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Crazyman93 posted...

DuranOfForcena posted...

Punk is an abomination, and is a much narrower genre than Metal. there are so many different kinds of Metal, it is mind boggling. one can be into one kind of metal without being into 5 others. not true with Punk. you're pretty much either into Punk or not.

Pretty much. Punk's main musical divisions are Pop, Hardcore, and Skate. And the hardcore stuff can easily devolve into some drug addict screaming incoherently into a mic and then trying to rape someone. Yes really. Look up GG Alin. Guy was insane. Most of the other divisions are along philosophical lines, whether they sing for communism, or environmentalism.

That's not true at all. Punk actually boils down to (as we mentioned before); Celtic, Horror, Hardcore, Emo, Pop, Skate, Street, Oi!, Rockabilly/Psychobilly, Dance, etc.

Yes, GG Allin was insane (though I don't think he was ever convicted or charged with rape), but he hardly represents the entirety of punk. Not all punks do drugs (Straight Edge is huge in some circles). Not all punks are left wing (Lee Ving and one of the Ramones were conservative, IIRC) and some are even apolitical (The Misfits, most of Horror Punk, Ska Punk is mostly too) and some are more 'working class' (Celtic, Oi! and Street punk in particular). Not all punk is incoherent screaming (not sure where you even get that from; even the most common place bands such as NoFX and Bad Religion have very clean vocals).

Punk is more about attitude than actual musical sound, unlike metal. It mixes so freely because it's more about attitude and energy. You can't really pin it down to any fashion, or band, or philosophy because there is probably a band that reflects each one and is considered 'punk'.