Originally Posted by Fenixpunk

as someone who has been in the scene for more than 13 years, ill take your challenge.

all of these bands are "industry punk" bands. Bands given the "punk" label to make a buck off of a scene that the real punks created themselves. without any help from the industry. How can a company make some money off of an entire music genre that wants nothing to do with them? easy. You get these pop rock bands with catchy tunes and pretty faces and start force feeding impressionable youths as much of it as you can, then give it a "cool" label and look that will sell. Make them seem as cool as you can, they wont know the differance, they werent around. Truth is, there is still real punk out there and the industry cant get theyre hands in it, because that is exactly what it is against. So you sell a carbon copy rip-off and try to pass it as the real deal, its a billion dollar scam. You might be able to convince one or two young people in here that you know what punk is because you supposedly work in the industry, but then theres those of us that know how the industry works and what the punk culture is really about because weve been a part of it.