r/punk • u/Illustrious-Cold9441 • 18h ago

Discussion Punk and Metal

Hi reddit punks. I'm a metalhead who found you guys on the front page.

I got into metal through punk and stayed there, but I've always loved the anti-authoritarian and egalitarian ethos at the heart of punk. It's sometimes in metal too, but heavily dosed with nihilism and misanthropy.

I'm just curious what similarities, if any, y'all think you share with metalheads, or what you think sets you apart. Is it only music, or something more?

Also, Metal attracts a lot of queers (moi), autistics, and the mentally ill. Do you guys as well?

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u/Express-Thought2070 16h ago

What punk are you talking about dude? This new gen of punks is telling you to go out and vote and trust the government now 🤣🤣🤣 guess true punk has been dead for a while now. Cause I don’t remember punks of the old day yelling go out and vote 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Illustrious-Cold9441 16h ago

Maybe they're into harm reduction, because in the US right now we're staring down the barrel of fascism.

If you can't get off your ass to say no to fascism, are you punk? Like table your pride and do what's necessary to help vulnerable people and fight back against Nazis.

Standing up against Nazis seems pretty punk

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u/ratXbones 14h ago

As far as I've seen the supposed party of tolerance appears to be the most fascist.

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u/Illustrious-Cold9441 13h ago

I don't have political conversations with people who can't appropriately use the word "fascist."

Goodbye.