^ :0 ermm yes we do have a brain lets use it please....

The stooges are proto-punk. They were a band before the term punk was applied to music, and are credited as a major influence on punk rock which was soon to come, but can't actually be considered part of the genre themselves from a historical perspective, because it didn't exist yet. Post-punk refers to bands that came after the genre's alleged death (i.e. the 80s onward)

Punk NEVER died, it just passed out

Punk was less a musical genre than it was an attitude or mantra. If you listen to "Punk" bands from the '70s like Television, the Velvet Underground, Wire, and even the Sex Pistols and the Ramones, they sound nothing like the "Punk" bands today. Like jr. said, Punk was about social consciousness, activism, and a whole lot of rebellion. Though I personally think the genre has gone rather stale, there are a few bands out there upholding the original ideas behind Punk.

Which ones?? I can't name any :(

Most of them playing other types of music

Quit being so cliche its annoying. Punk isn't dead, a genre of music can't die. Unless all the music is burned and wiped from everyones minds. This debate gets way old..

Was it even said punk is dead in here?


anyways punk's still kicking

meh punk is doing allright

same for me