is punk still alive??????????

Answer 1

If you have to ask it's probably dead and buried.

Answer 2

Punk stood for many things but two stand out - a rebellion against the status quo, and the confidence to say "I can do what I want".

So, yes it still lives on. But the music may not sound like it did in the late 70s which is good because even the Sex Pistols have been accepted by the establishment now.

Punk as an attitude meant destroying some things to create something new.

Answer 3

Punk has been replaced with "Punk Rock" (Greenday, Blink 182 etc). Punk Rock is awful. It sounds like music on fast-forward. There is no substance to the lyrics or instrumentals. The original Punk is pretty much dead. I think the music created by bands like the Ramones and the Clash came from a time of depression and working class angst. Our contemporary zeitgeist doesn't really give rise to that sort of expression anymore. So it's a bad sign for music, but a good sign for the state of our economy.

Answer 4

People who dislike punk say no (and then ewwww). People who like punk either say no and become sad and nostalgic, or say yes and become angry that you suggested such a thing.

My theory is that it's currently in a coma. You know, one of those deals where it's all veggie-like, and it might wake up, but it might not? I hope it does. I hope that there's still enough rebellion in us that at some point the youth realizes how sucky it is to have a culture owned completely by big corporations, and to be liking whatever those corperations TELL them to like. And I hope they realize that music is supposed to have meaning, even if that meaning IS that rebellion, and the realization that we shouldn't let ourselves be owned. For instance, I think the idea of Music TV is brilliant, but not to throw in our faces the Top-Forty, not as an advertisement for styles, music and behavior. Not as a way for Viacom to sell us a product. It shouldn't be used as an ad campaign, it should be used as a medium for independent groups to broadcast their own message and be heard. And for the fans, it should be a way to learn about what's really going on- underground- and as a way to hear the messages in the music, and maybe sometimes as a way to respond.

Unfortunately, nowadays EVERYTHING is about selling a product, and that's a product that wouldn't sell very well, because it would have to be about more than making money.

Sorry about the rant. The answer to your question? It depends on us. If we accept the world around us, punk is dead. If we question it and fight all that's wrong with it, punk is alive.

Answer 5

Yes punk is alive and doing well in his Ocean front home...his yacht is close enough to walk to. His six personal ladies serve all of his needs...his banker does special house calls just for him and shows him how many more millions that he made yesterday. Yes punk is alive and doing well. still playing his punk music...

Answer 6

Do you mean real punk late 70's style, or that fake commercialised boy-band stuff that's been called punk in recent years?

Anytime someone listens to, enjoys and relates to a punk song it's alive!

Answer 7

YEAH! Punk is alive, no matter what some of the idiots under me say. :]. It may not be as good as it was 20 years ago, but it's still breathing and pulsing everywhere you look. Unless you're a total and complete idiot that listens to rap or pop, *cough*, but you know :].

Answer 8

punk was a shot in the arm in the 70's,it was not just about the music it was the whole scene,it will never die but punk was then just as the rave scene and madchester were in later years,the whole idea was about breaking out of the mainstream and doing something different.

Answer 9

it's musics' reckless, raw, pioneering. Punk will never die. You just have to dig a bit to find the really good authentic stuff.

Answer 10

take a walk down carnaby street and you will see it is alive but not as popular as a few years back

Answer 11

Yep but it moved to America and like all things that move to America it has been covered in glitter gloss and make-up and made to look like something it isn't.