Punk rock's recent comeback is explained by those working in the genre. Go inside the surging popularity for bands like blink-182, Turnstile and more.
  • boboliosisjones@feddit.nuEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I think there’s plenty of good punk acts that have playing the last 15 years. Some even with decent mainstream success like Amyl and the Sniffers and Viagra Boys.

  • ushmel@piefed.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    It’s too bad some of the popular bands like Kublai Khan TX are MAGA idiots. The hardcore scene always had losers but this push will be rough

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Unfortunately hardcore has a bit of Nazi/far right problem. Seems to be more of a problem since conservatives really leaned into the ideology that they’re really the ones being oppressed by the state despite all evidence to the contrary.

      Kinda ironic considering some of the OG hardcore scenes formed around violently hunting down neo-nazi.

  • octopus_ink@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I was the right age at the right time to have been really into peak 80s punk, but was far too oblivious to pretty much everything that made it special to appreciate it at all at the time.

    I can certainly tell you what has kindled my recent interest to explore the genre, and it wasn’t because I was pissed off about pronouns and DEI. Now to click the link and see if the article tries to suggest some other reason…

    😁