9/20 discussion follow up: American Hardcore

We (or at least I thought so) had a good discussion today on punk. We discussed media's influence on punk, the aspects of punk like "self indulgence" that leads to assumptions of "childishness", the expansion of DIY over the years, punk band camaraderie, and the "non-death" of punk.

We answered most of my questions, but one: In what ways did punk culture revive (if it did at all)? Would you consider the punk bands today as "hardcore punk bands?" How are the issues, attitudes, and overall image of punk different now than in the hardcore punk era in the 80's? How are they the same?

You guys can discuss that in the comments or this:

The only outside video that I wanted to show you in class but had no time for was a clip from a documentary called the Decline of Western Civilization. It's about the punk scene and it was filmed from December 1979-May 1980. I thought it was interesting and I would recommend you guys check it out. So the clip starts at the 5:45 mark. The publisher of Slash magazine, Robert Biggs, is talking about the different letters the magazine gets world wide.

What do you guys think about punk being "the only form of revolution" worldwide?

So that's basically it. Thanks everyone for the discussion today. I was nervous being an outsider of punk leading a discussion on it, but you all made it easy for me.