The confusion of Punk

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There are some band these days that are punk in which I think their not and should be named as something else.

My opinion of punk pretty much is - Rancid, Bad Religion, NoFX, Green day and so on.

I also like bands like escape the fate, I am ghost which is also punk but sound nothing like the above bands

And then there's punk like All time low, Fall out boy, Mayday Parade.
and again there nothing like either of the above

And then there's hardcore punk like Haste the day, Alesana, A Wilheam Scream which is again different.

Why aren't these categorized into something else- What the hell is Punk,
how could Good Charlette be sitting next to A Wilheam Scream in the cd store.:confused:
 

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Punk is three chords (room for a 4th or 5th, but supporting roles only), lots of distortion, minimalist or non-existent guitar solos, and simple melodies no more complicated than what you'd find on Playschool.
 

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obviously you never got past the sex pistols...
Or any punk band. A lot of new bands that are labelled punk might well be influenced by punk, but punk was a movement with very distinguishable musical characteristics. There is plenty of room for variation within these characteristics, and there are modern bands that are within this genre, but once you move beyond, you cease to become true punk. You become something else. A variation, a development, but not punk.
 
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