Lmao @ thread.
I
thought this thread might explode, or implode. I didn't imagine it would be another
Cpooffest. White boys and dreads was an interesting aside, too.
In response to the 'I wanna be me' poster - for me punk was, amongst other things, about a sense of collectivism and togetherness, but away from the herd. It was about people, often working class or from non-monied backgrounds working to achieve a common aim. That might be somewhere for folk to live, a cafe or bar, a rehearsal or recording facility, setting up a gig (I have fond memories of playuing Torpedo Town and associated gigs in the 80s, for you Old Skool) and so on.
For all of the middle class
art poseur nihilism, the 'no future' fashionistas of McLaren and Co, punk was more about people (mostly young) getting toegther with the good old DIY ]class] work ethic.
By all means be 'you' - but that
never involved buying records by the Pistols, wearing your mummy's Vaseline, tartan bondage trousers or safety pins in order to be you i.e. to be a punk or to have a 'punk attitude'.
[high horse mode]
There is no irony in a punk wearing a swastika. Never. Ever.
[/end high horse mode]
The truth is only known, by... a guttersnipe.
I thangyew.
**wonders if he should trade-in the flat top for natty dreads.**