Punk doesn't have rules, because there are many kinds of sounds and many kinds of lyrics. For example, sounds are like country, metal, rockabilly, pops and many genres, lyrics are about politics, love and life. Joe Strummer said "Punk is attitude, not style". I think so too. So, I listen to many kinds of punk bands.
I introduce two punk bands, Social Distortion and Rancid. Social Distortion is from Orange County, California. Front man, Mike Ness is look like tough and strong. Their lyrics are interesting for me, because they sing about life’s pain and love. It’s so cool. Rancid is from California too. Bassist, Matt Freeman is awesome because his performance is very powerful. He is my favorite bass player, so I want to play like him. Rancid always sing about life and friendship. Sometimes their lyrics moved me. Both, Social Distortion and Rancid sing about life. I like bands that they sing about life, because I can sympathize thier lyrics and I can feel so good.
Some people say “Punk is dead”, but I don’t think so, because The souls of early punk rock bands alive into their records and souls of Social D, Rancid and many punk bands. So I think that Punk is indestructible.
