Shall Not Perish

Punk was over before it began, almost thirty years ago, in a burst of rage and revolutionary upheaval. And punk was born imprinted with all of the dilemmas of commercialism versus faux "authenticity" that would plague the underground and alternative music movements of the 80s, 90s and beyond. It was always about giving the middle finger to any formal authority, even if that authority was the flabby, profit-mad mongers of (once rebellious) rock and roll itself.

So it makes me glad on some fundamental level that, when the aging band members were supposed to be indoctrinated, the Sex Pistols told the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame that it could F*** off entirely.

Our time here is short. You really have to be true to yourself, and we're not contributing by being spineless.