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[Jake Wifebeater]

I see a whopping one punk band in that list, so I'm not voting on principle.

It's The Hijacks, in case you wondered.

[Teabags]

voted upstarts. as they are most certainly a punk band.

[The Ghost Of Fudge]

but what IS punk?

[daveladocus]

Originally Posted by The Ghost Of Fudge

but what IS punk?

punk:
a - A type of rock 'n' roll with loud, energetic music and often harsh lyrics criticizing traditional society and culture.

b - Slang - A young man who is the sexual partner of an older man.

c - Archaic - A prostitute

(American Heritage Dictionary)

[Scorge]

Originally Posted by The Ghost Of Fudge

but what IS punk?

A can of worms bigger than your mother's lovebucket.

[lovers_spit]

was punk no just a brief underground movement in the 70's?

maybe im just being pedantic

i know no-one here except 10 easy wishes.

[Jake Wifebeater]

Originally Posted by Teabags

voted upstarts. as they are most certainly a punk band.

Fuck, so they are in there. OK, two...

[stuartmaxwell]

upstarts by a country mile, always enjoyed seeing them and its not even my kind of thing

i do like 10ew, but they aint a punk band

[we make you music]

The Hijacks and Contra are by far the best active punk bands in this poll. However, how Crashdown got ignored from this poll is beyond me. But then nothing surprises me about Aberdeen Music anymore. The clock seemed to have stopped in about 2005.

It always seems really stupid to me that a band like dropkick murphies w/ mad caddies can pretty much sell out moshulu, yet the average attendance at a local punk gig is about 20-30 people (that's being optimistic). We have one of the hardest working most dedicated d.i.y punk promoters in scotland in gfn, Who regularly get high profile punk bands from all over the world to come to Aberdeen (not just the latest 'hardcore' band from glasgow), yet no-one really seems to care. I know for a fact that 90% of the people that attend sell out drummonds hardcore shows list bands like anti-flag/rise against/pennywise/bad religion as their main influences yet ignore this style of music when it is right on their doorstep.

It seems the 'I'll go if your going' mentallity rules. And generally this will only result in the latest fad being attended. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with this. If people are genuinely attending because they have actively looked out for that music because it appeals to them, unfortunately i feel the majority attend because it is cool to be hardcore or cool to be 'label this genre'. Unfortunately right now in Aberdeen, it's not 'cool' to be punk.

And when we have bands of the calibre of Contra/Hijack's/Crashdown that's just a shame.

But anyway This isn't the point of these polls........so, mon the random excuse for a piss up in yer best finery.

Cheers

[The Ghost Of Fudge]

Originally Posted by we make you music

how Crashdown got ignored from this poll is beyond me.

i decided "Brechin" wasn't Aberdeen-enough. Elgin bands get ignored too.