NOFX- separation of church and skate

Lost in a sea of combat boots,
flush the bouncers with wasted youth
When did punk rock become so safe?
When did the scene become a joke?
The kids who used to live for beer and speed
now want their fries and coke
Cursing and flipping birds are not allowed,
in fact let's keep noise levels down

Must separate the church and skate!

Why don't we put pads on the kids?
Helmets, head gear and mouth pieces!
Then we could pad the floor and walls,
put cameras inside bathroom stalls
We make sure only nice bands play,
make every show a matinee
Teach kids to be all they can be,
and we could sing my country tis of thee
sweet land of liberty

When did punk rock become so safe?
I know it wasn't Duane or Fletcher,
Who put up the barricades
Like a stake in the heart,
Somehow we got driven apart

[solo]

I want conflict! I want dissent!
I want the scene to represent...
Our hatred of authority,
our fight against complacency
stop singing songs about girls and love!
You killed the owl! You freed the dove!
confrontation and politics...
Replaced with harmonies and shticks
When did punk rock become so tame?
These fucking bands all sound the same
We want our fights we want our thugs!
We want our burns we want our drugs!
where is the violent apathy?!
These fucking records are rated G!

When did punk rock become so safe?!

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[DamnedGamers]

Pinback, The XX, Interpol, Mellowhype, Kendrick Lamar, Pile, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Crystal Castles, Goat, Title Fight, Death Grips, Justice, Action Bronson, Alt-J, Captain Murphy, The Gorillaz, Neurosis, Deerhoof, Murder Construct, OFF!, Chelsea Wolfe, Mumford and Sons, El-P, Rekks, Battles, Fleet Foxes, Shlohmo, Andrew Jackson Jihad, need anymore?

[Devezo92]

Tony Hawk's Underground 2 <3

[SludgePunkGrunge]

Yea because NOFX isnt a scene band at this point. Youre a fucking moron. BTW< Off is killer, Neurosis is one of the best bands of all time.

[DiamondNGamez]

YEAH LETS GO TO THE PUNK ROCK SHOW!!!

[Franz Roth]

haha i totally agree. OFF! is great but title fight? the xx? mumford & sons? alt-j?

actually good new artists -> off with their heads, masked intruder, local resident failure, rvivr, teenage bottlerocket, old man markley, not on tour, the decline etc.

[Tye Zecher]

my bad 97. nimrod isnt horrible.

[Franz Roth]

you should probably listen to nimrod again. their best album.

[roketfingers]

* after warning

[Larry Stevens]

I do believe that "Fletcher" refers to Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise. "Duane" almost certainly refers to Duane Peters the fuckin 'master of disaster': legendary skateboarder/frontman of many punk bands including the US bombs.

[rionringo]

yeah green days new shit makes me wanna puke but...theyre still an amazing band example basket case or welcome to paradise=one word...legendary

[kn0wy0urenemy]

This song is badass! And to that Top Commenter, You are one of the 'Fries and Coke' Kids, Naming a bunch of bullshit scene artists. Shake My fucking head. Long live Fat Mike.

[Matt Morgan-Rawes]

I've always assumed Fletcher Dragge, as in the Pennywise guitarist ?