The moronic political lyrics are the worst thing about punk.
A metal song about killing everyone presents a far more reasonable viewpoint than some punk song calling for world peace.
I know I'd much rather listen to a poetic description of ultraviolent acts and/or alcohol abuse than some asshat whining something generic about the gub'mint and "smashing the system", most likely before chucking on a button-up shirt and heading back to their job the next day. A lot of punk music sounds good, but the lyrics often spoil it.
Still a few punk bands around that I enjoy listening to, though.
Clowns are one that manage to be pissed off without just sounding whiny.
That reminds me, I need to grab a ticket to their show with The Bennies in the not-too-distant future...
Anyway, back on topic: I just ordered
this tape, pretty keen to get my hands on that. Also I'm about to buy a ticket to an
amazing two days of music next weekend... that's going to be awesome; blackened death/war metal on one night, a variety of crushing doom the next.
This artwork's going to be available on a shirt, too... I missed out on pre-ordering one, so hopefully I'll manage to grab one before they're all gone.
I'm not going to have enough money to do much else this fortnight, but who cares.