Quote by Legs McNeil Download Open image ““So punk wasn’t about decay, punk was about the apocalypse. Punk was about annihilation.”” — Legs McNeil ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die. — Billy Idol Copy Share Image
Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it. — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
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“Of course.. some people, me included, believe that punk is just the most recent manifestation of this, this spirit, this feeling, you know, that… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“I particularly dug the subgenre of horror punk, which was basically just punk bands dressing up like zombies or ghosts and pouring fake blood… — Hannah Wilde Copy Share Image
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Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
Punk was over in two years. That was the only damn good thing about it. — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
“Punk rock is very, very much like Catholicism. It gets you when you’re young, you probably hate it at some point, but it never… — Frank Turner Copy Share Image
I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about… — Malcolm Mclaren Copy Share Image
So rich people could go slumming? Come on, give me a break [it’s a] masturbatory fantasy for Anna Wintour and Vogue. They always go… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)” — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“Everyone thought in the early days of punk, certainly once English punk got going, and even American punk, everyone thought it was a horrible… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“I remember my favorite nights were just getting drunk and walking around outside the East Village kicking over garbage cans. Just the night. Just… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“How can U say one style is better than another. You ought to be able to be an Abstract Expressionist next week, or a… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
Rock & Roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back the beat so you… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“The old sound was alcoholic. The tradition was finally broken. The music is sex and drugs and happy. And happy is the joke the… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“Mass movements are always so unhip. That’s what was great about punk. It was an antimovement, because there was knowledge there from the very… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“DEE DEE RAMONE: Sid Vicious followed me all over the place...the worst time was one night when we had a big party...They were serving… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“The sixties have a reputation for being open and free and cool, but the reality was that everybody was straight. Everybody was totally straight… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“Arturo Vega: I always thought the ONLY way to really conquer evil is to make love to it. My favourite dream is always the… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image