[kj] Clip of US punk documentary/riots

[Brian Whitehead]

>>Listened to The Clash after the first album

>>Listened to The Damned after the first two albums

>>Listened to PiL after the first album


If you followed those rules you would have missed some absolutely excellent
music. Metal Box/Second Edition, Give em Enough Rope etc

Brian.

On 20/02/07, Neil Perry <neilfperry at btinternet.com> wrote:

>

> Hmm, our 'rules' were a little more harsh. From what I can remember:

>

> You got a whack around the ear in the playground from bigger boys

> if you:

> Listened to The Jam (bloody mods)

> Listened to Sham 69 (bloody joke band)

> Listened to The Clash after the first album (they'd sold out by

> touring the US a lot)

> Wore punk clothes/badges but still had neat/long hair

> Listened to The Damned after the first two albums (no longer

> 'proper' punks)

> Listened to PiL after the first album (Johnny Rotten had turned into

> a 'commie' - somebody actually said this to me once)

>

> There were other similar rules, but they changed so quickly that you

> were better off listening to what you wanted to listen to and learning

> to run away fast.

>

> N

>

> *"B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>* wrote:

>

> A friend and I once tried to compile a list of the "Top 10 unwritten

> rules for punks." Here they are:

>

>

> 1) One was that you are not allowed to wear your own band's shirt on

> stage, unless you are The Ramones. I guess Motorhead gets a pass on

> this. But I saw The Damned once playing wear t-shirts of their own band

> it just looked dumb.

>

> 2 ) Another: You should not wear a shirt of the band whose show you're

> attending. Many violators on the KJ XXV Gathering DVD. Hah. Except the

> gnarly hesher dude (A LABEL) in the Sepultura shirt up front. I still

> envy him for how close he got, though, even if his hair would have

> bothered me while he was headbanging a bit much during "Wardance."

>

> 3) Punks do not use the word "mosh."

>

> 4) Punks do not use the word "hoodie."

>

> 5) If you and some friends are traveling together to see a punk band,

> and you're wearing, say, a particular Discharge shirt, and you pick up

> one of your your friends in your car and he happens to be wearing the

> exact same shirt -- well, he has to go back inside and change his shirt

> to something else.

>

> 6) Punks do not wear white belts. Now, I have personally liked bands

> that wear white belts, but it's in spite of the white belt-age, not

> because of it.

>

> 7) Punks do not wear "girl jeans" and try to have hair like Luke

> Skywalker in 1977 on purpose, at the same time. Just no way. This means

> you,

>

> 8) No drum machines if possible. (I violate this one a lot. I like

> several bands that use'em but I prefer the real deal and I think Big

> Paul was amazing.)

>

> 9) Punks do not have goatees, especially if braided. They do not try to

> look like they are going to a Blackstone the Magician convention, or a

> Dave Navarro homage.

>

> I like bands and have friends that defy some of these rules, but these

> are some rough guidelines to go by. In the end, my friend and I couldn't

> come up with a full ten. I guess that one could be Alex in New York

> City's "NO LABELSSSSS!"

>

>

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> Neil Perry wrote:

> > Lol - it's true. When I was at school I remember all the 'punks'

> > were engaged in a constant fight about who was punk and who

> > wasn't - who had the 'right' hair, who used to be a proper punk but

> > now wasn't because they'd been caught listening to the 'wrong'

> > band, why some bands had been punk but now weren't anymore

> > because they'd broken some mysterious rule... ah, good times!

> >

> > N

> >

> >

> > */Leigh Newton /* wrote:

> >

> > I've always loved the fact that so-called punk rock has more rules

> > and regulations than any other kind of music.

> >

> > Leigh

> >

> >

> >

>

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