Six types of punker. Which one are you?

[Charlie M]

Herbert - that was another Garry Bushell invention. Jeez - do people use that term today? I hope so - I really hope so.

i used it once weeks ago and all these jits have been parroting it ever since. no wonder we can't have nice things.

Dude - you're a style leader right there.

[AggravationOverdose]

Who'd want to be considered a punker at all? Wasn't this a term originating in the 80s used by people outside the scene totally unfamiliar with any aspect of what punk was about?

When I here that term I think of Serena Dank and Parents Of Punkers.

If punk originally was a disparaging term pre-76/77 then punker was and always has been a joke term for punks. Certainly outside the US anyway.  A bit of self respect there dudes! I'm no type of punker. But then I don't consider myself a punk either.

This is America. Americans invented punk rock. Punk rock "outside of the U.S." (you mean Europe, dontcha?)  is a joke. Take our friends in  Franceland. The best ever French attempt at punk  was by fucking Gerard Depardieu on one of those Fake Punk comps. We're not rewriting history here. Punks, punkers, punkies (Australia), punkys (Mexico), punkos (Papua New Guinea), les punks du rocque etc are all valid and acceptable in 2016.

As for you, you sound like a herbert:

Agg, I stand corrected!
We're all punkers. (Well known Pop Group tshirt....)
In all honesty - I'm punker-as-fuck. And I always adopt a punker than thou attitude (I believe that may be the only grammatically correct use of the word punker - adjective but never noun (outside the US (which invented punk(er))))).  Despite being a European.

Herbert - that was another Garry Bushell invention. Jeez - do people use that term today? I hope so - I really hope so.

If a Herbert is a regular bloke (albeit with a few visual rocker/punker attributes) then your average punk gig is probably 25-50% Herbert.

[AggravationOverdose]

Who'd want to be considered a punker at all? Wasn't this a term originating in the 80s used by people outside the scene totally unfamiliar with any aspect of what punk was about?

When I here that term I think of Serena Dank and Parents Of Punkers.

If punk originally was a disparaging term pre-76/77 then punker was and always has been a joke term for punks. Certainly outside the US anyway.  A bit of self respect there dudes! I'm no type of punker. But then I don't consider myself a punk either.

This is America. Americans invented punk rock. Punk rock "outside of the U.S." (you mean Europe, dontcha?)  is a joke. Take our friends in  Franceland. The best ever French attempt at punk  was by fucking Gerard Depardieu on one of those Fake Punk comps. We're not rewriting history here. Punks, punkers, punkies (Australia), punkys (Mexico), punkos (Papua New Guinea), les punks du rocque etc are all valid and acceptable in 2016.

As for you, you sound like a herbert:

Agg, I stand corrected!
We're all punkers. (Well known Pop Group tshirt....)
In all honesty - I'm punker-as-fuck. And I always adopt a punker than thou attitude (I believe that may be the only grammatically correct use of the word punker - adjective but never noun (outside the US (which invented punk(er))))).  Despite being a European.

Herbert - that was another Garry Bushell invention. Jeez - do people use that term today? I hope so - I really hope so.

To quote John Cena quoting somebody else "Real recognize real"

Having said that, and having not been able to come up with a killer punchline, it is time to reveal the full picture:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojEwryTl804

Europe: Where the chaos precipitated by punks, skins, herberts, metal heads, droogs, eyepatch-donning road warrior wrestlers, unfrozen cavemen lawyers, and undercover cops is safely confined to the sidewalk.

[velcro]

Who'd want to be considered a punker at all? Wasn't this a term originating in the 80s used by people outside the scene totally unfamiliar with any aspect of what punk was about?

When I here that term I think of Serena Dank and Parents Of Punkers.

If punk originally was a disparaging term pre-76/77 then punker was and always has been a joke term for punks. Certainly outside the US anyway.  A bit of self respect there dudes! I'm no type of punker. But then I don't consider myself a punk either.

This is America. Americans invented punk rock. Punk rock "outside of the U.S." (you mean Europe, dontcha?)  is a joke. Take our friends in  Franceland. The best ever French attempt at punk  was by fucking Gerard Depardieu on one of those Fake Punk comps. We're not rewriting history here. Punks, punkers, punkies (Australia), punkys (Mexico), punkos (Papua New Guinea), les punks du rocque etc are all valid and acceptable in 2016.

As for you, you sound like a herbert:

Agg, I stand corrected!
We're all punkers. (Well known Pop Group tshirt....)
In all honesty - I'm punker-as-fuck. And I always adopt a punker than thou attitude (I believe that may be the only grammatically correct use of the word punker - adjective but never noun (outside the US (which invented punk(er))))).  Despite being a European.

Herbert - that was another Garry Bushell invention. Jeez - do people use that term today? I hope so - I really hope so.

To quote John Cena quoting somebody else "Real recognize real"

Having said that, and having not been able to come up with a killer punchline, it is time to reveal the full picture:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojEwryTl804

Europe: Where the chaos precipitated by punks, skins, herberts, metal heads, droogs, eyepatch-donning road warrior wrestlers, unfrozen cavemen lawyers, and undercover cops is safely confined to the sidewalk.

lol thats hilarious. i actually had a convo with my italian uncle about Nabat. he showed me this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNMKCdygolk and we blared it on repeat the whole way home from Pedavena, much to my mother's chagrin

[nuggetsvolume1]

I personally like labels. There is a lifetime of media out there-I like to know what I'm getting into before I waste my precious Youtube minutes. What else do you wanna call the 77'-84' (punk) music everybody on here is united in favor of? New Wave? Alternative? No name?

"I don't like labels" is something The Red Hot Chili Peppers or a Herbert Smith in a ska/punk outfit would use to describe their music. Use a label! Hit the nail on the head! Make that chord progression sound like "Back From Samoa"/Minor Threat!

[suitor]

[Sukebe GG]

I'm the seventh type...but I'd say we are 99% Herbert on Termbore.

Bushell invented the term to describe himself, I'm assuming...Are Herberts allowed to wear Fred Perry or Lonsdale? Or is it strictly off-brand polo shirts and loafers??

[cranefortune]

I'm the seventh type...but I'd say we are 99% Herbert on Termbore.

Bushell invented the term to describe himself, I'm assuming...Are Herberts allowed to wear Fred Perry or Lonsdale? Or is it strictly off-brand polo shirts and loafers??

Ive really been wanting to learn to embroider so i can buy polo shirts from the thrift store and embroider the fred perry logo on them and sell them for stupid prices.