“Fast forward to five, ten or maybe twenty years from now and it’s easy to see that these bands will no longer exist, so it’s up to the new breed to carry the torch into the future, pass on the message and create the soundtrack for the new disenfranchised generation, because right now there isn’t a soundtrack – or at least one that isn’t afraid to piss off the powers that be. The whole world is on fire right now, and music as a whole is so safe and apathetic. Perhaps part of the reason for that is because people have been institutionalized into channeling their frustrations as Facebook and Twitter statuses instead of painting a picture or writing a song. Expressing ourselves in this way creates a kind of fake satisfaction that promotes complacency and curbs counter-culture”. “Punk” she says, “is not just another music genre, it’s a way of life.” Read more: concerttour.org/talk-punk-2014-louise-distras.php
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 17:42:30 +0000
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