Is Punk dead? Why? Can someone who is old be Punk?

it so depends on the person. to me punk is very much alive both as a music genre and as a culture. first, the music. i'm tired of everyone who says that the only real punk music ever written was in 1977-1979. what did those bands do that was so punk... they got tired of listening to the crap on the radio and did something different. bands are doing that all the time. if you limit punk to this one era in time then you are undermining the whole basis for the movement. the same thing happened when hardcore came out of DC, they were tired and angry of what they were hearing from the punk scene so they took it up like 10 notches. same thing in the mid '80s with hair metal, then in the '90s with cheese pop. its all relative to the time when you were growing up and said to yourself, "all this stuff is crap, and i don't want to be a part of it" thats when punk began, it begins with the individual. as for the scene, ok the scene right now is totally mixed up. you have these bands that are signed to major labels and are acting like the boy bands of the early 2000's, then you have the bands who came up through the ranks of indie labels and are now on majors, then you have the indie labels who are owned by majors, then the real indie labels and the the unsigned punk bands. its more confusing than ever. but its easy if you step back and listen. punk shines through whatever label you are on. if you sit and listen to fallout boy, you know something's not right. yet you can listen to new anti-flag and find that they still have the same message they did 10 years ago. so its really not that bad, just listen to the stuff you know that is still staying true to its roots. i think its better to be punk and older cause then you can step back from the scene and know what its all about. its way easier to be punk when you work 40 hours a week, have tons of bills, and live in a crappy apartment. for kids that are 14 and 15 they don't know the reason why the bands have all this anger, they can't relate. they just think its cool to be punk. punk has never been cool, thats why its punk. if you do it to be cool, you're the kid that becomes disillusioned with it the fastest cause you have no stake in it, there was never any heart. i mean i'm 27, i started listening to punk at 14. i just graduated from law school and am in debt up to my ears. i cringe every time i listen to the news and become more angry at the system everyday. and guess what... i'm punk cause i try to change this crappy world and i'm not satisfied with just sitting and complaining, so i'm actually doing something.

All those kids playing in vfws want to be punk, and maybe they are. Or maybe their parents bought them their instruments and they live in giant houses and really have no idea what punk is and they just like to be cool. I went to those shows, and not all of those people are punk. Time will weed out the real ones.

And, real punk WAS from the 70s, not the 90s, and any of those bands will tell you their influences were the real thing and that they're honored to be grouped in with them.

Yes. Punk is more than just music. It's a culture, it's a way of living and it's a lifestyle.

The punk culture is defined as being underground and it's against any kind of mainstream access. Therefore, punk died after it became mainstream and part of popular culture.

There was a time when you had to go to a very underground and dirty and small venue in order to be able to see punk bands play and bands did not sign to major labels and the DIY ethics were all over the place. That's when punk was alive.

Now you can buy a band's tshirt in the mall in hot topic, bands sign to major labels and play on MTV. Therefore punk is dead.

But have in mind that this does not mean that punk MUSIC is not around anymore. There are still some good punk rock bands that still follow the punk culture, but there are very of of them. Definitely not as how it used to be.

oh boy. the real punks are the ones who got the whole thing started in the late 70's, with the ramones, sex pistols, the clash, the damned, etc etc etc. assuming that the average age for a punk fan/band member in 1977 was 20, that would mean that they are 50 now.

so in short, yes REAL punk is dead. this gay green day/mxpx/good charlotte bullsh!t is not punk it's pretty boy garbage. and yes, the REAL punks are in their 50's now.

previous punk- the Damned, the Ramones, the intercourse Pistols, the conflict, the Velvet Underground aside from the Adicts, who've been jointly because of the fact the Nineteen Seventies, there is not any new punk.

Maybe I'm not in any position to answer this question, but I will anyway.

Punk is an exeptional culture that has beaten the odds and developed with time. Its name will change, as will its style, but it has buried itself deep in human nature, and, in my opinion, will be quite "alive" for a long time to come.

You people are retarded. Punk is not dead. 80's punk is dead. Punk itself, though, is stronger and more lively now than it has ever been. Its more than mohawks and plaid pants. its wanting to be entirely different.