Punk and MTV

jokerstwistedragdoll · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:37 pm Post subject: ...

well i didnt exactly mean it like that. i mean just clothing and stuff... ppl hate ppl for the stupidest reasons.... just clothes or the way they put on make-up...

punk_ash · Tadpole Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 25

punk and mtv do not go to gether. and they shouldnt go together. good charlotte is a poser band too.

***** · Alley Cat Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 176

and thats about the millionth time ive heard someone call good charlotte a poseur band .....

shinobi · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject:

Good Charlotte are crap. End of story. I don't know if they ever claimed to be punk and I don't care but they are just crap.

Hexa · Fierce Poodle Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 279

Bad Religion · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 8:36 am Post subject:

Why is everyone ALWAYS going on about MTV?

Who gives a shit?? And why if they play something punk and all the fans of that band suddenly hate them?

I know MTV is mainstream/commerical or whatever, but a lot of bands end up mainstream in the end and that's just what happens. I kinda respect the ones that don't, in a way, but you shouldn't really have to care if your favourite band goes mainstream. Ultimately it's about the music and even though I usually object a bit to mainstream [pop] artists, if a band gets picked up by a major label it must mean they're pretty talented...

All this MTV shit, it's kind of stupid, really... Why the hell would you hate a band just 'cos they "sold out" and went on MTV?

Enforcer · Alley Cat Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 182

This shit is just old hat. It always just comes down to the same old shit about whether or not something is 'punk' enough or whether or not something is 'poser'. This is just another means for ignorant twats to try and demean the whole thing by trying to portray punk rock as some image that is just there to enforce fads and divide every little thing into what is considered 'in' or 'out'.

Punk used to just be itself. Just punk. No restrictions. Of course, somehow funny, seeing as that's what it meant to many of us. It was always just about musically expressing yourself entirely without any regard for outsider views towards what you did. It was something really great.

As you can see here, like all really great things, it eventually fizzled out, died, and turned to shit. This is what we have as a result.

bassdude · Tadpole Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Posts: 21

slippy_jenkins · Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject:

Mainstream success isnt a bad thing, IMO, as long as you dont sign to a major label and your music comes from your true heart and mind.