i dont know much about punk "music" in general. i did like some of the older more mainstream bands like the ramones the clash sex pistols everyone knows what i mean.

as my understanding of punk goes, it was more about feeling abandoned by soceity(sp?) and the main stream. when punk was first being played art rock and the begginings of glam rock (david bowe) as well as the pop soft rock stuff, these kids who didnt want to go quietly into the night and really wanted something to show thier discontent with unemployment, conformity, and the over all drive to grow up get a job 2.5 kids a suburban house and a dog.
what i think sets new punk out is the mtv/ internet generation that has no idea whats its rebelling against, its complete lack of a real personal idenity, and its preprogramed drive to buy everything in site.for these kids of my generation the ideals of punk were bought and sold with the deaths of sid vicious and joey ramone. that song by sum 41 (sry dont know the name) that was all over tv and the radio a few years ago is what punk is now (even though i dont think its true punk), a money machine for record compaines.

true punk died a long time ago and will never be brought back untill some one wipes their ass with their record contract.