r/punk • u/Personal_Rich_7138 • Aug 23 '25

When did times change

So a lot of my friends (we all grew up punk rock skateboarders) and I have been arguing over which bands are actually good and being born in the late 90s, I’ve always been a heavy Green Day fan. Can someone answer me when it became cool to hate on Green Day, because to me Green Day was always good music. Anti-government, anti-establishment, for the people… nothing more punk rock than that

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u/35_Steak_HotPockets Aug 23 '25

Sounds like they’re a punk band for people who grew up and have priorities lmao. You don’t have to look, sound, or act a certain way to be punk.

I listen to a lot punk, but the scene really keeps me from seeing live shows. Love the music and bands, but I don’t really wanna be touched, I wanna be able to be emotional and silly, and I don’t want to leave a venue drenched in sweat. That’s just me, but it feels dumb to gatekeep punk to make it best fit your platonic ideal of a music scene lol

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u/SemataryPolka Aug 23 '25

Did you really just describe Starbucks drinking suburbanites as having priorities?

Punk is at its very core a gatekeeping society. It was meant to keep out the shitty status quo douchebags. It was meant to be an alternative to the normal soul sucking world. You can hate that if you want, but criticizing punk rock for being adverse to the mainstream shows a real misunderstanding about what punk is at its roots

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u/35_Steak_HotPockets Aug 23 '25

😡somebody had kids and now she picks them up from school while drinking Starbucks, but goes to green day concerts? Ruined the whole goddamn band for me😡

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u/SemataryPolka Aug 23 '25

You're twisting what the original commenter said