The whole punk aesthetic is a joke now. Punk was big for me when I was a kid and it's gone completely to the other side. It used to mean you stood out and rejected society (and faced violence because of it). Now it means you accept the mainstream and condemn everyone that doesn't.
I used to go to a lot of punk shows and one kid I knew would wake up early on Saturday and spend hours until the afternoon crafting his mohawk just right for that nights show. He would spend hours on his hair. How punk rock, man...
The whole punk aesthetic is a joke now. Punk was big for me when I was a kid and it's gone completely to the other side. It used to mean you stood out and rejected society (and faced violence because of it). Now it means you accept the mainstream and condemn everyone that doesn't.
I used to go to a lot of punk shows and one kid I knew would wake up early on Saturday and spend hours until the afternoon crafting his mohawk just right for that nights show. He would spend hours on his hair. How punk rock, man...
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