unpunk

Back when I hung around punks, there was nothing unpunk about ‘get a job, ya bum’.

Matthew Yglesias » “Why Don’t You Get a Job?” 2007

Over greasy zucchini sticks at a Holiday Inn Express outside L.A., we talked about what it took to hold onto your punk-rock ideals in a very unpunk world.

Cries From The Heart 2007

“November Rain” is probably the most unpunk video ever made.

Fargo Rock City Chuck Klosterman 2003

After ten staunchly anti-authoritarian albums (including one released on a decidedly unpunk major label a few years back) packed with disdainful skepticism and rabble-rousing rock, the band is quite capable of shepherding the genre through its inevitable midlife crisis.

The New Yorker newyorker.com 2010

Ben There used to hang out in the old AOL punk-rock chat rooms and brag about how unpunk the rest of us were, how we didn’t know anything.

Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006

Ben There used to hang out in the old AOL punk-rock chat rooms and brag about how unpunk the rest of us were, how we didn’t know anything.

Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006