Punk Arse

**Maha** · 3rd October 2013, 14:14

Who was into the Punk scene when it was... favourable?
Discussed over a few drink a couple of weeks ago was.. music in our teens and how we got there. Was never my kind of music, I guess it was the association or perceived wankers that went for it in my view. Turns out, that is not so, when those at the table of drinks expressed their love for the genre' but not the dress code.

I was more Deep Purple/Eagles/Jethro Tull (after the beach boys and Simon & Garfunkel were pushed aside) Never really got that whole Zepplin thing but I did own their last studio album 'In through the out door'

1977 I was introduced to Kiss and that was it for the next decade, but Punk never registered as anything more than uncontrolled noise to me.

**Big Dave** · 3rd October 2013, 14:30

I went to a few early Punk gigs. The Saints in Oxford Street. Radio Birdman at Coogee. Bought some vinyl too.

I was never angry enough to be a Punk though. Nice bikes will do that.

Although I was into Zepplin when they were the Yardbirds.

**Crasherfromwayback** · 3rd October 2013, 14:44

Originally Posted by Big Dave

I went to a few early Punk gigs. The Saints in Oxford Street. Radio Birdman at Coogee. Bought some vinyl too.

I was never angry enough to be a Punk though. Nice bikes will do that.

Although I was into Zepplin when they were the Yardbirds.

I was into it reasonably big time, as were two of my best mates. But here in Welly...it wasn't so much the punks that were angry but the local skinheads and the street kids. Lots and lots of fights/brawls with those fuckers!

**SVboy** · 3rd October 2013, 14:55

Waiting for unstuck to enter the thread in 3,2,1....... In Christchurch we had the Gordons, Vauxhalls, Androidds et al. Wonderful. Sort of a NZ/flying Nun take on punk.Maha prefers Kiss to Led zep. Kill him with fire! [not really.......]

**HenryDorsetCase** · 3rd October 2013, 14:56

I was. Or pretended to be.

I still am.

**Big Dave** · 3rd October 2013, 14:59

The guys I knew that went Punk were no good with girls. They did better where all they had to do was grunt at the somewhat rarer punkess for a feel.

**Banditbandit** · 3rd October 2013, 15:04

Originally Posted by Maha

Who was into the Punk scene when it was... favourable?
Discussed over a few drink a couple of weeks ago was.. music in our teens and how we got there. Was never my kind of music, I guess it was the association or perceived wankers that went for it in my view. Turns out, that is not so, when those at the table of drinks expressed their love for the genre' but not the dress code.

I was more Deep Purple/Eagles/Jethro Tull (after the beach boys and Simon & Garfunkel were pushed aside) Never really got that whole Zepplin thing but I did own their last studio album 'In through the out door'

1977 I was introduced to Kiss and that was it for the next decade, but Punk never registered as anything more than uncontrolled noise to me.

I Loved the Clash, The Dammed - I had a ripped T-Shirt with The Clash spray painted on it ...

I started with Led Zep (Zep III was first album I ever bought) and Deep Purple ... I had Aqualung (J/T) but that was all ...

Then The Clash turned up - stunning ... so I was a punk - in CHCH in the late 1970s ..

**Katman** · 3rd October 2013, 15:22

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

Then The Clash turned up - stunning ... so I was a punk - in CHCH in the late 1970s ..

First concert I ever went to was The Clash at the Logan Campbell Centre in 1982.

**Road kill** · 3rd October 2013, 15:45

Was never really into the music but did spend a bit of time at the boot girls bar off Symonds st.

Could be an odd place at times,bikers at one end,skin heads and real punks at the other,a few white power wankers that never lasted due to the odd Maori content that would look at them an scare them into fucking off else where.

It always looked a place that could get violent very quickly,but it never did.

I always liked the punks because of their great dress sense and some of the hair cuts that went with it.

I mean what can you say about a rooster with a safty pin through it's nose,,fuckin' awesome bro,

**Maha** · 3rd October 2013, 15:50

Originally Posted by SVboy

Waiting for unstuck to enter the thread in 3,2,1....... In Christchurch we had the Gordons, Vauxhalls, Androidds et al. Wonderful. Sort of a NZ/flying Nun take on punk.Maha prefers Kiss to Led zep. Kill him with fire! [not really.......]

They were unique at the time and though their music wasn't thaaaaaaaaat great, they had the whole package going on there for 10 years or so. But I never walked around with face paint (ok, platform shoes were allowed in the 70's) unlike some of those who followed punk where nose rings/chains were the norm. Was Adam Ant punk?

**HenryDorsetCase** · 3rd October 2013, 16:01

Originally Posted by Maha

Was Adam Ant punk?

not the Adam Ant you mean (White wedding). but he was a punk in the London scene. He was in a band with Tony James and I think Jah Wobble at one point. And he might have been in the London SS band too?

it was a very incestuous scene.

in fact here is a wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ant

Here is a better question:

Were The Ramones punk? Or Television? Or Talking Heads? Or Blondie?

**cynna** · 3rd October 2013, 16:08

punk still lives - come to the chch punkfest on labour weekend at the trike club

about 15-20 bands over 2 nights and a daytime show on the saturday. cheap and its byo so even better

the uk subs were supposed to be playing in chch tonight but cancelled there tour. the next old uk band coming over here is the members in early november

**unstuck** · 3rd October 2013, 16:28

Punks not dead.........I still have a mohawk and Im nearing 50. Love the music, the louder and angrier the better.

A lot of bikers are punks in my eyes due too their fuck the norm attitude, and I have always been into both. Some punks dress in suits and hold down pretty respectable jobs, some punks sniff glue and live life on the dole. The music is not for everyone, but then I cant stand pop music. Each to their own. OI OI OI.