Reminder that Joe Strummer was a middle-class art school yuppie who's father was a foreign diplomat and was almost 25 when he adopted the wardrobe of the local punk teens. Here's a picture of him in 1975 with his then band: The 100's. In 1976 he played a gig with the Sex Pistols, dibanded The 100's and started The Clash. This band would then go on to make multiple songs with very clear communistic undertones. So I hate to sound like such a cliche but "Phonies" such as Joe Strummer really did destroy punk rock and turn it into the whiny left wing shitfest it is now. That's bot to say I agree with the right but I do believe punk rock was rooted in nihilism and rage rather than politics.
Also a very big fuck you to the mods for deleting that other anons perfectly fine thread that discussed this issue.
Clash are a good band though might have more to do with Mick Jones and Paul Simonon riffing than with Joe
Kevin Jenkins
Well, I like the Clash. So fuck you.
Jackson Moore
op is right that they inspired pop punk crap
Luke Hill
so you have to be worker your whole life to be communist? People can't change and become in political ideals as they age? Also punk was always political, started right with Anarchy in the U.K.
Jonathan Brown
Yeah I did, wrote this pretty fast in frustration.
I'm not going to argue whether the band was good musically but I know for damn sure that them latching onto the punk scene was the final nail in it's coffin.
Robert White
the true posers are those who denounce others as posers
how little character do you have to have
Connor Taylor
Punk was not political. It was a return to the simple chord structure, themes, and style of early rock and roll. Reminder that punk after Television is complete shit and British punk has always been terrible.
Dylan Cox
punk started before the sex pistols plus that song is about fucking shit up, not advocating for political anarchism
