Originally Posted by
The Good Son
As someone who was born well before 1977, I'd say you could be well wide of the mark. The majority of punks I'd know or used to know, would be completely and strongly disgusted with racism. You always had hangers on from the start, like some of the idiots who followed Sham 69 and the like, but the vast majority of 77 punk bands and fans would be very insulted by your ridiculous accusation. I wouldn't be up top date with the modern punks, but the fact that the most mentioned bands as influences these days, would be the likes of Dead Kennedys, The Clash & anarcho types like Crass as opposed to filth like Skrewdriver would lead me to believe that todays punks are, in the vast majority as sickened by racism as was the class of 77 . If it's part of the scene as you say it's a tiny minority of idiots as it always was.