I don't think the punk scene would be any better off without NoFX. Every band has its influences, and without those good bands to be an influence, all of music would go to shit.
To me this song is just about the separation of conformity and doing what you want. Instead of listening to authority, turning down your music, and being polite...NoFX is telling people not to forget the rebellion the scene was founded on.
I think whoever says that you can't have a Christian punk should think about it. I'm personally not religious, but punk is also about standing up for what you believe in and if you honestly believe in God, I respect you for standing up for that. I think it's stupid to say that Christian punks are conforming anymore than you're conforming to the stereotype of what punk "should" be, and what people view it as. To me, punk is about doing what you want, and in some regards I disagree with NoFX telling people who they should be and how they should act because it seems hypocrital to put punk into such a small box.
Nah, "Christian punk" is an oxymoron. Punk is a rejection of the social structures that have been put in place by those in power. Religion (particularly the three big monotheistic groups) is directly representative of such structures, and therefore is incompatible with the most base idea of punk.
Nah, "Christian punk" is an oxymoron. Punk is a rejection of the social structures that have been put in place by those in power. Religion (particularly the three big monotheistic groups) is directly representative of such structures, and therefore is incompatible with the most base idea of punk.
To try to squeeze a wholly damaging power (whether it's government or religion, whatever) that impoverishes and harms disenfranchised and often largely powerless individuals into the anti-establishment nature of punk rock is a bastardization of the entire genre.
To try to squeeze a wholly damaging power (whether it's government or religion, whatever) that impoverishes and harms disenfranchised and often largely powerless individuals into the anti-establishment nature of punk rock is a bastardization of the entire genre.
I don't think the punk scene would be any better off without NoFX. Every band has its influences, and without those good bands to be an influence, all of music would go to shit.
To me this song is just about the separation of conformity and doing what you want. Instead of listening to authority, turning down your music, and being polite...NoFX is telling people not to forget the rebellion the scene was founded on.
I think whoever says that you can't have a Christian punk should think about it. I'm personally not religious, but punk is also about standing up for what you believe in and if you honestly believe in God, I respect you for standing up for that. I think it's stupid to say that Christian punks are conforming anymore than you're conforming to the stereotype of what punk "should" be, and what people view it as. To me, punk is about doing what you want, and in some regards I disagree with NoFX telling people who they should be and how they should act because it seems hypocrital to put punk into such a small box.
Nah, "Christian punk" is an oxymoron. Punk is a rejection of the social structures that have been put in place by those in power. Religion (particularly the three big monotheistic groups) is directly representative of such structures, and therefore is incompatible with the most base idea of punk.
Nah, "Christian punk" is an oxymoron. Punk is a rejection of the social structures that have been put in place by those in power. Religion (particularly the three big monotheistic groups) is directly representative of such structures, and therefore is incompatible with the most base idea of punk.
To try to squeeze a wholly damaging power (whether it's government or religion, whatever) that impoverishes and harms disenfranchised and often largely powerless individuals into the anti-establishment nature of punk rock is a bastardization of the entire genre.
To try to squeeze a wholly damaging power (whether it's government or religion, whatever) that impoverishes and harms disenfranchised and often largely powerless individuals into the anti-establishment nature of punk rock is a bastardization of the entire genre.