We undoubtedly live in pretty crappy version of cyberpunk. For already quite some time. Authoritarianism and techno-feudalism are on the rise. Cristo-fascism is blooming. Rights and freedoms are being taken from us every single day. Tech is transformed purely into means of data extraction, surveillance and control. However there does not seem to be any counter-culture forming, no music or art genres with strong messages rising up against all of this. Where is the punk of today?
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Here are 5 current day punk bands that I like. All are available on bandcamp.
- The Upfucks
- False Flag
- Generacion Suicida
- Total Massacre
- Hans Gruber and the Die Hards.
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Hans Gruber and the Die Hards
Got to see them when they did a tour playing with Escape From the Zoo, that show was wild!
I’ve loved them for a while. Good folks
Julie Andrews didn’t sing Edelweiss, that was Captain Von Trapp’s song. He’s the Punk you should admire.
Thank you for setting the record straight. Von Trapp is punk af. His whole vibe is NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF
I first saw that movie in the theater when I was about 7. I thought Captain Von Trapp was badass as fuck when he pulled up to his house, and tore down that Nazi flag.
I consider Bob Vylan to be modern punk. Also Hang Youth.
I heard the Vylan’s killing punk.
I agree Bob Vylan are punk. Saw them live a few weeks ago in a small venue in Sweden, and they put on a fantastic show.
Left folk and punk arent the same thing. Folk punk however is awesome. Reject society, learn the banjo
We need more than lupin proletariat
I listen to lots of punk music, especially in the electronic space. But I think people want to see another hardcore movement.
Really I see most people who actually try to make their own art as punk. The techno-fascists just want you to be complacent and consume content.
Any recommendations for punk electronic music? I’ve been wanting to get into making electronic music because disability means that’s a more accessible genre for me than playing traditional instruments, but it’s daunting to get into a new genre
Edit: this accessibility thing is also why electronic music, as a genre, has so much potential to be punk, which I find very cool
There’s quite a few good ones in the “Breakcore” genre like “machine girl” and “femtanyl”. I’m not sure they would consider themselves punk, but I have a pretty liberal definition of punk.
I also came across “blednost.” A little while ago, they’re pretty small. I just click on music that YouTube recommends a lot and find lots of small artists
Revocaton - new gods, new masters is about exactly what you described. Excellent lyrics.
Not punk, metal.
Not helpful for the question but it made me remember one book I read on Buhhism that was written by a punk artist that used to be around Ohio? Crap can’t recall the place think Akron was a city spot. Seemed like a fairly small artist from whati recall of the stories.
It’s fun to see where punk comes up is all, was never my particular taste for sound (or scene really) but I think their messge is awesome. Think all systems need their message reflected in controversial art, may not agree with their sound but so far a lot of messages have sounded better than the status quo. And sometimes seeing what the system brings shows what may be needed for change.
It’d be nice one day if punk couldn’t have the same message cause we did better for ourselves as society.
DEVO is from Akron Ohio
In France we’ve had a few white trash rappers take a decidedly punk slant. Ptite Soeur and Gemroz came out with the album Kayfabe Chimera about a year ago ; the track “Kayfabe” is, to me, full of punk messaging. Femtogo has more recently collabed with Ptite Soeur and the album they released, Pretty Dollcorpse, also has a decidedly punk message.
In terms of “old-school” punk music, you might find better recommendations on mastodon /the blogiverse rather than here on lemmy/the threadiverse.
Volunteer with your local chapter of Food Not Bombs, or other mutual aid collective. If you can’t find one, start one.
Organize it with a bicycle, some fliers, and a backet of wheat paste.
Visit your local infoshop and start reading zines.
Join your local affinity group. If you can’t find one, start one.
Hey we could be living in a Naziesque Christian theocracy. The technocrats havent won yet.
Punk isn’t anti-right. But it is anti-authoritarian.
That a lot of right are also authoritarian is just coincidence.
Yup, Skrewdriver are an early UK punk band and they are neo-nazis.
You know, I thought it was gone, spent my youth watching bands in garages and stuff, didn’t hear much about that anymore, community radio station still around.
But then my high schooler asked me to take her to a show in a church. A what? But we went and oh my goodness underground music is absolutely still around. There was a mosh pit, I wished I’d brought earplugs, way too loud for the space but there was a punk band, a speed metal band, and the band she went to see was the headliner - all local bands. It is still there, you just aren’t part of that world anymore.
A lot of early punk started in church basements. The best punk movements start in the spaces they can get, might be a church basement, someones garage, a retail space between leases, etc.
Hell yeah. There’s an unassuming restaurant in my town that hosts local all-ages punk and metal shows after the kitchen closes. The underground scene is alive and well. I’m looking forward to having your experience myself as my kids grow up.
That sounds like The Trunk Space! Though, I think they lost their church spot last year. I think TV Girl and AJJ were my favorite shows there. They also held a Desert Trash festival years ago.
