With the advent of MTV, the punk uniform became an identity. Lots of US kids wanted an identity, so this became a cool one for some.
How every punk scene begins: This is about being an individual and expressing yourself.
How every punk scene dies: NOT THAT WAY!
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
With the advent of MTV, the punk uniform became an identity. Lots of US kids wanted an identity, so this became a cool one for some.
MTV was way later. Kids here were wearing a punk uniform much earlier bondage trousers and leather jackets were here late '77. The Clash bought into that image for a while.
In September 1976 John Rotten wore the famous bondage suit at the Chalet du Lac, Paris, France. Bondage trousers went on sale in Malcolm's shop not long after. Most punks couldn't afford his prices and soon they were copied by Boy also in the Kings Road, London. Then months later they were available at various market stalls.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
With the advent of MTV, the punk uniform became an identity. Lots of US kids wanted an identity, so this became a cool one for some.
How every punk scene begins: This is about being an individual and expressing yourself.
How every punk scene dies: NOT THAT WAY!
This is how the republican party works too.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
With the advent of MTV, the punk uniform became an identity. Lots of US kids wanted an identity, so this became a cool one for some.
How every punk scene begins: This is about being an individual and expressing yourself.
How every punk scene dies: NOT THAT WAY!
This is how the republican party works too.
Let's see what we got in the news today...
Hey, Lance Ito, remember him?
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
There's a case to be made, perhaps, that everything awful about the 90s can be captured by Jay Leno.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft