I feel like the moment you start policing what is and isn’t “real art” in a subculture is the moment you value social status over the actual art. Once you start going “that’s not real metal” “that’s not real punk” you forget that art is art, and it’s unique to every person. You see it instead as a product that you can carry around and show off; hey I listen to ABC band and you can’t listen to XYZ because it’s not a real [insert-genre] band so you’re a poser. Like dude. ATP you don’t care about the music at all, you just wanna feel superior by gatekeeping your subculture.


















