Rob Rushing founded the nonprofit Punk Rock Saves Lives because, he said, “Punks actually give a (bleep)’
Punk rock doesn’t fool me. The safety pins, the mohawks, the spiked leather and the combat boots.
It’s not an act. It’s a statement – and an empathic one, at that. Punk deliberately subverts authority, the social order and mainstream conventions with an aggressive, confrontational sound that celebrates chaos and dearly aspires to shock you.
But … c’mon.
I once wrote that there was enough love at an X reunion concert to give punk rock a bad name. There were more hugs than elbows being thrown in the Ogden Theatre mosh pit that night…