Many punks in your area?

[blockhead]

I live in a small southern town in South Carolina and there are very few people that are into punk music. I don't have a mohawk or anything, but I consider myself a punk. I listen to Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, The Clash and many other punk bands all the time, am a libertarian and don't really follow social regulations too often. Are there many punks in your area?

[AIRIC]

All the punks smash mailboxes and teepee churches in my town

[Rise Me Up]

In my town they just throw bowling balls at ice cream trucks.

[descendents1]

I'd put down everything and move to a major city. Major cities rule when it comes to punk because there's so much to get involved in. Smaller towns don't really need punk movements because the effects on a small town are near insignificant and will just result in everyone in town knowing you're a delinquent, which is still ok in my book.

[EightMilesHigh]

Just street punx :upset:

[Anarcho Poser]

there was one kid. he kinda disappeared though. that's about it. there's a few crazy kids who are into mindless self indulgence and greenday, but other than that, I got nothin'.

[Brewing Up With]

Theres not a lot in my immediate area/neighborhood. Theres some, but they're kind of stupid. But there's a lot around ceder avenue when there's a punk show at the triplerock in Minneapolis.

[myassitches]

most people that call themselves punk in ohio aren't punk at all. they listen to greenday and taking back sunday. they're the type of kids that say "punk rock" to everything. i guess that phrase replaced "cool".

they're the "music punks" not the one that live "punk". they constantly base their lives on SLC punks. i'm quite tired of it.

the "punks" here are emos in denial really. i don't consider myself punk. if i do, it'll be the day i'll shoot myself between the eyes.

wow that was a really "punk rock" thing to say.:smash:

[Lazybassplr56]

All the punks smash mailboxes and teepee churches in my town

And throw bowling balls at ice cream trucks. Don't forget that.

[blockhead]

I also have the problem with the only punks around here being the "dumb punks" someone else spoke of who are really just juvenile delinquents. Basically I think a punk is someone who thinks for himself/herself.

[Jessizzle]

tons of em. woo

[plebeian scum]

In my town they just throw bowling balls at ice cream trucks.
here we do it through recruiting station windows.

http://davespicks.com/misc/rablhistory.html

[SkaRobotArmy]

no punks hurr. but i went to the movies in burlington the other day and was rather surprised at the numbers.

[plebeian scum]

pipe bombs for the ice cream trucks.

[EightMilesHigh]

And throw bowling balls at ice cream trucks. Don't forget that.

hahah wow that's old

[Twin Human Highway Flares]

here we do it through recruiting station windows.

http://davespicks.com/misc/rablhistory.html

Wtf? My mom used to hang out with them in the 80s. She thought they were stupid.

[asdf]

We've got crust punks and street punks and all of that stuff.

most of them are annoying, but whatever. Some of them are my friends.

[shane italian]

Dallas has a ton of street punks and s'hit punks

Fort Worth has a ton of crusty hippies

Cool in my book

[EightMilesHigh]

Wtf? My mom used to hang out with them in the 80s. She thought they were stupid.

I want to join that

[Matt?]

there are, they are just in the woodwork of my town. i have bought records off of people online only to find they live in the same town as me, twice. the state in general has a good amount of punx

[Eliminator]

my town has a bunch of leftover crack-worshipping faggots

does that count

[Brewing Up With]

We've got crust punks and street punks and all of that stuff.

most of them are annoying, but whatever. Some of them are my friends.

Theres a good amount of crust punks in minneapolis

[Twin Human Highway Flares]

I see them hanging outside of Arise! (that anarchist bookstore) every time I go by there, with their dreads and their vegan cookies.

[Brewing Up With]

I see them hanging outside of Arise! (that anarchist bookstore) every time I go by there, with their dreads and their vegan cookies.

They do some crazy things with their dreads. I saw one guy with a dread mullet at the triplerock once.

[descendents1]

Crust punks are against authority and hygiene. They're the only punks who need reality checks.

[yourstruly]

you're lucky man, isn't the punk scene in L.A huge?

i don't know any punks. i live on a farm surrounded by a bunch of small redneck towns.

everyone just assumes i'm emo, because emo has gotten really popular over the last 2 years and they don't know any different.

[Jon]

I live in London, we have masses of people who like any given subgenre of punk.

its sort of ridiculous how popular punk is here (not with school kids or anything like that)

[Bajs]

we have lots of crappy scenekids but no punks.

Theres this town like an hour away from my town were there are lots of punks. ITs funny, they have nazis, punks, AFAs and all sorts of subcultures you can think of.

Wew have like, jocks and wannabe-hiphopkids

[Johnny Quest.]

Not really. It's a small town with no gig venues so what do you expect. There is the occasional street punk and my barber is really into thrashy punk off that label 625, but other than that no.

[Jessizzle]

no punks hurr. but i went to the movies in burlington the other day and was rather surprised at the numbers.

but... i know so many hamilton punks... well i guess i meet them all in toronto, but they do live in hamilton!

[Ephemeral]

We've got quite a few street punks, some fashionpunk fags, crust kids and hardcore kids. We all get along though.

[asdf]

I forgot to mention that within the last year there has suddenly been a bunch of skinheads around. I'm friends with a couple of them. It seems like they spend their entire life going "no really, I swear, I'm not a nazi! I'm not racist! our lead singer is asian!" etc. It just doesn't seem like it's worth it for an image.

[SkaRobotArmy]

but... i know so many hamilton punks... well i guess i meet them all in toronto, but they do live in hamilton!

haha, i'm a liar. i'm not really from hamilton. but almost. hamiltons good, but my town specifically (pop about 24k) theres the odd one here and there but they seem to keep to themselves.

[Anxious]

There probably are, but I dont know them or care to know them.

[Lazybassplr56]

There are absolutely no punks in Los Angeles or Hollywood. It's weird, like no bands have ever come out of here.

[Anxious]

Maybe they're trying to progress instead of doing the same thing for 30 years.

[RetiredAt21]

my town has a bunch of leftover crack-worshipping faggots

does that count

:lol:

[plebeian scum]

I forgot to mention that within the last year there has suddenly been a bunch of skinheads around. I'm friends with a couple of them. It seems like they spend their entire life going "no really, I swear, I'm not a nazi! I'm not racist! our lead singer is asian!" etc. It just doesn't seem like it's worth it for an image.
A lot of them here say they are "individualist" or "traditionalist" or nationalist instead of racist. They talk a lot about "honor" and look down on anyone who aren't just like them or in their scene as complete scum. So I don't know if they're racist (lots say they are but I don't explicitly believe it), but regardless they're huge assholes.

Crusties are everywhere in minneapolis. In the summer drunken traveling oggles swarm the place. I work at this community cafe with a big green space and I feel like we're constantly 86ing drunk crusties. I like a lot of crusties, but some are idiots.

A lot of people (me included) have cast aside the "punk" label for more of a larger "diy" scene, which includes punks and art kids and activists and faggots and whoever else. We have similar values but are otherwise rather varied.

[Jon]

I know lots of anti-racist skins wtf

[blockhead]

3/4 of you mallcore f'aggots give your ...And Out Come The Wolves album a courtesy listen nightly. How could you homos have the balls to critique the people in your town for not being 'punk' enough?

I don't think you should assume anyone is a "mallcore faggot" if you don't know them.

I don't even dress punk besides a few band T-shrits, and I actually listen to a good many punk bands, so I would consider myself about the farthest thing away from "mallcore."

[blockhead]

I was looking at the wikipedia entry for the different subcultures of punk and the one I fit into most is hardcore punk, but I don't even fit into that one perfectly. I think that's a good thing. To me, punk just means being yourself, expressing your views, resisting (to varying degrees) authority and listening to punk music.

[Anxious]

I was looking at the wikipedia entry for the different subcultures of punk and the one I fit into most is hardcore punk, but I don't even fit into that one perfectly. I think that's a good thing. To me, punk just means being yourself, expressing your views, resisting (to varying degrees) authority and listening to punk music.

There in lies the paradox.

[iamrockzorz]

There in lies the paradox.

No. No paradox.

the one I fit into most

Everyone can relate to something, but as he described being yourself differs you from fulling being categorized.

[SantaDuJuan]

I uh.
Am a big scene kid.
=/


No really, I'm fat.

[IgniteYourAvail]

You would never guess what I listen to if you saw me.

There's noone in my area that likes punk.

[IgniteYourAvail]

3/4 of you mallcore f'aggots give your ...And Out Come The Wolves album a courtesy listen nightly. How could you homos have the balls to critique the people in your town for not being 'punk' enough?

I like you.

[Permanent Solution]

There were so many punk rock kids at warped tour.

[Gnarmageddon]

There are lots of punx in Bloomington, Indiana (street punx/crusties, folk punx too!), but that's like 2 hours from where I live, in the middle of nowhere.

Rofl at all the arguments in this thread. Everyone is a poser! Even me!

[Brewing Up With]

You had to f'ucking wikipedia the subcultures to see which one you fit into? Who are you fooling, you are exactly the mallcore f'aggot I am talking about.

I guess you're the only real punk in here.

[asdf]

Troo. Punx.

[NakedRaygun872]

my town has a bunch of leftover crack-worshipping faggots

does that count

Yeah...we get that here a lot too. I know a kid who has "crack" tattooed on his wrist. He also does a lot of coke if that counts.

[Danger Bird]

No, thank god.

[SkaRobotArmy]

You had to f'ucking wikipedia the subcultures to see which one you fit into? Who are you fooling, you are exactly the mallcore f'aggot I am talking about.

i don't think he was necessarily looking for where he fit. why do you have to be such a d'ick about EVERYTHING? like seriously, the only people who can bother to concern themselves with 'mallcore fa,ggots' and shooting down others for not being 'punk enough' are the ones who don't have anything better to stand for or talk about and so aren't really all that 'punk' to begin with. sorry, drunk. but damn, his whole point was he didn't really fit into anything and was just being himself, so chill.

[sax_kid]

In my town they just throw bowling balls at ice cream trucks.

that's ridiculous!! possibly the funniest thing ive heard all day :lol:

All we have around here are a hell of alot of emo kids

[Bukowski]

There is a small group of people where I live that like punk music, although they don´t dress or glorify the fact in any way except the occasional NOFX or Dead Kennedys t'shirt. I´m pretty good friends with most of them, because they are all cool people. I really can´t stand the whole "punk fashion" garbage, and neither can they. Like, when you go to London and see all those guys on the streets in Camden with the mohawks, leather, boots and all - that´s just as bad as the whole "emo kid" thing.

But if they´re happy with it, good for them.

[Anarcho Poser]

I really can´t stand the whole "punk fashion" garbage, and neither can they. Like, when you go to London and see all those guys on the streets in Camden with the mohawks, leather, boots and all - that´s just as bad as the whole "emo kid" thing.


I don't judge people for how they dress.

[Jon]

Nah the London punks (those ones, there are plenty of others) are cool mostly, but some of them are ridiculously narrow minded and stuff... I don't really hang out with them much though.

[IgniteYourAvail]

i don't think he was necessarily looking for where he fit. why do you have to be such a d'ick about EVERYTHING? like seriously, the only people who can bother to concern themselves with 'mallcore fa,ggots' and shooting down others for not being 'punk enough' are the ones who don't have anything better to stand for or talk about and so aren't really all that 'punk' to begin with. sorry, drunk. but damn, his whole point was he didn't really fit into anything and was just being himself, so chill.

internet

[Jon]

For clarification, a lot of people on MX say that they're s0000 punX because they DON'T follow the fashion of punk or whatever; you're the least punk people EVER.

[Gnarmageddon]

Jon, don't you have a fashion shoot or something you're supposed to be at?

[Jon]

no the thing with the people on this forum is they're so insecure with themselves that they have to bring down people who dress 'punk' and convince people that that isn't punk and they are punk.

its so pathetic.

[KillCynics]

no the thing with the people on this forum is they're so insecure with themselves that they have to bring down people who dress 'punk' and convince people that that isn't punk and they are punk.

its so pathetic.

He makes a good point, theres alot of Hardercore-than-thou a'ssholes who berate any kid with a mohawk. I don't care what a punk looks like as long as he/she likes the music and helps get things moving in the (ugh i hate to use this retarded cliche line but..) "scene"

[whiteminority]

In my town they just throw bowling balls at ice cream trucks.

Rofl, do you get many shows in Newport or do you have to go to Johnson City or Knoxville?

[Permanent Solution]

no the thing with the people on this forum is they're so insecure with themselves that they have to bring down people who dress 'punk' and convince people that that isn't punk and they are punk.

its so pathetic.
But by the same token dressing "punk" doesn't make you any more punk than someone who doesn't dress like that.

[Shadius]

But by the same token dressing "punk" doesn't make you any more punk than someone who doesn't dress like that.

Surely being "punk" is like 33% image, 33% what you listen to, and the rest is attitudes. Someone who listens to a lot of punk music isn't anymore a punk than someone who only dresses like one and listens to no punk music.

Anyway, didn't the punk scene basically die 20 years ago? And since then everyones just argued about who's a real punk or not.

[Brewing Up With]

Being punx is just excercising your freedom of speech and whatever brah!

Psssh, labels.

[Anxious]

Teenagers are dumb.

[SkaRobotArmy]

can you not ban him for being a d'ick? or never ever contributing anything useful or interesting?

[Anxious]

The only supermod in this forum never posts. Go figure.

[SkaRobotArmy]

i lied about my age, sorry.

[EightMilesHigh]

This kid came up to me the other day and asked me, "what's punk?" and I kicked over a trash can. Then he kicked over the trash can and asked, "is that punk?" and I said, "no, that's trendy."

[Anarcho Poser]

It's that a greenday quote or something?

[EightMilesHigh]

Yeah. It's an old lame joke.

[Anarcho Poser]

Yeah. It's an old lame joke.

Right. we all know throwing bowling balls at icecream trucks is trupunX anyway.

[siska]

You know blockhead is taking the piss out of you right?

[IgniteYourAvail]

God, how is this thread still open? It brought the stupidest people on MX.

And Jon

[Liebensaft]

God, how is this thread still open? It brought the stupidest people on MX.

And Jon

This.

[EightMilesHigh]

stupidest people on mx

and Jon

same difference Billy

[SkaRobotArmy]

i dunno, i don't really know anybody well enough to make this call, but he made a pretty good point. for some people anyway.

[IgniteYourAvail]

same difference Billy

lulz

[EightMilesHigh]

you're the least punk people EVER.

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