Post #637252 by Tipsy McStagger on Mon, May 21, 2012 4:45 AM

On 2012-05-20 21:10, thePorpoise wrote:

On 2012-05-19 11:02, Tipsy McStagger wrote:

When I got into punk rock, it was like we were the only ones in our school that were into it.... then we started seeing it everywhere the more we immersed ourselves in it and met more folks who were into it, the more widespread it seemed..... as with tiki, many aspects of the punk sub culture have found their way into mainstream then disappeared until the gatekeepers of culture decided there was money to be made, hence places like hot topic and such that sell all manner of commercial punk gear have appeared but where is the mainstream punk culture?? it's not there- because it was always a subculture, just like tiki is.....

an apt analogy perhaps if you were getting into punk rock for the first time in 2025.

and, if punk had originally been created to be consumed by the masses, as a faux melange of movements designed to capture the bucks of the bourgeoise...

Merely my 2 cents on the subject.... you clearly missed the point that others seemed to have gotten. Perhaps you would like to offer up your own, more precise theory or add something more to the discussion rather than criticism of others responses.