Punk and Metal: Frenemies for Life
Worlds collided when punk and metal realized they were opposite sides of the same coin. Who knew they would be frenemies for life?
Worlds collided when punk and metal realized they were opposite sides of the same coin. Who knew they would be frenemies for life?
Glam Punk is "Rock 'n' roll with lipstick on," sneered John Lennon.
Punk's idea(l)s may have been fostered in Art schools, but its musical foundations were cultivated in garages.
Louder, faster, angrier, and harder than punk ever sounded, second-wave punk in 1979 Britain kept the core instrumental ingredients but used and produced them in ways that boiled off any subtleties or sophistication.
While goth punk’s theatricality dramatizes concerns about depression and suicide, its safe spaces are inviting to the otherwise alienated and ostracized.
For Throbbing Gristle's Genesis P-Orridge, punk's sonic harshness was welcome but it did not go far enough.
Wild rebellion and reckless combat are increasingly less valued than ethical wit and spiritual sustenance in Megan Volpert's entertaining and insightful Boss Broad.
The punk spirit would likely have died but for the theoretical questions post-punk forced bands into answering.
If 1977 was New Wave's breakout year, by 1979 it had become an industry force, all but replacing punk as a viable vehicle or term of currency.
Ask most punk fans today to name their top ten punk songs and bands and it's likely that the Ramones, Sex Pistols and the Clash will still be there.
Can critical humorists help combat the sexism inherent to both religious and secular organizations?
Humorists have served as the conscience of cultures ever since (and before) court jesters ridiculed omnipotent royalty for its hypocrisy, pomposity, and corruption. Punk continues to fulfill that essential social role in relation to the powers-that-be of the modern world.