@basket case,
Punk isn't a classification, or a stereotype....you can't be classified as true punk or fake punk because it is like idea, and the reason i say "like" is because there is no one word in the dictionary or any other source you can think of to truly describe what a punk is, punk is just the systems word for somebody who doesn't in fact live in or by the system...so by trying to classify "true punk" and "fake punk" you're doing nothing more than making yourself a system punk, you're molding yourself into the definition of the word punk.......a person typically expressing anger ,and alienation- disaffected working-class urban youth with little hope of employment, housing, and a meaningful future............... going by the system most of this music would be classified as punk, the rest alternative...my personal opinion on Green day is that they sold on American Idiot and it was all about money from then on, MCR sucks either way you look at it though, to me anything about cutting wrists and blacking eyes is annoying and ridiculous...other than that they are all great bands in my opinion...the point of this whole explanation is to tell you to be yourself though, its the only way to not be a tool is to do what you want to do, and to not look for approval from anyone else, because when you look for approval you're letting people and the system control you because theres always going to be somebody there to try to tell you the correct way or "the systems way" as i call it
