So if punk is a mentality

which artist in any genre or medium do you consider punk? Be sure to state what they do.

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Permalink Reply by Tapedek on February 12, 2009 at 3:14pm

I think people that are punk in terms of their genre would be anyone who within their genre blatantly steps outside the boundaries..

E.g. Kanye West's last "rap" album was HARDLY rap. Not saying that it was a punk album, but the mentality to make the kind of album he made within his genre of music was a pretty "fuck what you say, this is what I wanna do" move..

Also, I'd like to say Lightspeed Champion.. Total 180 from Test Icicles, but he said the music now is the music he likes as opposed to keep doin the shit everyone else likes. Its such a huge difference (in the sound of the music) and dude took a lot of criticism, but he's taken it and is doin what he likes now.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Irving on February 27, 2009 at 6:00am

To me Marvin Gaye was punk especially with his album "What's Going On" because he was asking some deep questions and making light to life situations. Also who's punk to me wasSun Ra cause he just did some shit that no ordinary black person would'nt do and the same goes for George Clinton w/Parliment/Funkadelic.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Irving on February 27, 2009 at 6:02am

lyfenlyn said:

Rap was seen as punk for black people, and @ the particular moment both were climbing out of the womb of NYC, they were co-mingling downtown. Both scenes were vibing eachother. I think they are kissin cousins.

BlackJeff said:
Re:Dwayne said:
LesYpersound said:
uhm, punk appealed/appeals to me because it connected with me and vice versa.
the mentality didn't "rub off" on me... it was already there and punk was a good expression of what was going on inside my head, what i was feeling, and explained some of the bullshit around me.

I feel the same way.

I third that emotion. The first time I heard punk, I knew it was for me. It was what I was looking for, but I didn't know I was looking for it. Punk is about more than the just and it's bigger than a specific genre. Yeah, there are bands that sound punk, but there are bands that don't sound punk who are punk as fuck. Take the Talking Heads, Blondie, Patti Smith etc...OK, they don't sound punk, but they had that punk spirit that's evident in there music.
Afrikka Bambaattaa and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 are punk as fuck. It's no coincidence that rap and punk came of age around the same time. Both scenes/subcultures had the same sense of rebelliousness. Both eventually became co-opted by the mainstream and their original meanings have been lost.

Oh yeah. Let's not forget the legendary Fishbone. In their heyday, those brothers were punk as fuck!

Yo Lyn you hit a nail on the head right there,I been saying this for a long time since Hip Hop and Punk begin to creep into my life when I was a kid!!