Photos from when Punk Mattered

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Andy Rosen's punk photos on Flickr

Underground photographer Andy Rosen posted his stunning series "London Punks 1976-1984" to Flickr. Seen here, David J. of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets. Other photos include Johnny Rotten, Siouxsie Sioux, Paul Weller, and a slew of live shots of The Clash.

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Punk mattered? I guess to a handful of people.

Excellent.

The first colour pic though is not Jonny Rotten, it has to be Vansmack…..

i'd rather been seen as pathetic than a complainer

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
Punk mattered? I guess to a handful of people.

Would you consider yourself an egregious person?

I don't know the meaning of that word without looking it up. So I guess the answer would be no. Does my answer make me punk?

Originally posted by MTB-Markie:

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
Punk mattered? I guess to a handful of people.

Would you consider yourself an egregious person?

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
I don't know the meaning of that word without looking it up. So I guess the answer would be no. Does my answer make me punk?

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You are as cantankerous as your vocabulary is pathetic.

Is that some kind of herpes reference? Is that close enough to the syph? Someone call econo.

Originally posted by MTB-Markie:


cantankerous [/QB]

Ha! I was thinking of one of these for Rhett:

curmudgeon

n : a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

He's not quite old enough for that though. This might be better:

malcontent

n : A chronically dissatisfied person

And Rhett, here you go for egregious:

adj. : conspicuously bad or offensive

What are you talking about Arlette? I'm an old man. Don't deny me that.

ass·hole ( P ) Pronunciation Key (shl)

n. Vulgar Slang
1: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous [syn: bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB]

2: excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal [syn: anus, arse, arsehole]

some more?


Inimical (the best adjective for Rhett)

Belligerant

Pugnacious

Truculent

pedomorphic

puerile

callow

But really, who did punk really matter to in this country? I graduated from a class of 200 in 1985, and I can't remember anybody who was in the couple of grades ahead of me or behind me who were into punk at all.

It seems that punk was mostly a thing for a very tiny group of jaded upper middle class suburban white kids.

unctuous, iconoclastic, latently homosexual, pedantic

hmmm let me see… I heard The Clash on the radio when I was in High School graduated in 80. Creem and Rolling Stone magazine were covering punk. The Ramones and the rest of the New York bands were being savored by fans. So yup Punk didn't matter in the US.

Someone please answer my question. Or is it more "punk rock" to call Rhett names?

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
But really, who did punk really matter to in this country? I graduated from a class of 200 in 1985, and I can't remember anybody who was in the couple of grades ahead of me or behind me who were into punk at all.

It seems that punk was mostly a thing for a very tiny group of jaded upper middle class suburban white kids.

It was hugely influential to many musicians and spawned several different, new genres of music.

Just because it was not commerically successful does not mean it was not influential.

I forget who said this, but it's apt for this discussion:

"Only 1,000 people bought the first Velvet Underground record, but all 1,000 of them became musicians."

Not classifying VU as completely punk, just making a comparison to commerical vs. influential.

Green Day were one of the top 10 grossing tours from last year, U2 were number 1. U2 appeared on some punk compilations and were spawned from the can do era.

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
But really, who did punk really matter to in this country? I graduated from a class of 200 in 1985, and I can't remember anybody who was in the couple of grades ahead of me or behind me who were into punk at all.

It seems that punk was mostly a thing for a very tiny group of jaded upper middle class suburban white kids.

Sure, but those jaded upper middle class suburban white kids are now movers and shakers, while the 200 goobers from Podunk, NY are either faceless pencil pushers or work the morning shift at the big 84 Lumber store in Oswego.