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The SG show in Cincy had me thinking a whole lot about about an issue that I find to be pretty funny. While I did meet a bunch of cool, down to earth people, the SG show in Cincy seemed to be a Mecca for "fashionplate punks". I mean, I couldn't help but notice the amount of brand new leather and pressed jeans that these people were wearing. Not even a hint of a scratch or tear in anything these kids had on. I couldn't count on 2 hands how many Sid Vicious look-alikes I saw. I even saw one guy , who was brandeshing a tall, golden Mohawk, change his shirt four (4) times. Apparently, what it takes to be a punk rocker these days is wads of cash, and any one of three, standardized punk haircuts (dyed, of course). I could never be as cool as any one of these people. I mean- my leather jacket has been stepped on, spit on, set on fire, stolen from me twice, been to jail w/me, slept in so much it should have a pillow, puked on several times by me and other people, had the lining ripped out and then replaced to be ripped out again, been searched several times by authorities, will sit up on its own if you put it on the ground, smells like gasoline, sweat, stripper's perfume, and me, and is 7 years old. This would never stand in today's punk regime. I need some new duds, preferrably w/shiny, new metal studs that say "punk rocker" and some nifty new "AFI" patches (because you cannot be cool unless you like AFI).
I don't try to be "punk rock". I don't consider myself to be a "punk rocker". I sure as shit don't listen to AFI and I think Sid Vicious is still, yes, still entirely dead. The sham couldn't play bass anyways (although he was a funny motherfucker and a true rock n' roller).
This is funny because in not trying to be "punk" I am in fact infinitely more "punk" than any of these trendy, upper-middleclass, crybaby pigfuckers. Let's go dig G.G. out of his grave and see what he has to say about these piss poor excuses for underground rockers.
I understand that the SG shows are not just about a punk scene, they're about hot girls, and meeting new and interesting people. These kids, though, obviously adhered to the "I'm-being-myself-by-looking-like-everyone-else" mentality. I'm gonna start calling these people Cookie Cutter Kids. You'll probably see them shopping at Punx R Us.