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KillerYoda · 06-19-2003, 12:47 AM

Anti-Flag are Americans, yet sing like they're British. Anti-Flag were on Warped Tour a few years back, along with Good Charlotte and a few other bands we love so much. Anti-flag is usually classified as being "punk revival." You "revive" dead people. The punk scene is dead, I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you.

In the past I've jokingly referred to Avril as being the anti-Christ, but punk was long-dead and rotting by the time she came around. Did you forget Blink-182? Or SR-71? Or Green Day? Or Blondie doing fucking disco songs?

Emo didn't kill the punk scene, nor did selling out, <i>realization</i> killed punk. People realize eventually that the punk lifestyle is trivial, pointless, and very normal nowadays, so they quit. Henry Rollins and Jello Biafra became public speakers. "Blitzkrieg Bop" is being played in Verizon commericials. MXPX were in a Pepsi commercial. Bands are changing. AFI used to be a hardcore punk band, now they have near-emo songs being played on MTV.

There is still some good music out there, most of it has already been recorded, though. But the scene is dead and it's time to stop mourning.

06-19-2003, 12:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
KillerYoda The Original Emo Gangsta Location: Sixth Floor, Texas School Book Depository	Anti-Flag are Americans, yet sing like they're British. Anti-Flag were on Warped Tour a few years back, along with Good Charlotte and a few other bands we love so much. Anti-flag is usually classified as being "punk revival." You "revive" dead people. The punk scene is dead, I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you. In the past I've jokingly referred to Avril as being the anti-Christ, but punk was long-dead and rotting by the time she came around. Did you forget Blink-182? Or SR-71? Or Green Day? Or Blondie doing fucking disco songs? Emo didn't kill the punk scene, nor did selling out, <i>realization</i> killed punk. People realize eventually that the punk lifestyle is trivial, pointless, and very normal nowadays, so they quit. Henry Rollins and Jello Biafra became public speakers. "Blitzkrieg Bop" is being played in Verizon commericials. MXPX were in a Pepsi commercial. Bands are changing. AFI used to be a hardcore punk band, now they have near-emo songs being played on MTV. There is still some good music out there, most of it has already been recorded, though. But the scene is dead and it's time to stop mourning. __________________ "So you're Chekov, huh? Well, this here's McCoy. Find a Spock, we got us an away team."