Devo are fun
while you may say what they're doing aren't subversive, deconstructing pop songs and iconic anthems ("Satisfaction") is pretty subversive to me, and it doesn't just need to be "rebellion"
look, i can dig "art-punk" - bands like Television taking the format of a popular song and completely rearranging it to something new, with no hint of rebellion
skate punk should just be called "skate pop" or something, cos there ain't anything "punk" about it, besides borrowing the 3-chord Keep It Simple, Stupid, aesthete
and my 2 cents on this marketability thing (this is getting to be a really drawn-out debate):-
it's the crass commercialisation of this skater punk craze that killed off the DIY of the thriving hardcore scene, with not a few bands jumping on the bandwagon for a quick stash
i had high hopes when the Epitaph imprints appeared (not skate punk) but that dwindled rather quickly
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