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Originally Posted by elphenor
it is an outrageous statement, but it also might be true
I've never met an "only punk" fan for real
maybe if someone got too into hardcore?
usually punk opens people up to later enjoying avant, noise, electronic, funk...even ironically disco
for example liking the Clash will lead right into liking some dub
people who get too into metal risk ruining their ears ala that Manifest666 guy on this board
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Nah apart from that one metal loser here I've never met an Only Metal fan either. Any genre opens up to other genres, whether or not you take that route depends on those characteristics I mentioned, like curiosity. Thinking punk is some special bridge to more difficult music is your tunnel vision.
People who won't go farther into music (because they're not curious for example) only take the music that's thrown in their way. Metal and hip hop are far more popular genres than punk nowadays, so in total you probably won't find as many metal and hip hop listeners crossing over into experimental stuff, but that's correlation instead of causation. It's not those genres ruining their palate; it's them sticking to popular music and the rules of fashion which dictate what that music is. Anyone weird enough to get into proper punk in 2021 already has the mindset to explore further.