Reply #3: It's all about perception my friend... [View All]

[FDRrocks]

That's why I added the "my opinion" part. No one ever agrees on the matter of who started punk. I stick to the two people that influenced my attitude when I was a frosh. Jello and Joe are my heroes. As for the VU, I realize thier impact, but the only songs I can sit through are Sweet Jane and Heroin. I can't, with my short depth of knowledge, see where they connect with punk.

I've eveb seen people say Ziggy Stardust/Bowie started punk. To each thier own. Punk is so beautiful when the tag isn't misplaced.

edit: and I would rather not see the thread dragged down to the usualy debate about who started it. Maybe i set myself up for it. I'm just saying, punk rock groups have spoke out against governments since they've been formed. The Reagan Youth were especially enlightening. Who really care who started it. It's been liberal forever, and it bothers me to say the outfit of the social revolution will be a black hoodie because Eminem wrote a song that was happily picked up by the establishment for financial reasons.

Punk has never resented. The second Conservatives Punks (the website features on the Daily Show and mentioned on DU much ealier, as usual) was set up, it was demolished by real punks.