From a Black Brazilian, Latin American to the world 🇧🇷 Punk is an attitude, punk is the union of men and women against all rotten systems in the world. Punk is the union of all races. Punk is rock and roll.
To anyone who grew up in the 80's hard-core scene this is not suprising Fishbone, Bad Brains, In living Color, all the two tone Ska bands. The scene was diverse, we had a blast! I was an old school skinhead had friends who were black skinhead. Big fans of rock steady, Ska and reggae, the Clash the list goes on. Just heard about Death which is amazing! Sad they didn't make it back in the day! It the immortal words of Sham 69 "if the kids are united we will never be divided" For the most part the history of punk is very diverse. I hope it always stays that way. We were united in our passion for each other!!
its all about superficial image and aesthetic with these pathological leftists. they dont understand content, just how shit looks. thats what popular culture is based on though - image and aesthetic, not actual understanding of technical artistry.
@@phuckgoogle4027 you realize punk started as a left wing movement the Dead Kennedy's were super left wing and the sex pistols were started to sell a brand of clothing
Dead Kennedys were great, and one of the early examples of true punk, but they came about two years after the British explosion of the genre. The Sex Pistols had already broken up and other bands like the Damned and the Stooges were active for several years when the Kennedy's were formed back in 1978. They definitely took the torch and blazed up some new paths with it though.
Punk is punk. It doesn't matter your race, yout nationality, only import that you hate the tirany and injustice, be yourself, and having fun in the pit
i think that calling american punk a whites only club is a near sighted statement.(to my knowledge) there were plenty of African Americans, Asians, and Latino punk bands/fans. this is very wrong, punk is for every single one. anyone can rebel. anyone can fight against the power, being punk is being punk. Saying being African American in the United States is punk rock is such a dumb statement.
since this history is really only about one band: bad brains, i think we should have a discussion around how openly homophobic they were. only makes sense when trying to speak about inclusion. and in the first wave of U.S. hardcore there were so many black musicians involved, just not entire bands comprised of all black dudes. YDI singer, VOID guitarist, Dead Kennedys drummer, etc etc. this is one of the worst pieces on punk i've ever seen.
Defintely true. It doesn't take away from the influence they had on the sound and the culture but H.R. has said rediculous things regarding LGBTQ people. And MANY in the punk scene denounced him for it. HAving said that this is a hit piece and just not true. It borders on propaganda.
Punk is a real alternative to the mainstream of our society. Punk is a different state of mind than what we are trying to teach from birth. Punks don't care about skin colour or other unimportant things! Punk means respect yourself and respect all the others who also really respect you!
I hoped to learn about some cool new (edit: to me) bands here. Instead I learned white people will do anything to prop up black people. Isn't it enough that Bad Brains and Death are awesome? We don't have to lie about how important Death was or rattle off a bunch of even-less-important vaguely-punk-influenced bands.
I love X Ray Spex, but Ill be sure to check out the other two. I really hate the optics around my initial post. I try not to be racial, let alone racist... But this video is so totally uninformed... THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME SOME NEW INFO!!!
Thanks for posting this! I'm actually teaching a class on punk next fall and I grew up in Southern California and definitely had the impression that punk was white and mostly male. It has been incredibly amazing to discover this much richer history!!! I have become an huge fan of Death in the last couple years.
You sound like someone who shouldn't be teaching a class on punk if that's the impression you had...That means you obviously didn't grow up around the punk scenes, especially the Southern California scene that was obviously not all white.
Amanda Tessmer if you wanna take it back that far you can go back to the 1916 Irish singing about getting rid of the English you could count that as punk but no one does therefore you shouldn't say mc5 or the stooges are so it started with the pistols and clash
Back in the day people didn't care what colour your skin was. Punk was punk. We were all the same. Stop racializing every Damn thing. It just wasn't like that.
Danceable punk (like some of the Clash tunes) was popular in the 80s at some NYC clubs. I considered "Cha Cha Fernandez and the Slumlords" to be punk rock, unsure if they would be considered punk rock, but that band was a popular band in many NYC clubs in the 80s. (Cha Cha Fernandez & the Slumlords - RU-vid) --the many songs on that at around 4:30 is a cool dance punk rock romantic tune, just excellent punk rock.
I found punk when I was 10, I am 47 now, and I still consider myself a punk. My musical interests have grown and expanded, but the punk ethos is still in me. I do think punk is just a term that means different things to people, to me it is about pure expression, regardless of technical skill. It is an outlet for aggression, passion, love, and everything that describes the human condition. I do think to many people unfortunately it has been reduced to a fashion, and to some a phase they went through. I try to keep these things alive in my spirit whether I am playing loud electric guitars, soft acoustic, or making noise with a synthesizer. You may not agree, but I really don't care.
Death is such an underrated gem of a band. Shame they didn't mention screaming Jay Hawkins at all; that guy was proto psychobilly, shockrock, punk and goth all rollen into 1 sick act
Black Flag doesn't have shit on Minor Threat and Bad Brains. They're popular because their singer is a jackass and they had a cool symbol. I hate that they're thrown in with BD and MT.
Latinos that we’re in or still in punk bands: Suicidal Tendencies, Adolescents, D.I., Flipper, Descendants, The Vandals, The Plugz, The Zeros, Misfits, Dr, Know, Black Flag, Circle One, Bad Religion, No FX, Dead Kennedy’s after Jello Biafra, Wasted Youth, Legal Weapon, CH.3, that is just to name a few or I would be hear all day. Shit even speed metal bad asses Tom Araya and Dave Lombardo from Slayer. Someone should do a Latino punk documentary.
To Jonas Jergensen: original drummer from the Misfits was Manny Martinez, later Robo who is Colombian played with them, he also played with Black Flag. Then you have Dez Cadena who also played with Black Flag, and now you have Dave Lombardo who is cuban.
Perhaps. But it took a LOT of bruises and broken bones for that to be the case today. I've still got a finger that doesn't bend right from my time with the ARA.
If you're a white guy sure, you get that privilege. But if you're a black kid in the 80's and 90's and you have people looking at you weird or think you're in the wrong place when you show up to a punk bar or mosh pit. Or when all of the people you meet assumes you're into hip-hop and never punk or heavy metal, then it certainly feels that punk cares about race.
@@mopes2713 ,stopping fascists etc. was just an excuse for self righteous zealots to yell and scream how important and all knowing they were while accomplishing nothing. Had nothing to do with punk.
@@ndogg20 Poor people do not have the Power to make fundamental systemic change. All they can do is yell and scream a write songs about how messed up society is.
@@daisymagnus306 No it has more to do with it being inaccurate and snarky. The punk scene looks like they have a lack of diversity if you watch Greeb Day videos because they are more of a pop band then a punk band and at the time pop was all about suburban white faces. If you were actually involved in the actual DIY punk and metal scenes then you already know how diverse it is. Especially if you live in a large city. This lady is clearly not part of the scene and is really talking about the "Warp Tour" punk scene which isn't really considered punk by most punks. Being a nazi at a hardcore punk show could possibly get you killed. And that's a fact. Punks have a hard time taking criticism from outsiders just like hip hop or country or any other genre of music that is heavily tied to a culture/subculture. And the reason for that is outsiders often get it wrong. Especially mainstream journalists who have a vested interest in using clickbait and giving misleading information. It's unfair to say it's because we don't like a lack of diversity being pointed out. I think for most of us, we have a problem with being lumped in with mainstream "punk" because it doesn't reflect the real scene at allwhich is VERY diverse and inclusive. Green Day is for jocks, not punks. The real litmus test for punk is if it is on a major label then it is probably not really punk. Shout out to all my black and brown brothers in the scene. It would not be the same without you. And shout out to all punks/metal punks/crusties who hate fascists and also mainstream media. Fight the power and up the punx.
@@JCOdrjonesIs it or is it more because they were African Americans? You can be a person of color in another country and not have the African American experience. Also, worth-noting Bad Brains and Death have lots of white influences too. I am sure that wasn't how they looked at those bands though. They just thought they were making good shit and used them to find their sound. Music connects people. The moment we start making white music and black music categories again is the moment we lose something special. These were very talented musicians that were black and not very talented black musicians. The wording makes all the difference. It is very discrediting to these talented artists. It is like saying somebody is pretty for a black girl instead of just treating her like a person and telling her she's pretty. You can acknowledge it. Just don't forget that is a person.
The only people that judged blacks that were into rock music were others blacks. And it wasn't just rock music, blacks judged black people that were into/did the following: - Skateboarding - Dressing formally - Speaking/talking "white" - Wanting to go college - Reading - Math/Science - Dated outside of their race (still are judged for this to this day) - Vote Republican If your black and you did any of the following I listed, your race would be questioned.
Exactly. The fact that people can’t reconcile the African American contribution to punk and rock and roll is the perfect example for cultural erasure of African Americans, and whites claiming it as their own.
@@primeparadox9796 But it's not true, punk has generally been white. It's you guys who need to virtue signal and pretend it was super black or something. Why don't you talk abut the very black history of blues or mowtown? you don't see us making videos like,"the very white history of hip hop."
I've literally never heard anyone label punk, metal, or grunge as "white people music." Get over yourselves and stop injecting race and victim hood into everything.
@@avertthymortaleyes3460 What? Read my reply again. I don't think you got the context right. First, I'm white, so how can I be oppressed by my own skin? Second, I agree with you. The BLM movement is made up *predominantly white* leftists who claim that black people are oppressed. I'm not a leftist.
STFU. What an idiotic argument about as band from four decades ago!!! They weren’t “blackifying” anything. That wasn’t even a thing. And talking about them now its history.
Death didn't pioneer shit. No one ever got to hear them back then. Only in recent years, their music came to light and now hipsters gonna be like "oh yes, black proto punk, that was the shit back then don't you know?!" and all of a sudden, we need pointless documentaries like this... -.-
SiLeNCel2 A group of people's early efforts in the formation of something going unrecognized, only to later be given more prevelance and placed in higher esteem. Also known as... pioneers
Christopher Batson pretty sure the original comment is in reference to this video implying that bands like death shaped punk and have just been "white-washed" out of its history. Most importantly punk isn't about race but in this instance of the band only more recently being credited and appreciated in the timeline of punk then how can they have shaped the genre and pioneered sounds outside of a position of influence? It's great that African American influence on punk is being recognised but this video takes it a step beyond and creates a racial divide by playing off the relative obscurity of two punk bands (both incredible imo) compared with the status given to some white punk groups and claiming this is a racial divide/issue. Punk has been influenced by people of all races and awareness of that is good, but I guess it takes a race baiting video like this to make that step and try and attribute it to a specific race/imply a group has been excluded from its history. If you actually listen to punk you won't give two shits about what this woman's saying and you'd just enjoy it for what it is.
Mark Ward 1. Pioneer =/= influencer. Many "settlers" of America as well as pioneers of art, business, etc. didn't meet with initial material success or raise immediate interest. However, this doesn't negate their importance as early voices in a movement. 2. I appreciate the often visceral stance against bigotry that many in punk culture take; the push against Nazi skinheads appropriating punk signifiers being an exceptionally notable example. That doesn't mean punk is immune to the structures of bigoted thinking. Nothing is. 3. Race is in all things, all the time, everywhere. Or rather, it's found its tendrils, along with its negative thinking and power structure, in every aspect of culture. Enjoying something - in this case, Punk - for what it is is fine, but if you don't periodically examine the negative history permeating everything, you run the risk of supporting the ethos Punk stands against.
Grew up in a white catholic community but my parents were both writers so I had access to a great deal of culture. Luckily for me my father has an extensive music collection and had a death album, so I was introduced to them somewhere around 2003
Dumb video. Nice to know of these bands, but the whole "punk would have been black but racists wouldn't let it," "punk Jim Crow" angle is complete nonsense. Punks and hardcore fans loved Bad Brains. There just weren't a ton of blacks in the punk scene. You'd see a few here and there, and they were never shunned. For every white punk band that got on a label, usually an upstart, there were hundreds that didn't. It wasn't marketable music. Celebrate the music of black punk bands for sure, but stop this revisionist, social justice nonsense that their voices were suppressed. It's just not true. Not every thing is about race, and you know it.
Why pick some youngster to read a script for this? Clicks? There is a story to be told but we're not that far on that it can't be told by someone who was there
@Val 91 what do you know about being black and punk would you shut up. You're the race obsessed because you would rather not hear our side of the story
@@tafkapi9840 punk wasnt totally right wing either . It expressed the ideology from whoever was playing it. you're just telling one side.. "rock against racism" was there just like "rock against communism" as a matter of fact Poly Styrene ,Don Letts and Pauline Black ( who were in this documentary )were apart of that RAR movment. As a matter of fact "rock against communism" was started to counter "counter Rock Against Racism ." Rock Against Racism" was first so stop your rediculous fairy tale revisionism. And although it was irresponsible The swastika was used as a shock mechanism by many punks back then, even black punk rock bands like pure hell wore them Also lots of outlaw gangs from NY did the same thing and most of them were non white. I'm glad they ditched that trash because nazi pigots used that as an excuse to infiltrate a lot of white youth in the UK. . punk rock was nihilistic but with nihilism always leaves and opened space for all kinds For an ideology no matter what . There were also more black punks than were mentioned in this video. And white journalist like lester bangs calling out racism in the scene as well. With his article "white noise supremacists " .punk is like any other subculture or any where where there is people , you have a variety of ideologies swimming about . You're acting like screw drivers view was the only view and that only punks were white. Punk wasnt totally anything but what it was - another outlet of a bunch of ideas .
@@oddioventurediscourse You're arguing against points I didnt even make. Not once did I say punk was "totally" right wing, or even predominantly so. And when I say "right wing" I obviously dont mean tory voting toffs with mohawks. I brought up RAC and not RAR becuse RAC was pertinent to the context of the comment (that punks didnt care about race etc). There is just a misconception nowadays that punk was always some kind of anti-racist, pro-gay, pro-feminist movement that had monolithic ideals that would allign with a modern SJW, which is obviously FAR from the truth. As you said it was largely nihilistic, there was a lot of anger and hate in the music, it was a contrast to the idealism and utopianism that had come before in the late 60s.
the weird thing is that back in Britain... al these band started as tribute to african american musics of all kinds and it was not hidden at all. They really worshiped that stuff and came to make it their own. African american musicians from the 1940s onward toured in the UK and did great there... all the way to the 1980s with house music.
@@77Creation I can't disagree with your comment, my point was that British music had a wider influence than just America and punk specifically was more home grown than American influenced despite what the American in the video tried to claim. I'm replying after a few weeks so I can't remember his name. ✌️
@@TOSHIGH Yes, but black Carribbean music isn't the same as black American music. It's pointless having any nuanced discussion if people are just going to say all white music is derived from all black music and blacks did it first because they were the original homosapiens.
These so called “Fascist” you call aren't even Fascist I have never seen someone that's actually cool with Fascism. No one likes Fascism except for very few dumbasses.
@@niknak8299 Fascists don't think they or their beliefs are Fascist. Flowery words, dog whistles, and political influence are used by "educated" fascists and the morons tend to occupy Internet forums and publicly announce their vile rhetoric. So "i've never seen someone cool with fascism" doesn't make sense - because you have likely; their have been quite a few instances recently.
@DJ Bob-omb!Uh no. Black Americans created Gospel, Blues, Rhythm and Blues (and thereby Rock n Roll), Funk, Disco, and Rap (among other genres). However, to site mid 70s groups as creators of Punk doesn't wash. The Stooges came out in 1969. The New York Dolls self titled album was released in 1973, when Death was still a funk band called "RockFire Funk Express." Patty Smith released "Hey Joe" in 1974. The first track on the album "Politicians in my Eyes" was not released until late 1975. That said, Death were most certainly early contributors to Punk and deserve to be credited as such. This isn't about race; it's about the history of punk. How's this for credit? The ultimate foundation of all recorded Rock music is Mamie Smith, who recorded "Crazy Blues" on Tuesday, April 10, 1920.
DEATH literally tells you guys they are not a punk band... they were a rock band and you STILL try to lump them in, to fit your narrative... AJ+, want to know how you end racism? STOP MAKING EVERYTHING ABOUT RACE! And instead judge people by the content of their character! .. you may want to pick up a history book to see who said that!
And you take being a whypt stupremashit to where its always been, in the toilet. I will challenge your sorry bass what do you even know about the black history of punk let alone rock n roll NOTHING . And you know nothing about what you saying . Come on pigot let's go l let's go
@@oddioventurediscourseAHHHHha ahahahahahahahaha I checked out your channel, guess what you suck! LOL You shouldn't be qualified to listen to music when you cant even keep a simple 4/4 line On A Bass …. !!!!!!!BwaaaahhhhhahahaHAHAHHAhahahahah
Get your modern corporate bull out of here, punks didn’t care who you were cause they were all rejects… unless you were a neo. Also if you call yourself a punk, then you’re not cause you ain’t goin hard enough to not care
Death is cool and all but no one cited them with anything until that documentary. They were not really that known at all. Just a local band. There were plenty of bands doing what they did waaaay before the early 1970s.
+Alf Benny Yup. I'm half Mexican and I grew up in California. Plenty of other Latinos in the scene here. Some of the biggest bands out here are at least part Latino. Quite a few black punks as well.
When I lived in Chicago I most of my alternative friends were Mexican. I did meet some Black metalheads, not many. Now back in rural Virginia you might be one the only alternative kids of your race in a predominantly White town. You're probably one of the few alternative kids White or not lol. It depends on where you live. At least that was my experience when I was younger.
steppa money Music was colour coded from the beginning in American culture go check the distinction they made at the beginning with Rock and RnB which were essentially the same thing. The best art often comes from struggling and black people in America for most history were struggling more than the average and had to get creative to survive.
NoneOfTheAbove why does that matter? You idiot you are calling people black musicians. I think you dont even know what your hands are doing. Take your confused feelings somewhere else.
Nearly all of the dedicated fans of Punk that I have met are well aware of the multi-cultural history of Punk, so it feels a bit misleading to imply that there's an overall ignorance to Punk's history within its fanbase regarding the contributions from people of color. Folks outside of the scene don't typically know, but those who love the music usually are well enough aware, at least in my personal experience. Perhaps the wider world is different. The historical evolution of Punk is deep and varied. The Punks of African descent in England and America definitely had a strong influence. They were one of many vectors helping to shape the sound and culture of Punk. I am ecstatic that bands like A Band Called Death are getting love again. The history of Punk is a treasure and it is worth preserving.
A few corrections: The term hardcore, applied to punk, was definitely FIRST used by Canada's DOA with their lp "Hardcore '81". 2nd, original drummer for Black Flag, Robo, was from (I think) Puerto Rico and was brown. He got deported. The Dead Kennedy's amazing drummer D.H. Peligro was black. DC was not "the center of hardcore", there was no "center of hardcore". In Texas there were a lot of Latino punks including members of the Offenders and I believe the guitarist for the original Dicks. There was nothing punk about Debbie Harry and Blondie except that they had started playing at CBGB's. I never considered Patty Smith a "punk" any more than I considered Springsteen (no, dis... love him) a "punk" and I still don't. Poly Styrene, on the other hand, big time punk. Still, a great little documentary. Thanks.
@@LigaFantasma "Racist fantasies"???? Isn't that just a little over-the-top? So I was wrong about Robo. He was a killer drummer either way. What difference does it make? Racist fantasies? I have none.
@@crimsonwolf9099 I agree with you but you only talking the US. By the early 80s punk was already getting underway everywhere on earth, except sub saharan africa, and that means most scenes were not "white" (not that anyone cared about that). To this day most punks are not white. The biggest punk scene in the world history is surely in west java
Love how they basically said nothing about Rock Against Racism in the U.K. too. They’re trying to make it sound like they’re talking about U.K. and us punk but then just talk about the us and used the U.K. examples to say that punk is political? Like, that’s the point of the genre?
Why are so many people in the comment section in there own feelings. No one said black people created punk, they were just naming some black punk rock artists. I’m from the dirty south and I love 60s and 70s rock (All genres of those era), 80s thrash metal, 90s grunge and scattered other groups from that era. When people hear that they instantly are in AWE down here. That’s why I see nothing wrong with an Afro Punk festival cause down here if you’re black and not listening to Migos, Lil Wayne, Cardi B and other groups like that well people seem to instantly judge you.
+Sav Speaks As a Mexican punk i get what you're saying but this video is not really punk. The Bad Brains are amazing and are one of favorite bands of all time but this video is wack. Punk has always been for everybody. It's our own communities that got us believing we can't take part in it. I love my people but they are judgmental.
This is such a stupid video. These bands didn't 'pioneer' punk just like Vanilla Ice and the Beastie Boys didn't pioneer Hip Hop. Punk started as a counter culture movement in the UK and less so in the US in the 70s (really the only original US punk bands were Ramones, Dead Boys, and The Stooges if you count them as punk or proto-punk). The bands in the video could have been good but they were hardcore and hard rock not punk. To say they had any significant influence on punk is false. But who knows? I could be wrong. I'm sure the oil sheik billionaires who run this media company are fantastic representatives for punks... 🤦
I remember reading a bunch of stuff in the Allmusic guide to Rock back in 2003 and was surprised at just how many early rappers started out in hardcore bands.
Early rap and hardcore had a lot of overlap. In NYC, the first white fans of hip hop were punks, because they came from really similar communities and backgrounds. To this day, some of my favorite NYC hardcore bands have hip hop side projects, and that early overlap gets missed or ignored far too often. And while not really punk or hardcore, Candiria are still Brooklyn legends. They were combining hardcore, metal, and hip hop before any nu metal bands were, and they were never corny about it. They'd also manage to throw some funk, jazz, and even acoustic music into the mix over the years.
Death was a great band. That being said, nobody knew who they were before 2012. They didn't pioneer anything. Punk doesn't belong to any race. Bad Brains were great, too. But even they admitted they were imitating english punk bands. You can't pioneer a genre that was around close to ten years before you were, that's just not how it works.
I've heard rumors that Pure Hell, despite releasing nothing but a 7" in the 70s/80s, became a major influence on the UK punk scene through touring back in the days... And holy hell, if their LP (released within the 10 years) doesn't sounds as good as any '82 Boston HC punk band!
She said no Latino recognition in punk? What about Ron Reyes?? What about that 60s Peru band Los Saicos? These people should make more research before they upload anything and bringing up race
I'm quite sure "proto-punk" started in the 50s/60s. Screaming Lord Sutch, Los Saicos, The Kinks... All sound very much like punk and all older than 1973.
Black Merda were very similar to DEATH, but earlier- Detroit garage rock/'proto-punk', also all black. They started mid-60s IIRC. Personally, I think it's impossible to claim someone was "the first punk band", but that mid 60s detroit garage scene- MC5, Stooges, as well as bands like Black Merda, was pretty damn close.
I'm a Hip Hop guy with an alternative soul. I hope no non racist white punks take this video offensively or weird. This video shows your community being leaders of acceptance, love and art. I just wanna say thank you for that. Even Hip Hop isn't exactly an accepting culture.
Many of us love hip hop too. I'm glad that's what you took from it. From the view point of someone who grew up in the west coast scene it is a bit painful to hear some of the stuff they are saying regarding punk not accepting Death as an influence or that that is somehow our fault as a community. They tried to sign to a major label who were trying to market to a mainstream audience, Not a punk audience. I think had they gone the DIY or punk label route or maybe even a black label we probably would have heard of them much sooner.
When Miles Davis said he wasn't making music for whites, he wasn't being "a bigot", he was making a point about how Black people exist, were important, and should be as much at the centre of society. Anyone who didn't get that point proved his point.
Well by their own admission, they were heavily influenced by the MC5 which can really be considered the precursor to Punk movement as well. The MC5 were out in the 60's, laying down some fast paced tracks and crazy live shows that no one else were doing at that time. The Kinks were probably the earliest example of that kind of anti established music, but MC5 were way heavier and played faster.
Punk like hip hop is beautiful because it's message transcends race. It reminds the world its not our neighbors that are the enemy, it's the rich, elite, ans those that force control.
@@jnaz3thirty1 because most the people I have know that worked their asses off for money forgot about being good people or parents. Do you really think they work harder then some poor people? Maybe take some time and research how hard it is to navigate generational curses, lack of oppertunity, guidance, and direction. In punk and hip hop we deal with those things. And you either get it or you dont.
Very influential and he was probably left out either because the journalist here didn't know enough about the history of punk to know who he was or because he didn't fit the narrative.
Wow! I had noooo idea and I was playing Boston music clubs in the late 70’s. When I moved to the UK in 1980 I saw black and white musicians playing all kinds of music together and soon I was jamming with people from many diverse cultures.
I mean, not to poke holes in any of your arguments or anything but The Sonics (a white band) have been around since 1960 as well as MC5 (another white band) who have been active since 1969, does that necessarily mean they started punk? No. Punk wasn't created by any one race, ALL music is a collection of different people from all cultures and backgrounds expressing their feeling, experiences, life choices etc etc. Punk isn't about race, it's about the music and the message, stop trying to divide a movement you don't understand
@@kikidulalinko5570 I don't think that's what he meant by that. He meant that they are always different and excluded. Punk was diffrent and excluded back then.
While I agree so much with this view... And As a Frist Nations person... It's a bit of a hard pill to ask me to swallow that only Black people experience this. We're in it together. Punk, metal, rock and roll is not a white thing and blacks are not the only non white people.
This is not well-researched... the black roots of punk would be in the UK. Idg why this is so focused on the US, but bc it is and you all are doing a poor rip off of AfroPunk this falls so flat on its face.
A note on the original band 'Death:' As much as I truly enjoy punk of the 70's, I love 70's R&B as well. A drove of phenomenal R&B music came out of the 70's era.
Black Merda is the name of a very good R & B band, influenced by Jimi Hendrix. Do some research before you post misguided insults. Below is a link to their excellent self - titled EP, released in 1970 on Chess Records. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pkELExkrvRs.html
Punk can't be explained in words. Either political, misfit, musical, nihilistic, rebellious, some of these things can be explained. Just make friends with punks, find the way to be punk, and you will know what punk is.
If you talk Blues or Rock'n'Roll or Rap/Hip Hop I am all on your side. But the arguments in this video just don't hold up. The Bad Brains are very influential for Hardcore (and everyone knows that and acknowledges that). But Death starting the Punk movement? Cut me some slack. Of course you have to acknowledge that the music industry has racist structures and it was harder for black bands to get into certain markets. But what does that contribute to the argument that Punk was "pioneered" by a black community.
It also highlights punk went the DIY route. Punk had no chance for mainstream radio at the time and being black wasn't going to help them. Most punks knew this and did everything on their own or through very small mostly DIY punk labels. Had they gone that route we would have been talking about them a lot sooner. But it never happened. That doesn't make it punks fault. Punk was the underdog from the gate.
To say Death were influential is a bit of a stretch. They can't have been influential because no one heard them at the time. Not to disparage their stuff, which is incredible. But influential? Not really. There were no significant live shows to speak of.in the 70s. Any influence came later. Interesting piece though.
@@kajaymck7786 No. That is a feel good myth, first of all. Secondly, Punk was made by White people, so it has to stay White. Because that is what we do now right? divide ourselves and claim things? wait, is the the part where I call you a bigot or racist? Im still new to this progressive way of thinking.
@@jackwhite1742 Dude shut up, punk thrive off of black culture. A lot of the early punk bands were black and had a major contribution in it. So in a way we did created it. So no, it’s not “white” music.
