Lots of older punks blame pop punk but I think it breathed a bit of life into an already dying genre.
I think it has alot to do with older punks gatekeeping the culture and newer punks being discounted as "not being punk enough" and eventually being turned off and turning to emo/metal/hip hop rather than being associated with a bunch of drunks and junkies holding the culture to themselves. Opinion.
What a load of dumbassery.
Disagree? Please enlighten me.
Have you ever actually been to a punk show before? There's always plenty of young people there as well as the older folks.
I don't think you have a very good understanding of what you're talking about.
That doesn't really disprove anything he said.
He never really proved anything to begin with.
Again, my post reads "opinion". You are welcome to disagree. There are still punks of all ages that attend shows, not nearly as there used to be though. You can't argue that punk rock as a genre has not struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, it actually lends itself to the punk lifestyle. I believe that's part of why punk's influence hasn't grown but has shrunk.
Drug and alcohol addiction is something that affects almost all groups of people these days. It has nothing to do with punk. ---