In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy hair.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What was punk all about? To me, it was if you really want to do something, go ahead and do it.
I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that.
We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.
To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.
Punk music is rebellious.
After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk.
I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die.
Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.
Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.