• prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
        9·
        11 months ago

        Only if you want to start circumcising mosquitos here.

        Classical as a word typically refers to the period of time the Greeks were at their height.

        Classical Rock uses the spirit of the word Classical to describe this era of rock and roll as the basis for modern Rock and Roll.

        Now if you want to use the term classical rock to describe an era, then no that era is gone. If you want to decide that only the period of the 70s and early 80s that punk was as you describe it then SURE punk is dead.

        But punk started before the 70s and will continue long after you and I are dead.

        By the arbitrary definition that punk was a genre of rock music that existed only during a certain time period… sure it was and no longer is.

        I simply champion the idea that labeling punk as a genre is ironic in and of itself, to say it fits in a narrow definition is also kinda ironic.

      • StorminNorman@lemmy.world
        91·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, and new bands get added every year as time marches on. Your initial comment is insane though. Country, metal, electronica, they all continue on, but punk has died…? That’s not how music works at all. Punk is still happening every day. From the classics you mentioned, to some shitty band who only formed last week and are still thrashing out their first song in their parents garage, it’s all out there. Plenty of ways to find it too. Speciality punk record labels and record stores, punk venues, plenty of playlists to be found.

        • Pratai@lemmy.ca
          36·
          11 months ago

          You’re not getting my point. Classic rock wasn’t called classic rock when it was new. No one in the 70’s were calling Pink Floyd a classic rock band. They were just a rock band.

          Punk (music) was a thing that happened, not a thing that IS happening.

          • ferralcat@monyet.cc
            7·
            11 months ago

            Rock music sis still created though… You’re basically saying “70s rock could only happen in the 70s so therefore punk doesn’t exist anymore”. The “70s rock” part of that sentence isn’t even true, let alone the jump from it to the back half.

            • StorminNorman@lemmy.world
              4·
              11 months ago

              Exactly! And they’re constantly adding new songs to the canon! Hell, they’ve added some nirvana and foo fighters tracks!

            • Pratai@lemmy.ca
              13·
              11 months ago

              No, what I’m saying is that in the 70’s, what we know now as “classic rock” was simply called “rock” music. I thought I explained this pretty well already.

              Similarly, in the 70’s punk was called punk. What we have now that is calling itself punk- in my opinion, can’t be punk. Because punk WAS. Like how classic rock WAS.

              There are no NEW classic rock bands. Ergo, there are no new punk bands.

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
        3·
        11 months ago

        Yes, but they won’t release new music, because then it wouldn’t be classic anymore.