Oldies
Most people would not think of me as someone who likes punk music. I don't know why, maybe it has to do with the fact that I'm small and look 14 or something, but believe it or not, punk was a big part of my early teenage years. Bands like The Ataris, Taking Back Sunday, and Jimmy Eat World were my favorite for a while until I moved on to more "hardcore" (?) bands like Underoath, The Used, Thrice, and Silverstein. The other day, shuffling through my iPod I found my old "punk" playlists and realized how long it has been since I listened to this type of music. I realized that bands that I used to listen to are so much more commercialized than before. Fall Out Boy, The Used, and All American Rejects have become a lot more Pop than Punk. They have also been overcome by new commercial bands that are wrongly categorized under the punk genre. These bands include My Chemical Romance, Simple Plan, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and Panic at the Disco. Though I do like a few of these, or at least some of their songs, I clearly see the difference between their music and the old playlist I was referring to before. I guess what I'm getting at is that now-a-days it's hard for bands to get recognition and fame without them changing their original sound and identity. Like The Beatles who realized this and finally decided to leave their music label, I think more bands should stand up for their originality instead of giving in to commercialism.