any yall familys punks?

[Kurt fucking Cobain]

Just wondering. like my dad was a rockabilly, who digged punk, i drive around with him blasting the ramones and social D. my mom was like in the middle of a new waver and a punk. basicly she listend to every band on URG! a music war. and my aunt is no doubt the most bad ass of them all. she was like into all of the alternative lifestyles i guess. she was a cross between a punk and a goth more or less. she rocked the deathhawk and all and i can talk to her about the good old days i never got to experience and what not

[Johnny Running Shoes]

Just wondering. like my dad was a rockabilly, who digged punk, i drive around with him blasting the ramones and social D. my mom was like in the middle of a new waver and a punk. basicly she listend to every band on URG! a music war. and my aunt is no doubt the most bad ass of them all. she was like into all of the alternative lifestyles i guess. she was a cross between a punk and a goth more or less. she rocked the deathhawk and all and i can talk to her about the good old days i never got to experience and what not

Your mom rocks...

[Kurt fucking Cobain]

Your mom rocks...

no. my mom rocked. past tense

[betty_d]

Both my parents are old and listened to hippy shit. But my sister has always listened to punk/rockabilly and so does my bro in law. Their three kids sport mohawks and dyed hair all the time.

http://i50.tinypic.com/2ypk6ps.jpg

Here's my nieces Chelsea haircut.

[Kurt fucking Cobain]

Both my parents are old and listened to hippy shit. But my sister has always listened to punk/rockabilly and so does my bro in law. Their three kids sport mohawks and dyed hair all the time.

http://i50.tinypic.com/2ypk6ps.jpg

Here's my nieces Chelsea haircut.

thats so badass. i had a mohawk when i was little. but i think its cause one of my toys had one or something. my dad thought it was cool. mom flipped a little. my dad sported the red fan in the early 80s forgot to add that

[betty_d]

thats so badass. i had a mohawk when i was little. but i think its cause one of my toys had one or something. my dad thought it was cool. mom flipped a little. my dad sported the red fan in the early 80s forgot to add that

Hahaha awesome! These kids are true punk rockers. I have a pic of the oldest wearing his Social D shirt for class pics along with his devil lock. They like to come to shows too.

[Kurt fucking Cobain]

Hahaha awesome! These kids are true punk rockers. I have a pic of the oldest wearing his Social D shirt for class pics along with his devil lock. They like to come to shows too.

if i do have kids, there tottaly gunna be that cool.

[David Joseph]

my mom was a hard core bra burnin hippy

[Johnny Running Shoes]

My mom has punk rock hair...

[ThatGingerGuy]

My dad was a mod revivalist and my mum was well. . . a nobody. Both my brothers are techno ravers. I'm ashamed to be related to them.

[Captain_Obvious]

My Dad is a Country Western listener.

My Mom listened to a lot of Styx, Bon Jovi, Foreigner, etc..
Now she listens to new country.

My sis listened to the New Kids, Boys II Men, Color Me Bad and other shit like that.


I don't think I have any family that ever listened to punk rock at all.. not even remotely close.

[Kurt fucking Cobain]

My Dad is a Country Western listener.

My Mom listened to a lot of Styx, Bon Jovi, Foreigner, etc..
Now she listens to new country.

My sis listened to the New Kids, Boys II Men, Color Me Bad and other shit like that.


I don't think I have any family that ever listened to punk rock at all.. not even remotely close.

tso your familys like wtf with everything lol. my parents get it. my sisters the ideal hippy. shes a janis Joplin looking lesbian thats all about free love but is probably an underlying member of the KKK. but my dad used to stud and paint his jacket and what not. my mom just bought everything as is from trash and vaudeville

[Captain_Obvious]

tso your familys like wtf with everything lol. my parents get it. my sisters the ideal hippy. shes a janis Joplin looking lesbian thats all about free love but is probably an underlying member of the KKK. but my dad used to stud and paint his jacket and what not. my mom just bought everything as is from trash and vaudeville

WOW!

If that's not contradiction, I don't know what is!

[ThatGingerGuy]

WOW!

If that's not contradiction, I don't know what is!

I just thought the exact same thing.

[Kurt fucking Cobain]

WOW!

If that's not contradiction, I don't know what is!

i know right? i used to be into the whole hippy thing for a while. she gets it from her parents i guess. well she my step sister same shit really though. there liberal racists. my parents where all about just like exeptance and everything. but my dads become more racist in being married to her mom

[Captain_Obvious]

i know right? i used to be into the whole hippy thing for a while. she gets it from her parents i guess. well she my step sister same shit really though. there liberal racists. my parents where all about just like exeptance and everything. but my dads become more racist in being married to her mom

My dad is racist to the point that he was raised on a farm in the mid-west..
He's got no problems with anyone of any other race.. but his comments can be a little abrasive. haha

I don't know if you get my meaning.


I mostly listen to a lot of SoCal hardcore.. but a lot of the other stuff I listen to is what some members on this site would call "hippie shit".. like Crass, Nausea, Flux of Pink Indians, Reagan Youth, etc, etc..

[Schaap]

No idea what my parents did when they were younger haha, they tell me sometimes but it's nothing fancy, rock n roll shows but that's about it.

Furthermore, I'm the only one in my entire family, there's about 50 of us, with aunts & uncles and stuff added. And I'm still the only punkrocker hahaha. Even in town I'm pretty much the only one, I think there's 2 more but they hide indoors all the time, I only see em outside about 2 times a year

[Kurt fucking Cobain]

My dad is racist to the point that he was raised on a farm in the mid-west..
He's got no problems with anyone of any other race.. but his comments can be a little abrasive. haha

I don't know if you get my meaning.


I mostly listen to a lot of SoCal hardcore.. but a lot of the other stuff I listen to is what some members on this site would call "hippie shit".. like Crass, Nausea, Flux of Pink Indians, Reagan Youth, etc, etc..

I get what your saying. he says shit, but theres not really a hatred goin on. i like everything. ska punk and street punk being my favorite. i see crass and nausea as peace punk. different than hippy shit. but still similar you knaww

[Captain_Obvious]

No idea what my parents did when they were younger haha, they tell me sometimes but it's nothing fancy, rock n roll shows but that's about it.

Furthermore, I'm the only one in my entire family, there's about 50 of us, with aunts & uncles and stuff added. And I'm still the only punkrocker hahaha. Even in town I'm pretty much the only one, I think there's 2 more but they hide indoors all the time, I only see em outside about 2 times a year

Woohoo! Big Families!

I went out to Illinois a few years ago to visit my Dad's side..
He has 8 siblings and they have kids averaging to about three each.

I walk into the room on Thanksgiving and everyone goes silent.
They all looked at me (sorry to quote SLC Punk!) like I was a fucking ALIEN!

[Johnny Running Shoes]

Woohoo! Big Families!

I went out to Illinois a few years ago to visit my Dad's side..
He has 8 siblings and they have kids averaging to about three each.

I walk into the room on Thanksgiving and everyone goes silent.
They all looked at me (sorry to quote SLC Punk!) like I was a fucking ALIEN!

I thought you were...cheer(*

[Captain_Obvious]

I get what your saying. he says shit, but theres not really a hatred goin on. i like everything. ska punk and street punk being my favorite. i see crass and nausea as peace punk. different than hippy shit. but still similar you knaww

Yeah... but you'll learn that there's people here that don't know the difference.
As far as they're concerned, Peace IS Hippie Shit.

[Captain_Obvious]

I thought you were...cheer(*

Resident Alien to California, maybe.

[Schaap]

Woohoo! Big Families!

I went out to Illinois a few years ago to visit my Dad's side..
He has 8 siblings and they have kids averaging to about three each.

I walk into the room on Thanksgiving and everyone goes silent.
They all looked at me (sorry to quote SLC Punk!) like I was a fucking ALIEN!

Me dad had 9 siblings, two of em allready died, my dad'd the youngest (he's 52) I got nephews that are slightly younger than my mom haha. They're around 40 and I still call em nephew, I love doing that :D

[TheMadHatter]

HAHAHHHA. Your funny.

NO, I am the oddball in the family.

I go from odd extremes from going to very goth chick, to bright ass rainbow mother.

[Captain_Obvious]

Me dad had 9 siblings, two of em allready died, my dad'd the youngest (he's 52) I got nephews that are slightly younger than my mom haha. They're around 40 and I still call em nephew, I love doing that :D

Ah.. my Dad's the oldest boy, two older sisters.
He's 52 as well.

So all most of my cousins are younger than I.

[Captain_Obvious]

HAHAHHHA. Your funny.

NO, I am the oddball in the family.

I go from odd extremes from going to very goth chick, to bright ass rainbow mother.

Not necessarily a bad thing.
Odd is good!

[TheMadHatter]

Not necessarily a bad thing.
Odd is good!Oh no doubt.

"To be great is to be misunderstood."-Emerson

[Schaap]

Ah.. my Dad's the oldest boy, two older sisters.
He's 52 as well.

So all most of my cousins are younger than I.

Mine are all older, but their children are about my age, some are younger, some are older hahaha. I love my family even though I can't remember all of their names.

Last time we all got together they called me up in advance practically begging me to put up my mohawk cause they wanted to see it :p

[peterbright]

My Dad was playing live on the radio back in the day & you would have to say he was just a little bit country. He bought me my first electric guitar & amp and was quite sorry about that decision.

[3a]

My mom likes italian music and some old soul and R&B. My dad doesn't even like music. I have an older sister but we don't share any interest in music ... or in anything else in life.

[Johnny Running Shoes]

My mom likes italian music and some old soul and R&B. My dad doesn't even like music. I have an older sister but we don't share any interest in music ... or in anything else in life.

Aww....hermana es "No Fun"?:(

[3a]

Aww....hermana es "No Fun"?:(

No fun at all! We don't get along well.

[Johnny Running Shoes]

No fun at all! We don't get along well.

I get along well with my sibs (they put up with me).:)

[KidoftheBlackHole]

No one else in my family is a punk or listens to punk. My sisters listen to pop music and my parents listen to pop and soft rock.

[sr113]

My daughter was literally born with a mohawk. I'm guessing it had something to do with the green mohawk I was sporting when I knocked up her mother.

[jack76596]

nope...I'm the only punk rocker, I caught a little hell for it when I was a kid....Mom listens to country, she grew up on a farm. Dad listens to big band stuff...he's a retired HS science teacher and a scuba instructor...Sis listens to Christian music as far as I can tell...big bro was into stuff like Led Zeplin, UFO, Ozzy and the Eagles don't think his tastes have changed any...don't have any idea what my little bro listens to...

[RichardHello]

Urgh! A Music War is such a great album...best devo song ever...the live video is awesome too

My sister and her boyfriend started me on the clash...i actually saw them live when I was young, never forget it...listened to London Calling all through high school...

[supercoolstorybro]

Just wondering. like my dad was a rockabilly, who digged punk, i drive around with him blasting the ramones and social D. my mom was like in the middle of a new waver and a punk. basicly she listend to every band on URG! a music war. and my aunt is no doubt the most bad ass of them all. she was like into all of the alternative lifestyles i guess. she was a cross between a punk and a goth more or less. she rocked the deathhawk and all and i can talk to her about the good old days i never got to experience and what not

my mom was in the 80's hardcore thing. she saw the cro mags, articles of faith, the bhopal stiffs, poison idea, flipper, ect. back in the 80's. but she rarely ever tells me stories about it, and she's not really into that shit anymore. this one time i took her to a hardcore show like 3 years ago, and she fucking freaked out. she said that kids today are way crazier than they were back in the 80's.

oh, and i take my little sister to hardcore shows sometimes, but shes not really into that type of music(she's more into that warped tour pop-punk shit). she gets drunk and moshes though, which is funny as hell to watch.

[psychoBEAN]

my parents would walk around in mariachi outfits if it were socially acceptable.
no punks in my fam except for a cousin.

[Suicidal Punk]

Urgh! A Music War is such a great album...best devo song ever...the live video is awesome too

My sister and her boyfriend started me on the clash...i actually saw them live when I was young, never forget it...listened to London Calling all through high school...

Haha Brian man! It's HardcorePunk, Dio from pcc, how is it going?!

[Kelley]

My mom was a hippy. She still listens to the music along with other randomness such as STYX, Kenny Loggins and Norah Jones. Haha! My dad was always into classic rock (even when it wasn't classic) and metal. My middle Sis has always been a metal head. My oldest sis was into metal, punk and new wave back in the early 80's. She got to see Black Flag and the Adolescents among others. My nieces and nephews have always liked Chaos UK and the Adicts, but other than hat it's ip hop for them. Well, my one niece loves country. Especially Johnny Cash.

[Chernobyl Bunny]

You just said "Any Yalls familys punks" and you're from New York? Tell me that you were actually born in the south because I aint never heard no New Yorker put together a sentence like that!
:D
(I'm from Georgia)

[Kurt fucking Cobain]

Nay but I don't type with an accent

[Rockula]

My family on my Mum's side are pretty much all musicians. They grew up in a time when families got together and made thier own music in the living room. I've got recordings of them going back to the late '50's doing 'standards' and old sing-a-long kinda things. Lots of banjo and Django type guitar.

My Grandad on my Dad's side was a Music Hall (Vaudeville) performer doing bawdy songs and jokes. He gave it up when he had to go to war.

My Dad always liked old Trad jazz and blues. My Mum likes The Hollies and that kind of romantic 60's stuff. I've actually learned to like some of it. Familiarity I suppose.

Mum and Dad liked a lot of my punk stuff so I'd compile the ones they liked to play on car journies so that we were all happy. Nothing with swearing on it though. My Mum hates swearing. Mum loves the Clash's version of 'I Fought The Law' and my Dad loves The Stranglers.

My Brother, being a couple of years younger than me, was more into the Ska Revival stuff like Madness and Specials but he has his favourites out of my old punk collection. He grew up hearing it so it grew on him.
Then he got a Harley and started listening to all that 70's rock stuff. Leather biker rock.

My Sister likes Disco. Which isn't music.

[jadzia]

My parents are old! :P My dad passed away in 04, he would've been 74 this year so yeah... He was badass though, liked all kinds of music. He grew up on things like Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra haha, but when he met my mom (10 yrs younger than him) he got into 70s rock more because of her. He could appreciate all genres, and was kind of a hippy bohemian at heart which made him the coolest ever. He mostly liked opera & classical music though, and he was actually a baritone bass (singer) with the local opera choir in my hometown.

My mom is into the "oldies", especially the Beatles & Elvis, but also likes a lot of classic rock which I guess they play on oldies radio stations now. She and my brother went to see Robert Plant a few years back, and her cell phone ringtone is always some Led Zepellin song haha She's awesome. She never gave me any grief about my music, especially considering I wore a lot of Bad Religion stuff when I was in high school around my very Catholic family, who, like a lot of other people, misunderstand what the logo means (once a server asked if it meant I was Jewish...)

I have a huge ass family (my mom is #5 of 6 and my dad was #9 of 11) but I haven't met any punk cousins or anything. Most everyone is kinda preppy/pop, my brother and I are the "different" ones.

[Kimoski]

My mom was obsessed with the B52's and the Ramones in her teens, she sported a bleached rat tail with her pixie cut, too haha. She listens to whatever's on the hip hop/rap/pop radio stations now as well as the newer, poppier brand of country and Art Laboe's show.
My dad was a total pot smoking, hippie music, party dude back in the day... And still is, just more of a party dud than dude now. He loves Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and even some latino artists. He likes rap like Wu Tang Clan and Bone Thugs, too. My dad's son is pretty much the same, too.
My other brother, my mom's son, used to be all about old school rap, but now he just listens to the commercial, auto tuned shit.
My sister was total psychobilly up until recently. She still listens to all of it, but she's all into electro, house, hardstyle, and shit like that now as well as some hip hop and ska.

So.. it seems I have an interest or two in common with all of them. :P

[urananus]

My Grandad on my Dad's side was a Music Hall (Vaudeville) performer doing bawdy songs and jokes. He gave it up when he had to go to war.


Mine too. I remember seeing my Grandad do Berlington Berty at a little theatre in Southend, he also played Harmonica f*cking terribly. My Grandad fought at the Somme in WW1 and was blightey'd home with shrapnel in his head, whenever he got his harmonica out he'd say "I used to play this one in the trenches", we all reckoned he was the first case of friendly fire. My Mum and Dad where both products of WW2, they never had teenage lives as we understand it today. In them days you kept your head down and hoped the Nazis didn't bomb your street. When the war was over you got a job, got married and had kids, that was it. My Dad did go and see the Glen Miller Orchestra on a U.S army base, that was the equivalent of seeing the Beatles during the war.

So I was the first generation to experience the freedom we have today in my family. My daughter was blasted with Bad Religion, the Misfits and The Ramones while in the womb. We (my wife and I) saw a documentary where posh middle class parents where playing Mozart to their unborn babies. Nowadays my daughter is 9 and has a huge NOFX sticker on her skateboard so we must have done something right.

[suburbanXpunk]

My dad is a high ranking military commander or something and my mom is an ex dispatcher for the St. Paul police. Both are very conservative. And it's funny cause my dads whole side of the family is military and my mothers whole side is cops. I'm the black sheep. :P There are only 2 people who I know listen to SOME form of punk and that's my uncle who's badass. (He's done time and refuses to tell me why) and tries to book me shows with some older punk bands from around here, and my little brother who idolizes me.

[Psychobabble]

Neither my mum or dad followed any particular movement or anything. My dad doesn't like music and my mum is a Robbie Williams fan. So i got nothing off them.

My brother listens to happy hardcore and my sister, Hannah Montana. I had to find my own path. And to be honest I'm glad I did it myself. I have met so many people through music and going to gigs, etc.

But I guess, my family kinda made me respect other types of music, even if I don't like it. Its like food, everyone's musical taste is different

[in_hells_mouth]

my dad WAS a punker. he threw it all away.down to the music, which the only thing he kept was the sex pistols.my mama was way hardcore punk.i dont live with her so we have more of a 'friends' relationship, she tells me about a whole bunch of shit she used to do,tells me NOT to get any ideas, then tells me she knows i'm gonna do it, so dont tell my dad she said anything.he dont like her, at all.my step mom was a mainstreamer, but she hung with a couple punkers, but she wont talk about it. dont want me to get any ideas......the only cool one anymore is my mama and even she hasnt been a punk for about 5 or 6 years.shes REALLY religious now.

[throatgorge]

My dad listens to marches and operas, my mom listens to persian chanting, my brothers listened to the carpenters, elo, toto, air supply and a variety of "soft rock."
I grew up enticed by such terms as "Acid rock" and "Punk Rock" and was told it was all "the devil's music."
Naturally, this provoked my oddball style and sensabilities contrasted with the teatoatalling religeous, control freak family I grew up with. I heard of KISS and the Sex Pistols at right around the same time, but nobody had any sex pistols to listen to, so I started smoking weed)(* the good shit and listening to KISS.
KISS meets the phantom of the park was coming on TV and my big brothers went to my parents and tried to get them to keep me from watching that "devil's music." I went over their heads and asked my teacher to send me home with a review assignment for the movie!
Smarter than big brother, ha!
A couple of weeks later I went to a drama student's house for a project we were working on and the dude played lots of Captain Beefheart, Throbbing Gristle, residents, etc., and gave me my first bong rip, which gave me hallucinations. I was, at this point, more than ready to listen to punk, so I sought out people with mohawks, black leather, dudes that wore make-up, or anything I knew my parents would hate.
My long standing dispute with my parents over how long I wanted to grow my hair was won when Brent offered to give me a mohawk. My parents relented: "Grow your hair as long as you want, but don't you ever come home with one of those damned mohawks!"
Finally we moved to Alamogordo New Mexico, where, in the early 80's nobody had ever seen a punk rocker. I was the first in my school, with hair halfway down my back, home made/recycled garments that I drew on in permantent markers, etc., I had already been listening to a lot of punk by then, but finally got my first taste of the Sex Pistols at an older friend's house-- love at first listen. Also from this mentor I got to know the Velvet Underground, the New York Dolls, and the MC5.
But see, I was the pioneer in my family. None of the younger kids are into punk rock except my daughter Lulu. My whole family is pretty much L7. drink(*& which I guess I can cope with.
My coolest relative is my mother's brother Houshi who is a gay impressionist artist, who is doing time in huntsvillie down in Texas, accused of criminal sexual contact with a 14 year old boy. There was a gun involved and they found a bunch of pot in his house, so they sent him up for a long time. I helped a freelance detective uncover evidence that my uncle did not have sex with that kid-- it was a set up. The ACLU was going to get his record exsponged and also sue for 5 million bucks, but the paranoid old freak would not cooperate with my detective friend.
Besides uncle Houshi, my family is as straitlaced, religeos, straitedge as can be imagined.
I'm the lone punk, and I always did it MY WAY!

[peterbright]

Dad played in a Country Band

[betty_d]

Neither my mum or dad followed any particular movement or anything. My dad doesn't like music...

How does one not like music?

[Psychobabble]

How does one not like music?

I have no idea. I can't imagine life without music

[betty_d]

I have no idea. I can't imagine life without music

Yeah me neither. Music IS my life. I can't stand when people aren't into music. Its just weird to me.

[Psychobabble]

Yeah me neither. Music IS my life. I can't stand when people aren't into music. Its just weird to me.

Totally. Its like the person starts speaking a foreign language. Its like my brother, he doesn't like live music. That just bewilders ma.

[betty_d]

Totally. Its like the person starts speaking a foreign language. Its like my brother, he doesn't like live music. That just bewilders ma.

Thats very odd indeed. Live music is the best. I tend to like things more when its live than if I were to hear it somewhere else.

[Psychobabble]

Thats very odd indeed. Live music is the best. I tend to like things more when its live than if I were to hear it somewhere else.

Something is obviously very wrong with members of my family

[betty_d]

Something is obviously very wrong with members of my family

Hey its ok. My own sister ditched me on my 21st birthday... All family's are fucked up some way.

[peterbright]

Something is obviously very wrong with members of my family

Perhaps you were secretly adopted.

[Psychobabble]

Perhaps you were secretly adopted.

I do think that sometimes. But I look like my dad, so I am out of luck. lol

[eva destruction]

Nobody in my family is punk. Except me. And my family just doesn't get why I tend to dress like a rock chick, listen to mostly punk, alternative, and rock.
And they can't understand why I'm a liberal Democrat, either. (My family are conservative Republicans. I just don't agree with their political views.)
The only thing they support are my knitting and my crocheting and that's it.

[peterbright]

Knit them a blanket for Rush