any one been a punk

[puddicat]

my son is asking if you were a punk and were totally into the punk way of dressing and hair, what do you do now for a living, would be interesting what you got up after the punk era finished or did it????

[Whickerman]

I was one, and later on in the mid 80s was your archetypal goth.

I'm now a QA manager for a small multinational manufacturing business.

Damn - didn't see that coming...

[legend761]

saw the ********* , crass and exploited all live .
didnt have the gear tho

bloody parents eh?/
still love the music


slf,damned,pitols,pil,*********,uksubs,angelic upstarts,xray spex,

[legend761]

buzZc0cks,

it wont let you type that lol.

[Goodsoulette]

my mum was a bit. She toned down weekdays but when I Was very young I remember her going out the door to go clubbing with heavy, heavy make up, crazy hair and fishnets, safetypins and pvc. The phase passed by a time I can properly recall her, she is now a midwife, runs a farm, has 2 more children that are much younger than me, claps at fireworks, carnivals and the telly and wears 3/4 length trousers like every mother over 30 seems to.

[spudqueen]

I knew a bloke who was a punk at the time, but I couldn't believe it when I saw him on the bus to work one morning all done up in a suit and with his hair 'normal'. It turned out that he'd got a good office job so was only punk on evenings and weekends!

[Whickerman]

there were 5 answers in here a minute ago...?

[leelapops]

I think punk is as much about attitude and outlook...I guess most of us have to conform to an extent with "norms", but in our hearts we can still view the world outside of those norms.

I am a student who works PT, so I don't have too much to worry about, and I'm training to be a youth and community worker, and so depending on the kind of work I go into when I qualify, I might have a degree of freedom in what I wear and do and say, and then again I might not! One of my lecturers is now head of school, so occasionally we see him in a shirt and tie and have a giggle with him 'cos we are used to a much more casual attire!

Why does your son ask, puddicat?

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[tubeway]

I was a punk - although my look was different during the day (I was in the army) - several of my colleagues were punks too. I am know an audiologist - although I often listen to punk rock at full volume in the car.
It made me laugh when a client in her 80s told me that she knew it was me visiting as she heard me playing Bliizkrieg Bop by the Ramones (I was too astounded to ask her how she knew)

[tubeway]

now not know

[Leilapups]

Yes, had my hair moulded into spikes with soap (lovely), bondage trousers and lots of bin bag liners strapped to the body (very hot and sweaty) and wore a line of safety pins from ear to nose (precarious)
Manager of team in local government.

Well it became so main stream the only way to rebel was to stop wearing the clothes. I think it is pretty much the same for every generation they want to be different from what went before

[Oneeyedvic]

my current accountant used to be a punk and so did another accountant I know.

My brother (a chemical engineer) was also one.

[puddicat]

thanks for your replies keep them coming!!!!, my son is going to watch a programme on more 4 tonite at 10pm, about the 1970's punk revolution , it talks about youth culture the music and the fashion, as he is 24 was just interested in that genre of music!