Submitted by Herb Tarlick on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 12:32pm.
It says the video has been taken down (not that I could watch it at work anyway). This stuff (Quincy, Class of ‘84, CHiPs, etc.) still has the power to get me upset even after all these years. Hollywood not only got it wrong in the 1980s, they got it wrong in the most ridiculous ways imaginable. Yes Dingey, there wasn’t much makeup (unless you were Jack Grisham from TSOL or in Social Distortion maybe). There were obviously dumbshits that got into the American punk/hardcore scene (we’re talking pre-1985, not that amusical crap called ‘hardcore’ that you sold at Flipside in the ’90s), but most people in bands and promoting shows were intelligent young men and women (not so many women but oh well) who generally had a positive message (like straight edge, again the ’80s version) and often solid political values as well (like the Minutemen).
I have a conspiracy theory that Hollywood thought they could destroy punk in America. They knew the makeup and the way they portrayed the scene was cheap caricature. They saw it as a genuine threat to their ability to make money because so much punk and hardcore was being done on a local level with small independent labels and show promoters. Of course once they realized they could make money on it they all started lining up (this began around ‘86 with the signing of Husker Du and of course there is the Nirvana story) but prior to that they thought they could mock it out of existence.
I don’t really think that Hollywood thought enough about “punk” to have any desire to destroy it. Why would they—so much of it was produced by and consumed by suburban white kids with cash! It was just another thing to exploit for a quick buck. All youth movements are grossly and hilariously misrepresented by Hollywood! Jazz, rock and roll, punk, hip hop, you name it.
“You’re just a white suburban punk…..like me.”—Otto Parts, Repo Man
sweet baby jebus
Thank you for that! I’m delighted to see the crotchety music professor from “FAME” too!
d'oh!
WE CANNOT PUT A PUNKER IN CHARGE OF OUR NURSERY!!!!!
dang!
That’s such a “PUNK” song that he busts out to introduce hiimself to the tots!
synergistic marketing
I love that the google ad on the sidebar says “Listen to Punk Music NOW!”
I COMMANDIT!
why why why why
Why did TV think that punks all wore makeup? I thought that was strictly second-rate British shit!
It says the video has been
It says the video has been taken down (not that I could watch it at work anyway). This stuff (Quincy, Class of ‘84, CHiPs, etc.) still has the power to get me upset even after all these years. Hollywood not only got it wrong in the 1980s, they got it wrong in the most ridiculous ways imaginable. Yes Dingey, there wasn’t much makeup (unless you were Jack Grisham from TSOL or in Social Distortion maybe). There were obviously dumbshits that got into the American punk/hardcore scene (we’re talking pre-1985, not that amusical crap called ‘hardcore’ that you sold at Flipside in the ’90s), but most people in bands and promoting shows were intelligent young men and women (not so many women but oh well) who generally had a positive message (like straight edge, again the ’80s version) and often solid political values as well (like the Minutemen).
I have a conspiracy theory that Hollywood thought they could destroy punk in America. They knew the makeup and the way they portrayed the scene was cheap caricature. They saw it as a genuine threat to their ability to make money because so much punk and hardcore was being done on a local level with small independent labels and show promoters. Of course once they realized they could make money on it they all started lining up (this began around ‘86 with the signing of Husker Du and of course there is the Nirvana story) but prior to that they thought they could mock it out of existence.
From Star Trek: The Umpteenth Movie
www.youtube.com/watch
heheh
I don’t really think that Hollywood thought enough about “punk” to have any desire to destroy it. Why would they—so much of it was produced by and consumed by suburban white kids with cash! It was just another thing to exploit for a quick buck. All youth movements are grossly and hilariously misrepresented by Hollywood! Jazz, rock and roll, punk, hip hop, you name it.
“You’re just a white suburban punk…..like me.”—Otto Parts, Repo Man