By: Alex Gomory
I once mused to myself one afternoon the struggles of being a successful Punk band. A genre that has forced itself to the confines of 2 minute songs at break neck speeds composed of 3 notes or less is doomed to stagnation. I do not profess to be any sort of Punk scholar or expert, but as an observer of the genre I have a sense of pity for the hardest of Punk fans, the ones with their mow hawks, working class boots and suspenders. Unfortunately for Punk, it has forced itself into a corner and stereotype it can barely escape without abandoning its morals and values. This has led to many off shoots such as hardcore, ska, post-Punk, post-Punk revival, pre-post-proto-Punk review, and dubstep (I think that's right). The music that was sticking it to the norm has fallen into such a cliche'd trap that it has itself become more the mainstream than the music it was once sticking it to.
