Punk Problem

[_JR]

this has been a problem for me for a while but ive never really thought about it untill now and im wondering if this is a problem for anybody else.

where i live (central wisconsin(just south of green bay(packers totally suck this season)))it is a problem that no one listens to punk. like no one. im in a band and we cant land a show because no one like the type of music we play. totally depressing.

but its worse. no one will talk about music with me becasue they all talk about how great the new green day song is or about how great ashlee simpson's hair looked on mtv last week.

i know that we listen to the elite genre punk of music and allm, but does anyone have the same problem as me?

[coheneran]

this has been a problem for me for a while but ive never really thought about it untill now and im wondering if this is a problem for anybody else.

where i live (central wisconsin(just south of green bay(packers totally suck this season)))it is a problem that no one listens to punk. like no one. im in a band and we cant land a show because no one like the type of music we play. totally depressing.

but its worse. no one will talk about music with me becasue they all talk about how great the new green day song is or about how great ashlee simpson's hair looked on mtv last week.

i know that we listen to the elite genre punk of music and allm, but does anyone have the same problem as me?

What you wanna do is get your band out in the street sith their amps and do one really awesome hardcore cover of American Idiot, then a couple of Clash covers (Should I Stay and I Fought The Law always go down well) then a couple of original tracks and then hand out leaflets about your band. Or stickers or patch stencils or somthing.

[AIRIC]

I would skip all that wussy crap and f'uck someone up.

[Rise Me Up]

I would skip all that wussy crap and f'uck someone up.


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[coheneran]

I would skip all that wussy crap and f'uck someone up.

Yeah if they want police attention and bad publicity. It won't help them if nobody likes them anyway. Unless they **** up someone famous, like a Packer, then all the would-be punks would realise how cool they are.

I only know who the Packers are 'cos of That 70's Show :upset:.

[KingOfSka]

I absolutely love Ska. Ska is my baby. But all my friends listen to ghey p0p-punX0rz. It pisses the hell out of me because they're always like "Hah hah, Ska sucks!". But I listen to Ska despite them.

Don't let it get to you, you'll catch a break eventually. You just have to find your niche in the punk scene.

Edit: Up t3h punX!!!11

[_JR]

What you wanna do is get your band out in the street sith their amps and do one really awesome hardcore cover of American Idiot, then a couple of Clash covers (Should I Stay and I Fought The Law always go down well) then a couple of original tracks and then hand out leaflets about your band. Or stickers or patch stencils or somthing.


we kind of do that. we play a lot of me first and the gimme gimmes stuff becasue people know the songs. we have to play too many covers to be heard. when we try to throw some of our stuff in there they hate it

[coheneran]

I absolutely love Ska. Ska is my baby. But all my friends listen to ghey p0p-punX0rz. It pisses the hell out of me because they're always like "Hah hah, Ska sucks!".

Don't let it get to you, you'll catch a break eventually. You just have to find your niche in the punk scene.

Remember that Propagandhi song?
*Singing*
"Ska sucks! Ska revival isn't cool you stupid, fu'ck! The bands are only in it for the buck, and if you don't believe me you're a schmuck, but the trend will die out with any, luck! Ohhh, oh oh, ohhhhh oh oh uh uh oh. Rudi, a message to you Rudi, a message to you Rudi, a message to you Rudi, FU'CK YOU RUDI! Ska sucks! Ska revival isn't cool you stupid, fu'ck! The bands are only in it for the buck, and if you don't believe me you're a schmuck, but the trend will die out with any, luuuuck oh yeah!"
That song was cool.

[AIRIC]

Of course we remember! It rules.

[KingOfSka]

Remember that Propagandhi song?
*Singing*
"Ska sucks! Ska revival isn't cool you stupid, fu'ck! The bands are only in it for the buck, and if you don't believe me you're a schmuck, but the trend will die out with any, luck! Ohhh, oh oh, ohhhhh oh oh uh uh oh. Rudi, a message to you Rudi, a message to you Rudi, a message to you Rudi, FU'CK YOU RUDI! Ska sucks! Ska revival isn't cool you stupid, fu'ck! The bands are only in it for the buck, and if you don't believe me you're a schmuck, but the trend will die out with any, luuuuck oh yeah!"
That song was cool.

Yup, theres also a Ska compliation called Ska Sucks. It introduced me to Mephiskapheles and Jeffries Fan Club. God bless them.

[D & V]

aw. move to detroit. no problems here.

[Lazybassplr56]

Wear cheeseheads that say **** the Packers on them and play out in the streets.

[_JR]

yeah except i live in the suburbs so if we play in the street we'll get fined because of people who can't handle noise above 10 decibles. and wearing a bears jersey where i live is moch worse than wearing an offensive sheesehead, no matter what it says.

[tappenzee]

There's more punk kids than you'd think in the area. Where there are kids, there are kids who are looking for an alternative. Just keep on your grind, make flyers, piss off some authority, get some cred, and the kids will come to the shows...

[Ghostfire3]

My problem is that pretty much none of my friends like punk or ska or any of that good stuff. My school is obsessed with sh'itty jam bands, or rap and whatever else is on MTV. Plus, the few other kids at my school that actually listen to punk are all racist b'astards, so I don't want to be friends with them anyway. That's why I can't wait to go to college and hopefully make some new friends that like punk and ska and psychobilly and whatnot.

[AndreTheHyena]

Best to just give up. Punk sucks.

[_JR]

MTV killed music

[YoungSavage77]

If you want to travel down to Kenosha(south of Milwaukee) or around there.. You'd definately be able to get a show booked almost without a problem.

[DaveToopes]

The scene here is pretty damn good, and we get good bands other than local stuff sometimes.

[_JR]

thats the thing, we can be heard if we travel, but theres nothing close to home. our drummer can drive this summer, we might tour then if you call it touring

[Anti-Prefix]

I absolutely love Ska. Ska is my baby. But all my friends listen to ghey p0p-punX0rz. It pisses the hell out of me because they're always like "Hah hah, Ska sucks!". But I listen to Ska despite them.

Don't let it get to you, you'll catch a break eventually. You just have to find your niche in the punk scene.

Edit: Up t3h punX!!!11

Dude, seriously, stop talking about ska.

[Ben]

f'uck, that how it is where I live. I live in Oregon City and everyone is obsessed with rap and country and **** like that

[YoungSavage77]

thats the thing, we can be heard if we travel, but theres nothing close to home. our drummer can drive this summer, we might tour then if you call it touring

Yea, that sucks. Hopefully by the summer, my brand new punk/rockabilly(No! Not psychobilly!) band will be gigging alot, and then we could book your band with ours. And I'm sure that we could get your band booked with many other bands that are from Milwaukee to Chicago.

[Rise Me Up]

Dude, seriously, stop talking about ska.


Hahaha. :lol:

[real_low_mind]

don't play for the green day kids. seriously. they don't deserve it.

[Ghostfire3]

Yea, that sucks. Hopefully by the summer, my brand new punk/rockabilly(No! Not psychobilly!) band will be gigging alot, and then we could book your band with ours. And I'm sure that we could get your band booked with many other bands that are from Milwaukee to Chicago.

I like punk! I like rockabilly! I live around the the Chicago area! You guys should get some gig dates because I would see your bands.

[_JR]

Yea, that sucks. Hopefully by the summer, my brand new punk/rockabilly(No! Not psychobilly!) band will be gigging alot, and then we could book your band with ours. And I'm sure that we could get your band booked with many other bands that are from Milwaukee to Chicago.

that would be awesome, talk to me sooner to summer and we'll get something worked. heres our band website:

http://celldivision.cjb.net/

[_JR]

actually im pretty proud of something we did this summer.....but first you need to know some background. wisconsin is generally a democratic state, proud to be blue. but in appleton where i live, everybody is conservative and republican all the way. anyway..

one ****ty band rented the city park and it has a stage so they played and had other ****ty bands play too. we asked them if we could play 2 songs and they agreed because they are dumb. a lot of the crowd there were parents of members of the ****ty bands. but they were all voters, republican voters.

so we got up there, introduced ourselves, and played idiot son of an as$hole and murder the government by nofx. the crowd was stunned, and we left.

one of my finer moments and we got some cred for it

[D & V]

wow you're cool

[Anxious]

What the ****, **** **** up!

[StruckEverywhere]

totally depressing.

HAHAHAHAHA, this reminded me of Neil so much.

[Rootsradical]

I'm pretty sure lots of people have this problem considering the takeover of punk by bands like My Chemical Romance and Good Charlotte. People like being trendy and don't like opening their minds and think outside of the box. The only solution is to move, or play some American Idiot songs.

[Lazybassplr56]

Good Charlotte were so 2 years ago.

[fastfingers]

Maybe move out of the suburbs and beat kids up?...

[Biscuit_box]

It's not too hard to get gigs anywhere. In the few gigs my band has had someone bruised their face on the PA, guitarist got in a fight, someone knocked themselves out by falling of the speaker, broken amps, been told to turn down everything half way through our set etc...
We still get gigs. You don't have to play in your town. Get gigs in other towns and spread your music. The less you play in your own town the better. Crowds are easier to like bands from another part of the country!

[coheneran]

I'm pretty sure lots of people have this problem considering the takeover of punk by bands like My Chemical Romance and Good Charlotte. People like being trendy and don't like opening their minds and think outside of the box. The only solution is to move, or play some American Idiot songs.

We seriously need a shakeup of the mainstream punk scene. When I sort out this band thing (anyone living in London?) I'm gonna try and get a gig at WOMAD Festival (World Organisation of Music, Art and Dance Festival). It's an awesome festival and they never have any proper badass punkers there.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

Can't get no gigs in my town, so we just play shed parties in our jam room. Everyone gets wicked pissed, takes whatever they've got, dances until they throw up and then we smash all the gear, set **** on fire and fail miserably at scoring with a member of the audience.

[Jessizzle]

yeah. For a small town with a population of like 90 000 Ajax has alot of ska/punk kids. and Toronto.. is well toronto. amazing scene.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

But it's still in Canada.

[coheneran]

Can't get no gigs in my town, so we just play shed parties in our jam room. Everyone gets wicked pissed, takes whatever they've got, dances until they throw up and then we smash all the gear, set **** on fire and fail miserably at scoring with a member of the audience.

If you wanna score with someone, get all sweaty on stage, rip off all your clothes (it shows you dont give a damn), and if you can, slash yourself once, very lightly, across the chest diagonally. it looks just super-ultra-awesome when the blood mixes with sweat, and it doesn't hurt, and any girls up front will be trying like crazy to grab your package. trust me, i've seen this work.

[coheneran]

yeah. For a small town with a population of like 90 000 Ajax has alot of ska/punk kids. and Toronto.. is well toronto. amazing scene.

Heh, remember in Cheech and Chong where that girl thinks Ajax is cocaine and starts taking lines and lines of it up her hooter? It's hilarious.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

If you wanna score with someone, get all sweaty on stage, rip off all your clothes (it shows you dont give a damn), and if you can, slash yourself once, very lightly, across the chest diagonally. it looks just super-ultra-awesome when the blood mixes with sweat, and it doesn't hurt, and any girls up front will be trying like crazy to grab your package. trust me, i've seen this work.


Hahah, awesome, thanks man.

I'm going to a Stooges gig in February with "IGGY" carved into my chest with a razor.

[coheneran]

Hahah, awesome, thanks man.

I'm going to a Stooges gig in February with "IGGY" carved into my chest with a razor.

Saw them in Leeds, *YAWN*. That fu'cking Republican.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

Totally ruin what was going to be the biggest event of my life. thanks heaps.

[coheneran]

Totally ruin what was going to be the biggest event of my life. thanks heaps.

:( sorry dude. Still, if you happen to see Anti-Flag or The Dwarves playing near you, you must go. Anti-Flag are fun as heck to scream along to, and they interact really well with the crowd. The Dwarves, you can never understand half of what he's singing, but they're really funny live. Especially the guitarist, he came on in Leeds completely naked except for a gimp mask and started playing out, then the rest of the band came out and kicked booty. They encouraged a fan to climb up the tent's centre pole and jump into the crowd from like 20 feet up.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

That sounds fairly cool. The Stooges are playing at a festival with the White Stripes, The Mars Volta, The Living End, AFI and there's a strong rumour that the Pixies may come to town.

[coheneran]

That sounds fairly cool. The Stooges are playing at a festival with the White Stripes, The Mars Volta, The Living End, AFI and there's a strong rumour that the Pixies may come to town.

Pixies have good music, but they're kinda boring live. The vocalist looks like he just came out of a board meeting or something. Mars Volta rock!

[Aus Rotten]

I would skip all that wussy crap and f'uck someone up.

Agreed 100%. If they don't like to listen to TRUE PUNX RAWK, beat it into them.

[coheneran]

Agreed 100%. If they don't like to listen to TRUE PUNX RAWK, beat it into them.

Violence is not the way to go, save it for the revolution.

[fastfingers]

yeah. For a small town with a population of like 90 000 Ajax has alot of ska/punk kids. and Toronto.. is well toronto. amazing scene.
Hahahahah Toronto punk kids are little shits for the most part. Of course, you're from Ajax, so it probably seems cool to you.

[AIRIC]

Nick when did you turn into such a cunt?

[Flagjacket]

aw. move to detroit. no problems here.
That's a lie dude. I live in Farmington, and I know of like, one kid who listens to the same music as me, one ska kid who probably likes Less Than Jake more than The Toasters, and that's it. But I hear Royal Oak does well, seeing from your HCD av.

[SantaDuJuan]

Violence is not the way to go, save it for the revolution.
I'm sorry you don't get sarcasm.

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Stop playing Punk and get into a Grunge band.


Or play Ska, everyone loves Ska.

[Flagjacket]

Stop playing Punk and get into a Grunge band.

I would get into a grunge band, but unfortunately I can cannot travel back in time to 80's Seattle.

[SantaDuJuan]

I would get into a grunge band, but unfortunately I can cannot travel back in time to 80's Seattle.
Nor can you travel back to 1977.
Stfu.

[coheneran]

I'm sorry you don't get sarcasm.

It's not my fault. There's no tone of voice to judge by. :upset:

[SantaDuJuan]

Haha that is true.


For the wonderful thread starter.
Just give punk rock to the masses and some will listen.

[Jessizzle]

Hahahahah Toronto punk kids are little shits for the most part. Of course, you're from Ajax, so it probably seems cool to you.
Iv met some pretty cool ones. but i guess the punks that dig the heatskores/flatliners type of punk/ska are nicer.

[Flagjacket]

Nor can you travel back to 1977.
Stfu.
What do you suggest, we all get involved in independent hip hop?

[SantaDuJuan]

What do you suggest, we all get involved in independent hip hop?
Yes.

[fastfingers]

Iv met some pretty cool ones. but i guess the punks that dig the heatskores/flatliners type of punk/ska are nicer.
Oh alright. Yeah different scene than the str33t punX oioi.

[Jessizzle]

Oh alright. Yeah different scene than the str33t punX oioi.
I hate when the street punks show up at shows. I got thrown into a f'ucking bar once. pits are not fun when the street kids come.

[AIRIC]

Nick did you just delete your post?

I always remember you being a nice guy, now you just seem more elitist than you ever have been.

BUT WHATEVER MAN.

[coheneran]

Yes.

Seconded.

In the view of Coheneran:
*Raps*
A bitch is a bitch, and if I'm poor or rich, I talk at the exact same pitch. Now the title Bitch don't apply to all women, but all women have a little Bitch in 'em. It's like a disease that plagues their characta', talkin' the women of America, and it starts with the letter 'B' and makes a girl like dat think she better than me.
Check it.

[YoungSavage77]

I like punk! I like rockabilly! I live around the the Chicago area! You guys should get some gig dates because I would see your bands.

Ha. We have only had one practice so far, and since then we've recruited a girl singer, so we most likely won't be playing shows until next year. Once we do, I'll try and remember to put a notice up here.

that would be awesome, talk to me sooner to summer and we'll get something worked. heres our band website:

http://celldivision.cjb.net/

Ok, thanks. If I could contact you otherwise tell me how, and if you get a recording up by next year it would be alot easier to book you with certain bands to attract certain crowds and such that would like your music.

[RichardCraniums]

dude if there are no other bands around in your genre, then you are the local scene...
dont advertize yourself as punk (because it cand get kind of anoying somtimes...) and just throw a party in somones basment just so you can play, it your lucky people will come and dig it :)

if you want to land gigs ya gotta improvize genericize and somtimes lie

[coheneran]

dude if there are no other bands around in your genre, then you are the local scene...
dont advertize yourself as punk (because it cand get kind of anoying somtimes...) and just throw a party in somones basment just so you can play, it your lucky people will come and dig it :)

if you want to land gigs ya gotta improvize genericize and somtimes lie

But stick to the ideals.

[fastfingers]

Nick did you just delete your post?

I always remember you being a nice guy, now you just seem more elitist than you ever have been.

BUT WHATEVER MAN.
I wasn't being elitist. I was just saying that there are lots of douches in Toronto's punk scene. But it probably seems like an awesome scene to her because she lives way out in the sticks and hasn't gotten to know it too well.

[fastfingers]

I hate when the street punks show up at shows. I got thrown into a f'ucking bar once. pits are not fun when the street kids come.
Some of the older punks are really cool, but the street punk kids are so far from "street" it's hillarious. Half of them go to private schools and drink in alleys on weekends.

[Jessizzle]

Some of the older punks are really cool, but the street punk kids are so far from "street" it's hillarious. Half of them go to private schools and drink in alleys on weekends.
yo are you going the the 3tards cd release? on dec 3. or not punx enough?

[fastfingers]

yo are you going the the 3tards cd release? on dec 3. or not punx enough?
I'm not a punX and I hate the 3-tards.

[Jessizzle]

I'm not a punX and I hate the 3-tards.
sucks. its a stacked line up.

[coheneran]

What's a chaos punk? It's not a nihilist is it?

[KingOfSka]

What's a chaos punk? It's not a nihilist is it?

The only difference that I know between chaos punks and just normal punks is; chaos punks have ****ING HUGE HAIR.

[Mild_child]

What you wanna do is get your band out in the street sith their amps and do one really awesome hardcore cover of American Idiot, then a couple of Clash covers (Should I Stay and I Fought The Law always go down well) then a couple of original tracks and then hand out leaflets about your band. Or stickers or patch stencils or somthing.
no.

[coheneran]

no.

Fine, cover another popular song.

[KingOfSka]

Fine, cover another popular song.

Cover something by that Masarri fellow.

[Mild_child]

Yup, theres also a Ska compliation called Ska Sucks. It introduced me to Mephiskapheles and Jeffries Fan Club. God bless them.
The MX punk forum band did it too.

[Mild_child]

Fine, cover another popular song.
Cover My Humps.

[coheneran]

The MX punk forum band did it too.

There's an MX Punk Forum band?!:amaze:

[coheneran]

Cover My Humps.

Cover your own humps.

[Mild_child]

Cover your own humps.
no you.

[coheneran]

no you.

YOU ARE!

[Mild_child]

YOU ARE!
no you are! now shut up and buy your own guitar :rolleyes:

[KingOfSka]

The MX punk forum band did it too.

I know, I did the drums.

And lol @ coheneran.

[coheneran]

I know, I did the drums.

And lol @ coheneran.

What's funny? :confused:

[Mild_child]

What's funny? :confused:
you.