Originally Posted by TheBig3

Punk doesn't really offer much besides just lashing out and screaming. There's some aesthetic appeal to not being able to play your instruments because to learn music theory is somehow classist. Punks tend to exemplify the Dunning-Kruger effect. They know something about politics, and that makes them think they understand everything, and in their infinite wisdom, they've made the sage determination that the whole system should be burned down.

The difference between a punk band and people who make music is the ability to read and a months worth of therapy. Mind you, I like some of the punk I've come across, but I mostly wrote this because the players on this forum love to attack someone elses position without taking one of their own. And I thought I'd give them something to chew on for a week.