Stuff from the guts of Australian writer Nigel Featherstone
April 11, 2014 in Collage Nation, General sprays, Music is the best thing, Writing is the best thing too | Tags: does punk need to come back?, Griel Marus, I was never a punk but that doesn't mean I'm not fascinated, punk, Romones, where are the punks now (in more ways than one)?
Ramones by Ian Dickson, 1977. (Image source: Wikipedia Commons)
‘Punk to me was a form of free speech. It was a movement when suddenly all kinds of strange voices that no reasonable person could ever have expected to hear in public were being heard all over the place’
– Greil Marcus, author, rock critic, journalist
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April 12, 2014 at 9:16+00:00Apr
Gabrielle Bryden
yeah, we need to bring back the punks – I remember when I was a kid living in England in a time of peak punkdom and we need it back even if it’s just for the hairstyles 😉 – two foot high Mohawks and giant nappy pins – hahaha – so much energy in the music! #yayayay
April 12, 2014 at 9:16+00:00Apr
Nigel Featherstone
Ah yes, bring back the punks for the haircuts – brilliant idea! And that’s amazing that you were able to experience punk first hand. That must have been amazing. On a more serious note, I do hope there’s some kind of groundswelling of alternative points of view here in Australia. We certainly need it at the moment.
April 12, 2014 at 9:16+00:00Apr
Gabrielle Bryden
yes, we do need something like that – even students seem conservative nowadays. I was only watching from the sidelines – too young – I’d watch groups of punks parading along the streets and thought they were like really cool aliens 😌
April 15, 2014 at 9:16+00:00Apr
Nigel Featherstone
WHAT DO WE WANT? COOL ALIENS! WHEN DO WE WANT THEM? NOW!