Yep, by the 90s it was Nirvana, Green Day, and the Not So Hot Chili peppers. Or, a massive watering down in the name of limos, swimming pools and mansions. Basically the same thing punk rebelled against originally. At this point, why bother keeping "punk" relevant or alive?
I'll never know, of course, as I can't stand watching 98 year old Godzillionaires like Flea wax on about how it's all so "important", MAN... just before he heads off with his entourage to another photo shoot or whatever. I never got past the second episode. Honestly, how can anyone that lived through any part of 70s/80s punk not be endlessly vomiting right now? Oh, right, self-importance by way of some vague connection to having seen TSOL once.
Seriously, if you want to find out how Tom f'n Verlaine or Mark Stewart or the Slits or Jonathan Richman or Jeffrey Lee Pierce had a hand in actually shifting cultural norms, read a book. There's ten billion books about all of this out there... at any library. Punk has been completely oversold and over-examined and placed high on a pedestal for all to gawk at and claim that they too were a "punk". Me? The present and the future await...
I'll never know, of course, as I can't stand watching 98 year old Godzillionaires like Flea wax on about how it's all so "important", MAN... just before he heads off with his entourage to another photo shoot or whatever. I never got past the second episode. Honestly, how can anyone that lived through any part of 70s/80s punk not be endlessly vomiting right now? Oh, right, self-importance by way of some vague connection to having seen TSOL once.
Seriously, if you want to find out how Tom f'n Verlaine or Mark Stewart or the Slits or Jonathan Richman or Jeffrey Lee Pierce had a hand in actually shifting cultural norms, read a book. There's ten billion books about all of this out there... at any library. Punk has been completely oversold and over-examined and placed high on a pedestal for all to gawk at and claim that they too were a "punk". Me? The present and the future await...