenced. It’s amazing that they were such a huge commercial success.
As to whether they’re sellouts, that’s really complicated. They did generate a ton of profits for the machine they raged against. OTOH, I never would have heard their music if they hadn’t been signed to a major record label.
Pop ate punk.
It tried to. Luckily it didn’t like the taste and spit it back out. I think they called it Emo.
Furries and trans people.
G.L.O.S.S. comes to mind. Too short lived.
A band I love in a related musical area is Trophy Hunt https://trophyhunt.bandcamp.com/
What is Lemmy to you but an anti-authoritarian counter movement to technocracy and surveillance culture? I’d say FOSS is pretty punk as well in this regard
I have some hope we’ll see it in young progressive “traditional country” artists.
That’s a banger, I like it. Had not heard of him, but I’ll seek more out. Thanks.
That whole album is excellent!
Also, his compatriots from NW Arkansas — Nick Shoulders, in particular — seem similarly-minded, and are definitely worth a listen.
The og
I consider Bob Vylan to be modern punk. Also Hang Youth.
I heard the Vylan’s killing punk.
I agree Bob Vylan are punk. Saw them live a few weeks ago in a small venue in Sweden, and they put on a fantastic show.
Hey we could be living in a Naziesque Christian theocracy. The technocrats havent won yet.
Jesse Welles would be the modern cycle.
Distorted guitars carried the torch from the protest songs of the 70s through punk and peaked with prog metal in the late 00s. We’re snapping straight back to the 70s protest songs and doing it all over again.
Venezuela slapped.
War isn’t Murder the hit that got him known
I’d say he’s imitating the 60s more than the 70s, but he writes some good tunes nevertheless. :)
Here are 5 current day punk bands that I like. All are available on bandcamp.
The Upfucks False Flag Generacion Suicida Total Massacre Hans Gruber and the Die Hards.
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Hans Gruber and the Die Hards
Got to see them when they did a tour playing with Escape From the Zoo, that show was wild!
I’ve loved them for a while. Good folks
Left folk and punk arent the same thing. Folk punk however is awesome. Reject society, learn the banjo
You know, I thought it was gone, spent my youth watching bands in garages and stuff, didn’t hear much about that anymore, community radio station still around.
But then my high schooler asked me to take her to a show in a church. A what? But we went and oh my goodness underground music is absolutely still around. There was a mosh pit, I wished I’d brought earplugs, way too loud for the space but there was a punk band, a speed metal band, and the band she went to see was the headliner - all local bands. It is still there, you just aren’t part of that world anymore.
Hell yeah. There’s an unassuming restaurant in my town that hosts local all-ages punk and metal shows after the kitchen closes. The underground scene is alive and well. I’m looking forward to having your experience myself as my kids grow up.
A lot of early punk started in church basements. The best punk movements start in the spaces they can get, might be a church basement, someones garage, a retail space between leases, etc.
That sounds like The Trunk Space! Though, I think they lost their church spot last year. I think TV Girl and AJJ were my favorite shows there. They also held a Desert Trash festival years ago.
4 non blondes are punk. Fight me.
