Punk Hair Style
The punk hair style over time: what it meant, what it means, and, oh, the confusion!
There's
been a lot of controversy on the subject of punk: when did it really
start, who started it, what's the definition...the list goes on! One of
the major outer signs that say a person is "punk" is the punk hair
style, the only hair style that has lasted over twenty years...ok,
besides the mullet. But who cares?
The punk hair
style has basically stayed the same, with a few changes here and there
to fit the times (70's punk, 80's punk, 90's punk and so on).
In
the 70's, when punk really began to take off, if your hair style was
spiked or colored, you were a punk. When the 80's approached, rebellion
became something like it never was before, and with the birth of MTV,
it was easier to spread the rebel punk hair virus.
The
punk hair style of the 80's thus blossomed to include not only spikes
and unheard of hair colors, but the wonderfully uncouth mohawk, which
Merriam-Webster defines as "a hairstyle with a narrow center strip of
upright hair and the sides shaved." But there were so many ways young
hooligans could fashion their ten foot spears. That's what made them so
fun! I mean... other than the fact that it made everyone around them
uneasy.
Your Idol and mine
A
punk hair style in the 80's might also be a shaved head with tattoos,
the devil's lock (a punk hair style lovingly worn by the Misfit's Glenn
Danzig), wild and hair-sprayed...both dudes AND chicks.
Danzig's mother loved his Devil's Lock
People knew what you stood for by your obvious punk clothes and punk hair style.
Ah...but NOW....
Well,
let's just say it's not so easy to discern anymore. The punk hair style
has become part of mainstream fashion and not so much a personal
statement. And being that my fiancee is one of what I like to call "the
original punks," I know this disturbs the original punks... the ones
who used to wear safety pins all over their clothes because they were
falling apart and could not afford new ones. The ones who were punks,
like the members of Pennywise or The Casualties, because it meant
something deeper.
And it's been said, "punk is
dead." Maybe this is true. And yet, the punk hair style lives on. It is
a symbol of rebellion among all disturbed youth, an effective
attention-getter, and will still shock and frighten the living
daylights out of the elderly - a favorite pastime for any young one.
Sure,
the word "punk" has meant many different things over the decades, and
the punk hair style and punk fashion has slightly changed whilst
maintaining its essence, but in my heart I know that there are certain
ideals that the word "punk" encompasses that will never die.
And
to those who wish to carry on the punk hair style to their senior prom,
to their wedding day, and well into their middle age years, I say...
rock on. After all, that is the true rule of punk...
...there are no rules.
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Dueskee
by Adam, August 4, 2009
Yeah, punk is a way of living, shown by how we act, how we express our selves, but we don't dress the way we do to "look punk", we do so to augment the punk, to make it a general society, open to those willing to embrace it. Yes, people will act like punks to fit in, but we can't be hatin on each other for it, don't criticize and discriminate, but help them, and don't go crazy on people for believing in what they do, how they feel!
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They are just posers
by The Chick, July 1, 2009
The punk people of today who proclaim they are"punk are posers"but those who truly are what hey say need not to say a word but it is shown.
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Dare to think different...
by Greg Graffin from Like the blood on my door, wash me clean and i will run until i reach the shore., June 23, 2009
Read Rant by Chuck Palahniuk, then look up some bands in the above post. Watch a video of gg allin. It's the way you live. But stop wasting your time on the internet and LIVE before it passes you by. "I don't need to be a global citizen because i'm blessed by nationality. I'm a member of a growing populace, we enforce our personality. There are things that pull us under and there are things that drag us down. But there's a power and a vital prescence that's lurking all around. We've got the American Jesus, see him on the interstate. We've got the American Jesus, he helpewd build the president's estate. I feel sorry for the earth's population 'cuz so few live in the USA. At least the foreigners can copy our morality they can visit but they cannot stay. Only precious few can garner their prosperity it makes us walk with renewed confidence. We've got a place to go when we die and the architect resides right here. We've gotthe american jesus overwhelming millions everyday exercising his authority by Bad Religion
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we walk the streets at night, we go where eagles dare..
by gg allin aka Anne Havok from the hurting ground where all good men are trampled down., June 23, 2009
You are the ones wearing misfits shirts that don't listen to and/or appreciate the lyrics and music. You are not MOVED by them. You are the reason why the people like me can't enjoy Bad Religion at Warped like we used to all those years ago. You've never listened to TSOL, Butthole Surfers, Jesus Christ Vampie Hunter, etc. It's about being free, going against the grain. You live on your own terms and other people think you're mad, or messed up. I don't care if it offends you. Really, be your own person. When it's no longer "cool" you'll be back where you started, with other people just like you that understand you. My fiance and I met thanks to punk music, we will always be around so in that respect punk won't die. You m****produced zombies will never know what it's like to be alive, you died a long time ago. Wear what you want. Let me guess, you watch the news and believe what the government tells you, and think they have your best interest? "with jaded eyes and features, you think they really care?!"
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Punk died in my school
by Schaz Bot from Oxford, MS, February 10, 2009
I am the only hardcore kid in my entire Fing school district. I have been reduced to hanging with all the metal heads. Punk is not dead but i think it is on its way. Not enough people know or care. It is driving me insane. the scene around me is almost gone. I need a band to come somewhere near mississippi. WORK MAGIC!
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PUNK IS NOT DEAD
by PUNK ROCKER, November 10, 2008
LOOK YOU EMO FREAKS PUNK IS NOT DEAD IF YOU THINK SO YOUR A LOSER!!!! its not about wearing wering something becuz it makes u look punk or wtv ur style is, its expressing ur freedom to be watever u want!!! and if we punk are more rebel so wat LIVE WITH IT!!!!
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unreal
by joey negro from london, September 29, 2008
that hair in unreal
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beth milligan
by beth milligan from portsgrove, September 11, 2008
i want titcket to see high school musical 3
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um whats the name
by matt from new york, September 7, 2008
someone please tell me the name of this haircut...if you know it thanks
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PUNK IS DEAD
by Bob, August 12, 2008
punk is dead, and is uncool, Emo for girls, Skater for dudes.. that simple =]
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hair product
by george, July 18, 2008
hey people what kind of product do you think he would use to get his hair that texture and to stay liek it. i need some thing for my hair to make it look more like that.
thanks.
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punk is not dead
by jack the punker from kent, July 15, 2008
yh man who said punk was dead, its not man. rock on pps!!!
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Is that zac
by nikii, July 12, 2008
is that zac efron??? anyway, i love that hair. my brother has it
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WTF
by Betty from Saskatchewan, Canada, May 1, 2008
Who cares about a "Punk Hair style" and who cares that they are calling it a "punk" hairstyle. This isnt a forum about culture, revolution or anything else that will change the world Its about how people want to look and the name thats given to a certain type of style. Quit getting so worked up about nothing and pay more attention to what really matters.
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gayness
by hotthott hehe from god, January 19, 2008
singing and dancing while keepin ur hair gay wow tht is a freakin workout woo
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SUPER SICK AND SONIC
by THE EYE OF THE BALCK DIMAOND :BECK from CANADA, January 19, 2008
WHATS BETTER THEN FREAKIN OUT THOSE ELDERLLY PPL !! WHAT A THRILL EHHH ME WELL i;VE DONE IT ALL WELL THE EXCEPETION ON SHAVING MY HEAD !! LOL CONSIDERING IT MIGHT SHOCK PEOPLE TO DEATH !! RIGHT NOW MY HAIR ACTULLY WENT WRONG BUT IT ACTULLY RESORTED ME TO A SWEET PUNK LOOK LOL!!SO MY HAIR TURNED PURPLE AND READ AND WELL THIS OLD LADY THOUGHT i WAS LIKE THAT FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS LOL IT WAS QUITE FUNNY LOL BUT ANY TWO ARTIERS !! YES ROCK ON!!!!!!!! OH i ADDED A RULE IN ALWAYS SMILE IT MAKES PPL WONDER WHAT YOU'VE BEEN UP TO!!JKS
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Stereotypes
by Jesus, December 17, 2007
Your wife was one of the "original punks?"
NO WAY!
I didn't know people were posers that labelled themselves back then too.
Geeze, wear something because you think it looks good, not because you think it will 'make you Punk.' Honestly if your such a ****ing rebel people will know it because of what you do, not because of how you dress.
Punk, emo, goth, and all the other pathetic labels are just an excuse for narrow minded people like you and your wife to live inside a box.
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anarchy live free
by michael franklin from texas, November 27, 2007
live free man never die
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live fast die young
by Ritchie AnTiCs, November 14, 2007
but when you like the punk hardcore scene you should dress that way likeing it but not dressing like you do caus e you want to be didfferent is totally cancelling the reason why it is different
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right
by ?? from minneapolis, November 9, 2007
it doesnt matter how u look, its just a way of living
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