Explain the asthetics of Punk

Darkmoebius

Some of the landmark shows I saw were Los Lobos at La Raza Park in East LA, the original lineup of the GoGos and X at the Masque, Fear, Germs and the Alley Cats at Madame Wongs, Iggy and the Clash at the Palladium.

Bongo,

Do you recall who played loudest?
Just curious, 'cause my head nearly exploded at one of those early Los Lobos shows. Among non-punk shows, memory dictates that Smithereens were also incredibly loud, as were Jethro Tull and The Who.

Marty

Bongofury writes-"Sadly, The Ramones never had a real pay day for their innovative work."

Maybe I just don't get it, but from what I've seen the appeal must have been seeing these incredibly unattractive guys on stage playing the same chords song after song and getting away with it to an audience that did not care what the lyrics were about(not that they were intelligible to begin with).

So many disaffected youth went home and decided,"Hey, we really don't need talent to play in a band! We can just be our angry, uncoordinated selves!!!"

The lead singer for the Ramones was so spastic it hurts watching him sing live onstage on youtube clips.

To me punk was never about the lack of commercial appeal to the broader masses but about a lack of talent and musicianship-and anger at being white and shyte out of luck in a white man's world.

"Maybe I just don't get it"

Eggs-zactly, Eastein