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On the edge of the 30th anniversary of punk rock, Punk’s Not Dead takes you into the sweaty underground clubs, backyard parties, recording studios, and yes, shopping malls and stadium shows where punk rock music and culture continue to thrive.
Thirty years after bands like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols infamously shocked the system with their hard, fast, status-quo-killing rock, the longest-running punk band in history is drawing bigger crowds than ever, “pop-punk” bands have found success on MTV, and kids too young to drive are forming bands that carry the torch for punk’s raw, immediate sound. Meanwhile, “punk” has become a marketing concept to sell everything from cars to vodka, and dyed hair and piercings mark a rite of passage for thousands of kids. Can the true, nonconformist punk spirit still exist in today’s corporatized culture?
Featuring interviews, performances, and behind-the-scenes journeys with the bands, labels, fans, and press who keep punk alive, Punk’s Not Dead dares to juxtapose pop-punk’s music and lifestyle against the roots in the 70s and 80s, resulting in unexpected revelations.
A DIY search for the soul of a subculture and a celebration of all things loud, fast, and spiked, Punk’s Not Dead shows punk is stronger and more relevant today than it’s ever been.
Live performances, interviews and antics from:
36 Daggers, 999, The Adicts, Alkaline Trip, Anti-Flag, Angelic Upstarts, The Anti-Nowhere League, Anti-Product, The Ataris, The Bad Brains, Bad Religion, The Bags, Bang Sugar Bang, Squad, Jello Biafra, Billyclub, Black Flag, Black Market Baby, The Briefs, The Business, Buzzcocks, The Casualties, Channel 3, Circle Jerks, The Clash, sparrer, The Cramps, Culpables, The ed, Dead Kennedys, DEK, Desa, DI, The Diffs, Discharge, Division of Laura Lee, DOA, Dropkick Murphys, The Exploited, Fallopian, Flipper, The Forgotten, Funeral Dress, Fugazi, Generation X, GBH, The Germs, The God Awfuls, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Billy Idol, Iggy Pop, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Iron Cross, Juliette and the Licks, L7, Malas Cartas, MC5, Minor Threat, Mordingjarnir, My Chemical Romance, Naked Agression, Narcoleptic Youth, NOFX, The Offspring, Once and Again, Operation Ivy, Orange, Pennywise, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Plan B, Pogo Atak, Punk Rock Objects, The Rabble, The Ramones, Rancid, Rasputin, Rocket Rockers, Henry Rollins, Scream, Sex Pistols, Sham 69, Side Effect, Simple Plan, The Skulls, The Slits, T.V. Smith, Social Distortion, Stiff Little Fingers, Story of the Year, The Subhumans, Sum 41, Texas Teri, Thrice, Total Chaos, Toy Dolls, Tsunami Bomb, TSOL, TV Smith, U.K. Subs, Unwritten Law, U.S. Bombs, The Used, The Vibrators, Vice Squad, The Voids, Wild Weekend, Wrecking Crew, X, Yellocard, Youth Brigade…featuring additional interviews with Craig Aaronson (Warner Bros. Records), Lorraine Ali (Newsweek/MSNBC), Alternative Tentacles, Rodney Bingenhimer (KROQ DJ), David Brandt, BYO Records, Mitch Cramer, Brandon Cruz, Dischord Records, Drunk Tank House (Echo Park, California), Kipp Elbaum (CGBG’s), Fanscape, Gary Farley (Electric Chair), Epitaph Records, Fat Wreck Chords, Goldenvoice, The Goo Goo Dolls, Jim Guerinot (Rebel Waltz Management), Hot Topic, Barry Jones (Co-Founder, The Roxy), Kung Fu Records, Jenny Lens, Kevin Lyman (Founder, Warped Tour), Legs McNeil (Co-Founder, Punk Magazine; co-author, Please Kill Me), Chris Morris (Music Editor, Hollywood Reporter), Brendan Mullen (Founder, The Masque; co-author, We Got the Neutron Bomb), Kelly Osbourne, Alan Parker, Posh Boy Records, Punk Connection, Punk Rock Aerobics, Punk Voter, Brad Robarge (Punk Rock Skateboards/Team Goon), Jenny Russell (Founder, HITS/Wasted Festival), Rob Schwartz (TBWA/Chiat/Day), Noah Segan, SOS Records, Stormy Sheppard (Leave Home Booking), Side One Dummy Records, Ezzat Soliman (Showcase Theater), Kevin Spencer, Kevin Staab (Punk Rock Skateboards), Stryker (KROQ DJ), Todd Taylor (Razorcake Fanzine), Third Eye Blind, Steve Van Doren (Vans), Arturo Vega (Artistic Director, The Ramones), Shane West, Geza X …and more
Trailer music: “Living Chaos” by The Diffs
Punk’s Not Dead, oh no!
Duration : 0:1:14
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Punk Rock vs Pop Punk…Enjoy!:)
Good emo punk band
“An outraged cry against the rising right wing sentiment in the country and a counter to National Front marches, organisations like the Anti Nazi League and Rock Against Racism formed. The band leading the way in energising punk in a political sense was The Clash, who played an integral role in the Rock Against Racism movement (as did many other punk groups), taking the stage alongside groups like Aswad and further cementing the links between punk and reggae. Anarcho-punk bands like Crass also began to emerge, taking on board anti-nuclear and vegetarian causes in opposition to the right wing politics of Oi! Bands. We discuss the political confusion caused by the mass of ideas thrown into the air by punk.”
“An outraged cry against the rising right wing sentiment in the country and a counter to National Front marches, organisations like the Anti Nazi League and Rock Against Racism formed. The band leading the way in energising punk in a political sense was The Clash, who played an integral role in the Rock Against Racism movement (as did many other punk groups), taking the stage alongside groups like Aswad and further cementing the links between punk and reggae. Anarcho-punk bands like Crass also began to emerge, taking on board anti-nuclear and vegetarian causes in opposition to the right wing politics of Oi! Bands. We discuss the political confusion caused by the mass of ideas thrown into the air by punk.”
14 of my favorit punk bands. Enjoy speed and melody! (it may be controversial particularly for SUM 41 who’snt for some a punk band, the same for Antic Cafe but it’s my opinion; so give me yours!)
“An outraged cry against the rising right wing sentiment in the country and a counter to National Front marches, organisations like the Anti Nazi League and Rock Against Racism formed. The band leading the way in energising punk in a political sense was The Clash, who played an integral role in the Rock Against Racism movement (as did many other punk groups), taking the stage alongside groups like Aswad and further cementing the links between punk and reggae. Anarcho-punk bands like Crass also began to emerge, taking on board anti-nuclear and vegetarian causes in opposition to the right wing politics of Oi! Bands. We discuss the political confusion caused by the mass of ideas thrown into the air by punk.”
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