Week 6: 50 Albums that Changed Music

[MindGoneHaywire]

I don't get why it is that people seem to think that punk and musical competency are supposed to be musically exclusive.

[3-LockBox]

I don't get why it is that people seem to think that punk and musical competency are supposed to be musically exclusive.

Meant as a jab to fans of punk who place it on a pedestal...

Not that I hate punk mind you, I just filed it away in my musical conciousness the same way I did hairy metal and grunge. It served a purpose one time in my life.

[Dusty Chalk]

I don't get why it is that people seem to think that punk and musical competency are supposed to be musically exclusive.

We've had this conversation before, and I've explained it to you before, you just refuse to remember: it's because punk was spawned out of a DIY ethic in response to technical virtuosity and high budget production (and probably somewhat of the good-old-boy record label network), and so those things were deliberately played down in punk rock.