i dont give a fuck

or care if you dont like the kind of music i listen too..dont listen to itim getting really tired of ppl trying to stereotype ppl and put them in this neat little box and throw a label on them im sorry but im never ever going to let myself or anyone else do that to me. im tired of the whole ANTI-EMO crap get over it have you ever even listen to the music you put in that neat little box bet you probably haven't because like every music genre there are a million bands and they all are different and what one person might consider one label another person might put on another label music is a mere interpretation of what we think it to be one song may mean one thing to one person where another person has whole another idea doesn't mean either of them are right or wrong. im sorry but ...look at this way say take your all time favorite band and think about this way what if the singer or every member in the band listen to a type of music you dont like would you not like that band suddenly because of that if you say yes you definitely have some mental issues you need to work out there are a million genre and im sorry but not every band can be crammed into the neat little box you are trying to put it in. and for you to label yourself is completely lame hey im punk rock seems to be the cool label these days ha ha what because u dress a certain way have a certain style sorry but that isn't you if you think that way for me my tattoos and pink hair are the person i am i wouldn't be me without them they are now apart of me its my mental state not the flavor of the week style I've been this way forever even back when all this wasn't cool back when i was an outcast for the way i looked now its totally trendy and cool dress for yourself not to impress so anyways i dont care if you dont like me for this whatever if you dont i probably didnt want to talk to you anyways dont like me for my music or the way i look i dont care you know because when i wake up everyday im not waking up thinking about you or what you may think im sorry but if i did that i wouldn't be me you spend so much of your life trying to impress ppl and trying to fit in you lose who you are im sure you dont even realize that when you have to go to the mall to buy that $50 dollar t-shirt that basically is the same as the $5 t-shirt it just has some dumb brand screen printed on it im sorry but im not into labels nor do they impress me i dont care what kind of house you live in or what kinda of car you drive its all merely material things its not who you are as a person i mean strip it all off to nothing go into a room dressed the same as someone that has nothing do u think that person that comes into meet both of you would like you anymore or less because of what you have they wouldn't even know its all about you so quit hiding behind your stuff your label and your music, be true to yourself ...ramble ramble..so the next time you put me in a box go sit in yours and please send yourself to another world

ps..the new craze is i drink PBR beer im cool.. no your a dork a certain beer doesnt make you cooler than anyone else why do i drink it ? because its cheap and no its not my beer of choice i drink it if its there but hmmm i rather drink something else..  

you know what punk rock is ......

hhahhaa so i guess i am PUNK ROCK after all...(laughing my ass offfffffff)

How to Be a PunkIf you're a fierce individualist who has a bone to pick with the profit-driven world, you might be a punk. don't be a punk just because you think it's cool. Punk is a mindset and you don't have to dress or look like anything or conform to a name. You're a poseur if you try too hard to look and act like a punk. You can be a blue collar and be punk. Purchasing the hair products, the clothes, and the music; that's buying into society, which is exactly what punk is against. So know who you are, know the reason for the culture, and understand the meaning behind the word.

 mike ness is amazingg its not just me..that feels this way...hahhaa..ughh i have nothing against punk rock you are missing the point..so quit being pissed off

i love social distortion and MIKE NESS is so brilliant.. he says it well..

an interview with mike ness

Bobby: Think of the evolution that happened over the past three decades. Like you guys say on your website that when the Orange County punk scene was growing up in the 1970’s and early 80’s it was treated as a gang and a gang movement. There were constables cracking down and warning people to beware of the gangs.

Now, punk is like the norm and socially accepted – how do you think that transformation happened, from being a gang to being socially accepted?

MIKE NESS: Well, there’s two ways of looking at it. One way of looking at it is that we were part of a revolution, we wanted to change things, and twenty-five years later it has become the mainstream. Maybe twenty five years, society has opened their mind. That means more people will hear what you have to say provided you have something to say. The other hand of it, it’s a double edge sword, when something cool becomes popular it suddenly becomes very uncool and very homogenized. We got tattoos for anti-social reasons, nowadays you get them to fit in or be accepted. That’s just one example.

Bobby: A lot of people say that "punk is dead".

Do you think punk is dead or that it will ever die?

MIKE NESS: Well, to me, the word "punk" means the beginning of something. To me, the punk movement was the beginning of what it is now. It’s kind of hard to say that it’s dead when it’s today’s style of music’s basic format now. But hopefully, it’s represented right and interpreted correctly. That’s the key. You can make Avril Lavigne look like a junkie, but that’s just makeup.

Bobby: You were saying that you can make people look punk, now there’s so much emphasis put on the fashion. Like you were talking about tattoos earlier and how people get them because that’s what’s expected now.

Do you think now that there’s too much emphasis put on fashion and what sells rather than what you believe in and the introduction of new things?

MIKE NESS: Yeah, that’s exactly true. That’s accurate. The whole thing of punk rock is to be an individual. So when everybody looks the same, it’s kind of weird. So I think now, it’s more punk rock to be yourself. I have friends who have no tattoos and I think that’s so cool, because it’s more of a statement now to have none. I have so much more respect bands like The White Stripes or The Hives, who are trying to set trends rather than to follow them.

Bobby: Personally, I am fascinated with the old punk scene. It’s something I never got to experience and never will because I was so young, but it is so interesting to read about and hear about. I’ve read in interviews that you’re interested in acts like Muddy Waters, Hank Williams, George Jones, 50’s music and music from the 20’s and 30’s.

Do you think it’s important for people to look back at the history of the music, to see where it came from and where the current scene and sound evolved from?

MIKE NESS: Absolutely. I mean, it’s my opinion that if you don’t have roots you don’t have anything. If you don’t have roots, you’re not grounded. If you’re going to go walking around the streets looking like this or that, you have to know what it is that you’re representing – where it came from and where it’s been. For us, it was that experience. It was a revolution against what was happening at the time. Now you just go to a mall and become something. You can become an instant biker or an instant rockabilly or an instant punk rocker and literally not even know what it is, where it came from, or anything. So I really think that punk, to me, means rebelling and that is an attitude. It’s a spirit that’s inside. I don’t care what you look like on the outside - that does not impress me – it’s what’s inside. You could be a corporate lawyer and still have this punk rock rebelliousness. You’re fighting for something you believe in, you want to make changes in the world and you want to take on the big guys.