punk isnāt just skinny. punk isnāt just perfect mohawks or aesthetically pleasing jackets. punk isnāt only listening to dead kennedys or black flag. punk is being an individual, having no respect for our fascist authority, sticking up for the little guy even if you are the little guy. punk isnāt just a look or a music scene.
i literally made this because nazis and the alt right canāt be punk
Stop bringing politics into music genres lmao
stop bringing politicsā¦ā¦.. into punk????
Hereās Green Day, one of the most popular and well known punk bands.
Wait, but thereās MORE!
Wait, in case you werenāt convinced that the punk scene is political and is all about standing up against fascism and bullshit and racism that America is facing:
shut up. Punk is not just a fucking music genre.
Ok Iām reblogging this again bc when I went to see green day, before they properly started playing they made us make a pledge, at the gig there is to be āNo racism, no sexism, no homophobia, no donald trumpā
Punk has been political long before Green Day existed. The political history of the Punk scene(s) cannot be divorced from the music scene(s) that arose out of them. It is not just about music. It is not just about fashion. The stylistic choices made have meaning and are situated in a social/political context.Ā
That being said, itās really important to acknowledge that Neo-Nazis didnāt infiltrate the Punk subculture for no reason. Absolutely, make it clear that Neo-Nazis are not welcome in The Punk Scene. However, part of doing that means confronting how they got there.
Punk music isnāt all about one political stance, though itās commonly anti-authoritarian. Anyone can utilize the genre to promote their own ideologies, even if a popular intention of the genre is to be anti-authoritarian. Green Day is just one of many bands who use Punk music to spread their ideology.Ā
Itās not just punk. Music has been used as a form of rebellion against oppression for a hell of a long time. Fuck, centuries even.Ā The people who donāt get this have most likely never been oppressed in their life.
A few protest/āpoliticalā songs, and some about specific tragedies, from recent history, that arenāt just punk:
Zombie, The Cranberries
I Know A Place, MUNA
99 Luftballons, Nena
Beds Are Burning, Midnight Oil
Khe Sahn, Cold Chisel
I Was Only Nineteen, Redgum
The Greatest, Sia
Fuck Tha Police , N.W.A
Eve of Destruction, Barry McGuire
We Are The World, USA for Africa
Say It Loud (Iām Black and Iām Proud), James Brown
Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell (or more recently, Counting Crows)
Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen
Know Your Rights, The Clash
Holiday in Cambodia, Dead Kennedys
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Gil Scott Heron
Weāve been doing this shit forever, itās not new. War, racism, fascism, homophobiaā¦ if itās harmed people, itās been put into music. Itās an incredibly powerful medium that has changed the world before, and to say that politics, hatred, and tragedy shouldnāt be featured is, honestly, simply ignorant.
I cannot deal with the sheer level of numbskull-ery in a statement like āDonāt bring politics into musicā as if this is some Silly Tumblr Fad and not something thatās been a thing for over a hundred years
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If your punk isnāt political, then youāre punking wrong
