The Ghost Town Rejects - The streets of Portland, Oregon

[3dnoble]

the chick at 1:18 on the very right not the singer/music player but the younger chick in the white is cute

[3dnoble]

really gay but also kinda cool

[fuckpirate]

well i saw these guys cause i was looking up this group i saw busking once called aeon now. idk this is not bad but it doesnt stand out like aeon now to me but to each their own. i could care less about the lifestyle cool i can respect someone chooses to live that way as well as some who doesnt. i just makes my ears happy and suprises me

[carnicerodeperros]

anyways, these guys are crusty as fuck, which crust would also be a subgenre in punk , and in portland oregon so i would not doubt if they are train hopers and homeless, but anyways if those facts are true it is clear why the decided to do folk, i mean they live on the road and have tales to tell plus i'm sure they squat isn't that punk enough so leave the crusty's alone punk was and is never about the fashion it's about the attitude.

[oi1111111]

I dont give a fuck.

musics the shit

[monashelaine]

Wow I really wish any of you understood this music and its influences.

[PDXFANATIC]

Punk for me today is the Saints. Yesterday it was Schlong and Pig Children. Tomorrow it will probably be the Weirdos if I it finishes downloading in time.

[strellnakov]

oh we also started playing music like this because traditional "punk" is played out and worn out for being anything more than infantile and asinine rebellion, jealously guarded by those who are far to couched in their privilege.

[strellnakov]

Thats me playing accordion, we play this music because we all grew up playing in "punk", ska, crust and metal bands but because we are all squatters we find ourselves living without electricity so taught ourselves folk instruments took the ethic, lyrics, and musical styles we had previously played and translated it into something completely new..... blah blah blah..... you can reach us at my email address

[newagescholar]

How can I book these guys?

[newagescholar]

How can I get a hold of this band to book a show?

[xxmisfirexx]

no, this is punk because these fuckers live it, it's not a style, it's not a certain sound that makes punk what it is, it's a lifestyle. And these three are the very definition of the genre of punk.

[PDXFANATIC]

@xxmisfirexx Agreed.

[catjoyyoung]

hmmm...this is punk? Because of their attire?

[PDXFANATIC]

@catjoyyoung Punk is a lifestyle. It always has been. Even Greenday used to be punk. They were homeless and played their hearts out, Now they're millionaires. I don't know whether or not they kept their mojo.

[catjoyyoung]

@PDXFANATIC The music is folk. Sorry to spin you out but I am not 12. I was around for the original Punk era when it actually WAS defined by the music and not by the clothing.

[PDXFANATIC]

@catjoyyoung The music is folk. You win. I grew up very involved in running desert shows in Las Vegas, NV during the early 80's, touring and playing in many bands and "punk shows" often had a variety of "punk rockers" playing their spin on various forms of music. Punk is a lifestyle & also a brand of music. ;●D

[catjoyyoung]

@PDXFANATIC Yes - the term punk does now cover more than just the music. I am afraid I am a bit of a purist. When Green Day arrived in the second wave of punk I really did not feel they were punk. I was in the UK in 1980 and at that point there were many different types of music and even Punk was subdivided into subgroups (punkabilly as example), There were - Mods, Teddys, Ska, etc. which were distinct musically and in the dress code.

No Doubt came along and said they were SKa, I doubt that.

[jukeboxxxe]

@catjoyyoung punk has ALWAYS been about the clothing... Sid vicious was chosen because of how he lookede NOT becasuse he was particularly hardcore...

[catjoyyoung]

@jukeboxxxe ??? Um...nope.

[carnicerodeperros]

@jukeboxxxe everyone knows the sex pistols sucked anyways.