Melting Ice: Punk and Patterns
Punk rock is a tool for historical pattern recognition. Often criticized for its stripped-down simplicity, some fail to recognize its purpose; the chords are only the bones to its body of social commentary. Sure, we’ve heard these riffs before, but that is the point. It is the words that tie in the past, present, and future of resistance. When we think of protest music, we think of at least one punk song.In an article for The New Yorker, writer Mitch Therieau makes a thoughtful point that “for...
