ugh
I attended the Merkurs show at The Pit tonight and I drove away early; feeling (at the time) inexplicably disgusted. My drive home and my subsequent analysis of my thoughts have left me disillusioned in regards to the next generation of punks.
There was a time when I first started going to shows, that I really thought it meant something to be a punk and to be part of a movement. Ive never been a street punk and Im never got off on yelling oi but I still felt in my own way that I contributed and I was proud of the kids who really were punk. The fuck the government fuck society and mostly fuck you kind of punks. It may have been stupid and may have been closed minded but damn it those kids were going to change the world. What I saw tonight left me embarrassed. The street punk band that played announced that the next one was a dance number, the kids in the audience jumped around like jackasses when they werent talking on their cell phones or trying to feel up some freshmen.
Im a pop-punker. Im not supposed to stand for anything except fun, jokes, and songs about girls. These kids with pants tighter than I knew you could buy, studded jackets and Mohawks are supposed to fight for something; fight for anything. You shouldnt have an anarchy patch on your leather jacket and be talking to your girlfriend on a cell phone. If youre against the government you should be able to tell me why. You might be dead wrong, an idiot and spouting left-wing propaganda but you should be able to tell me something. These kids arent mad about anything, theyre not outcasts, theyre the new in-crowd. They put on costumes everyday and are regarded as the new elite, something to strive for. They are there for the scene and it disgusts me.
The scene used to be built upon anger or hate or just the concept of fun. Skinheads loved America and street punks hated it but they were both punks, both fighting for something. Us pop-punkers, the Weasel kids, the Queers kids were there to say fuck you to mom and dad and everyone else. We were there to have a good time. We may not have had a political motive but damn it we were going to tell something to fuck off. These kids are just fighting to get laid. The music used to be about information and rebellion and knowledge, now Im not sure what its about. Dancing I would gather from tonights band. The mosh pit used to be an explosion of energy and expression, the aggression you couldnt get out in the real world but you could get out by beating up on your friends, your allies, complete strangers or enemies. Now these kids just go through the motions, they know theyre supposed to mosh so they write a dance number. Disgusting.
Give me the days when I didnt stand for anything. Give me the days when I was the least informed person at a show. The place in my heart I held for the political punks died tonight, and so did a piece of my hope for the future.
There was a time when I first started going to shows, that I really thought it meant something to be a punk and to be part of a movement. Ive never been a street punk and Im never got off on yelling oi but I still felt in my own way that I contributed and I was proud of the kids who really were punk. The fuck the government fuck society and mostly fuck you kind of punks. It may have been stupid and may have been closed minded but damn it those kids were going to change the world. What I saw tonight left me embarrassed. The street punk band that played announced that the next one was a dance number, the kids in the audience jumped around like jackasses when they werent talking on their cell phones or trying to feel up some freshmen.
Im a pop-punker. Im not supposed to stand for anything except fun, jokes, and songs about girls. These kids with pants tighter than I knew you could buy, studded jackets and Mohawks are supposed to fight for something; fight for anything. You shouldnt have an anarchy patch on your leather jacket and be talking to your girlfriend on a cell phone. If youre against the government you should be able to tell me why. You might be dead wrong, an idiot and spouting left-wing propaganda but you should be able to tell me something. These kids arent mad about anything, theyre not outcasts, theyre the new in-crowd. They put on costumes everyday and are regarded as the new elite, something to strive for. They are there for the scene and it disgusts me.
The scene used to be built upon anger or hate or just the concept of fun. Skinheads loved America and street punks hated it but they were both punks, both fighting for something. Us pop-punkers, the Weasel kids, the Queers kids were there to say fuck you to mom and dad and everyone else. We were there to have a good time. We may not have had a political motive but damn it we were going to tell something to fuck off. These kids are just fighting to get laid. The music used to be about information and rebellion and knowledge, now Im not sure what its about. Dancing I would gather from tonights band. The mosh pit used to be an explosion of energy and expression, the aggression you couldnt get out in the real world but you could get out by beating up on your friends, your allies, complete strangers or enemies. Now these kids just go through the motions, they know theyre supposed to mosh so they write a dance number. Disgusting.
Give me the days when I didnt stand for anything. Give me the days when I was the least informed person at a show. The place in my heart I held for the political punks died tonight, and so did a piece of my hope for the future.