Old Punks Young Punks

[KiltedCelt]

In my Scots-English Dictionary"Income" is defined as: Money earned by an individual so they can purchase the Kilt!!!!! lol!!

Cheers,

Mike

[Keith A]

Yes I Know The Prison Term Punk, That Is Not What I Was Refering To At All. As For My Self I Grow Up In The Early 80's North Jersey And Nyc Hardcore Scenes. As A Young Kid Who Did Not Fit In Well With Suberban High School Crowd, And Did Not Care To It Gave Me An Outlet. It Kept Me Alive When Alot Of My Friends Were Dying Of Od's And Drunk Driving. I Learned To Read Between The Lines And Not Take What I Was Told As The Truth. I Meet My Wife 19 Years Ago Through The Punk Scene, And We Have Been Togther All This Time Because We Came Up With The Same Values That For A Big Part Came Out Of The World That Of Punk Rock. Its Wasent Just All Mindless Rebelion. It Had Its Own Record And Print Publishing, Its Own Promotion. And Back In The 80's I Was Able To Go Prity Much To Any City In The World And Find People Who I Could Stay And Have Alot Of Fun With. And My Wife And I Did Do Alot Of Traveling. And As Far As The Punk Look I Dont Think It That Simple. Punk Is A Way Of Thinking And Living. The Look Is Just One Of Many Differnt Fashions. And Fashion Does Not Make One A Punk. I May Have A Very Straight Job Now. But I Still See The World And I Still Read Between The Lines.

[Mike1]

Im Sitting Here At Work Its About 0100 Hrs Iv Got 3 More Hrs To Go. I Was Thinking Over The Past Few Months Iv Read Alot Of Post From Brothers How Are Old Punks And Young Punks. So I Was Thinking How Many Of You Are Out There Who Are Wearing Kilts, And Did Growing Up A Punk Have Any Bearing On You Wearing A Kilt Now. North Jersey Hardcore Rules.

It seems you might need to contact your computer manufacturer about that sticky Shift key.

How about using normal capitalization/punctuation, so your posts can be more easily read? Thanks!

[Keith A]

Sorry Thats My Computer At Work, Ill Have One Of The Tech Guys Take A Look At It.

[beloitpiper]

I have lots of friends in the punk scene, which consequently brought me into the punk scene at times, but no, it never had an impact on my kilt wearing--until I went to see Dropkick Murphys kilted.

[GreenDragon]

I'm 28, grew up as bit of a little homeboy in high school, followed by a bit of a rocker in my early 20's, then settled into country/rock/celtic in my late 20's.

Minus the Country, that pretty much describes me, too. Except I'm 26.

[kallen]

I am a HeadBanger, not a Punk. Its weird, that HeadBangers & Punks didn't get along, 'cause the attitude wasn't that much different. We just didn't put safety pins in our noses!!!

[Kilted Christian]

I played in rock bands in the late 70s and early 1980s wearing a fair amount of glam clothing (leather pants, skin tight satin, some hair color) and it fits with the desire to be separate, to be non-conforming, to question authority, etc. I was always, however, more and more a thinker, so I have transitioned to balding and professional attire in my work and tend to express my clothing individuality by choices and attention to detail in dress and grooming. Kilts have recently entered the picture, but my wife is struggling with it. These things will take time. I think that being punkish (never true Johnny Rotten punkish but then rock and roller lifestyle is only a slight nudge away) spills over into my worldview today, and wearing kilts is part of it.

[corbinj]

Old punk here, not the prison type. It has most affected the way I dress, my whole life. Starting in 1976 when I saw and loved a hat with a big red star because it pissed off my Dad. Wow what power! That trend continued all throughout my formative years. I have to be honest about one thing, punk to me was never a scene. One of the things that was most punk to me was not being able to be catagorized. I am still that way. Yeah I had a mohawk, I wore torn up jeans, listened to all the punk bands, rode my skate 'till it gave me cancer, yada yada yada. I was the first one I knew open minded enough to wear a kilt. It really freaked out the local " punk scene" 1982. I think younger punks have alot more openness in their scenes. Black punks, Mexican punks,There are even punk gays nowadays or gay punks, I am not hip anymore. That would have been a death warrant back in the "old days". The first kilt like thing I wore was a pair of railroad bib overalls with the legs torn off about nine sizes too big, looked real silly, but made my point. Pissed off all my punk friends, got my *** kicked by the local skins just for good measure. I got my cool back later when the cutest girl in school thought I was a rebel, and asked me out, to piss off her parents most likely. No one likes a punk showing up to take out their daughter... no one. Well to finish this ramble, The main reason I wear kilts is because I like to. Yeah, Kilts foster some panic in the main stream, that is just a bonus to me. Note to River, the older I get the more like my Dad I become. I realize this is because "punk" is really just another name for new and misunderstood. Buddy Holly, Elvis, John f.Kennedy, Ghandi, Jesus, Budda. Just a few of the more famous folks who some called punks. see ya

[Kid Cossack]

I'm not a punk, and never was.

But the description of The Clash as "the only band that matters" still rings true for me. That's gotta get me a couple of points.