punk forum?

quank

just a suggestion
could joo put up a "Punk" section in the music section?
i say it would be 2nd most popular after metal

Yavvy

its a passing fad.. as soon as avril and Sum 41 grow up a little it will be gone. maybe retro or rock for the true punk fans

logic1

Originally posted by Alany
its a passing fad.. as soon as avril and Sum 41 grow up a little it will be gone. maybe retro or rock for the true punk fans

Over 30 years is quite a fad.

.logic.

zAbbo

I WANNA DESTROOY, PONCIFY CAUSE I WANNA BEEEEEE......................ANARCHY

Amz

Only problem with a punk forum is that Eirecore already is an established forum on another boards and it's unlikely that a new board here would be received too well.

I do however support the idea and would probably use it if it was created.

ferdi

i give my support to the isea of a punk forum

Kold

How much can be said about punk?

HipHop is a culture, Rock is too to a certain extent.. but i cant see why punk wouldnt go under the rock banner

Ro: maaan!

I think it's a good idea...

Any conversation about punk is being spread over Phantom, Music and Radio, and Gigs and Events. Be nice to have it all in one place.

Originally posted by Amz
Only problem with a punk forum is that Eirecore already is an established forum on another boards and it's unlikely that a new board here would be received too well.

A punk forum on Boards.ie would be far more generalised than Eirecore. Eirecore has a definite emphasis on Local bands and gigs. I doubt it would have any effect on it at all.

Liquorice

Punk would probably fit in the Rock/Metal forum, 'tis a sub-genre of rock after all. I suppose the thing to do is to start up a "What punk song are you listening to now" thread á la "What metal song are you listening to now", see how popular it is and judge whether a punk forum would work by that.
Has my vote anyway.

lacuna

i support it...

ferdi

Originally posted by Kold
HipHop is a culture

what you mean to say there is that hip hop is more cliquey, punk was here before hip hop and will be here after. (but lets not get into the: "my music is better than yours" debate)

on a similar note, why is there no jazz forum, it being the source of all modern music genres.

Kold

Go buy the source ffs, in fact turn on mtv, in fact go outside and look at peoples cultural influences... infact just stop making comments that are just WRONG

amp

AND IIIIIII WANAAABY!! AN ARCHY!!!!!

I knew this thread would turn into a "weh! my favourite musical genre is better than yours".

I think, thanks to modern technology that most genres of music are never going to die. There is no dominant genre right now (I'm excluding manufactured bands/artists from my definition of music) and most genres overlap and borrow elements from other genres.

Taking Limp Biskit as an example. What are they? A punk band? Metal? Rap? Dance? (quoting this bit and saying "crap?" is ruined now).

In otherwords, can't we all just get along? Personally I'm not into genres - I'm into music that I like to listen to.

FRIGGING IN THE RIGGING!
FRIGGING IN THE RIGGING!
COS THERE'S **** ALL ELSE TO DO!!

PiE

Not that I've anything against Punk or any other form of music being discussed, but I think the music section has already been diluted waaaaay too much on this site (as have many other categories but meh...).

Kold

Taking Limp Biskit as an example. What are they? A punk band? Metal? Rap? Dance? (quoting this bit and saying "crap?" is ruined now).

Metal... and crap of course

amp

So go ahead and talk ****, talk **** about me. Cos I don't, don't
give a ****. About you.

Fo shizzle,

amp durst.

Repli

Well when new forums are made it encourages more people to post on them especially if they have an interest in them.. just judging by the amount of punk posts on other boards wont tell you if theres a demand for it.. Im a big fan of punk (ramones, dead kennedys, nofx, etc) and would like to see it having its own forum,

Dustaz

Country and Western is a far more popular form of music in Ireland. Fact.

Can we have a forum for that instead?

Repli

Originally posted by Dustaz
Country and Western is a far more popular form of music in Ireland.

Doubt that.. theres a huge punk scene in Ireland

Dustaz

Does Punk have any dedicated radio stations?

Does Punk have TV programmes dedicated to it?

Can punk acts fill the point 7 nights in a row?


didnt think so

Dont be at yourself

Looking at all the stimulating discussions the Rock/Metal board has brought us, I'd have to say most definitely.

Ahaha. I kill me.

Repli

Originally posted by NekkidBibleMan
Looking at all the stimulating discussions the Rock/Metal board has brought us, I'd have to say most definitely.

Ahaha. I kill me.

I kill you too :mad:

quank

I will make a poll see how popular it is then?
Ill make it in the Rock/Metal Section......

ferdi

Originally posted by Dustaz
Does Punk have any dedicated radio stations?

Does Punk have TV programmes dedicated to it?

Can punk acts fill the point 7 nights in a row?


didnt think so

i'd agree, country probably is more popular but in 1940s germany, nazi-ism was more popular than jewish people, did that make it better?

besides, the reason the point can sell out 7 nights in a row with country western acts is that mainly old/middle aged people like it and these are the only people who can afford the outragous pricews charged for tickets in venues such as the point. by their very nature very few punk band would play the point on point of principle.

there is a very strong punk scene in ireland, therefore i think this genre of music merits its own forum

Dustaz

Originally posted by ferdi
i'd agree, country probably is more popular but in 1940s germany, nazi-ism was more popular than jewish people, did that make it better?

Since im not a gobshìte and dont bring up nazism at the drop of a hat im not going to invoke goodwins law but instead point you to the difference between Taste and Political beliefs and how they relate to 'popular'

besides, the reason the point can sell out 7 nights in a row with country western acts is that mainly old/middle aged people like it and these are the only people who can afford the outragous pricews charged for tickets in venues such as the point.

Garth Brooks charged 20 pounds to his concerts. Your statement is ill informed.

by their very nature very few punk band would play the point on point of principle.

No, its because they couldnt fill it in a month of sundays. (Obviously excluding the more commercial 'punk' bands like Green Day)

Repli

Country and Western is a far more popular form of music in Ireland. Fact.

Can punk acts fill the point 7 nights in a row?

Maybe so, but as ferdi said the majority fanbase of that genre is middle-aged to old people.
How many middle-aged to old people post on boards? Not very many..
How many Country and Western fans are there on boards? Not very many..
How many Punk fans are there on boards? Quite a few but we'll just have to see

ferdi

yes my reference in nazism was a bit loose, i appologise.

20 pounds for garth brooks, ok but that must have been a while ago. i'd be shocked if ANY concert cost this in the point today - lets b honest.

the question is not if country music is better than punk, it is whether punk dhould get a forum. if there is a fear of there being too many forums on boards at this stage, i'd agree. there are a few forums which are practically dormant and should be closed but they are just left there, so why, when there is damand for a forum, is it not opened when there are these forums NO ONE ever uses?

would it hurt you personally if there were a punk forum dustaz? would it effect you in any way at all? if the answer is no, which i suspect it is, i dont see your problem.

Jim

give it a go, and if theres no traffic, or it takes from any other board, delete it.

no harm done.

Dustaz

Originally posted by ferdi

would it hurt you personally if there were a punk forum dustaz? would it effect you in any way at all? if the answer is no, which i suspect it is, i dont see your problem.

No, it wouldnt hurt me in any way, apart from being yet another pointless forum that is simply a subset of a perfectly functional forum.

Is the music forum overrun with punk posts?

Repli

Originally posted by Dustaz
Is the music forum overrun with punk posts?

Was After Hours overrun with Antiques/Collectibles posts?
Was Music/Radio overrun with Hip Hop/Rap posts?
Was After Hours overrun with Nature/Bird Watching posts?
Was After Hours overrun with All Things Retro posts?
Was Music/Radio overrun with Classical posts?
Was Sports overrun with Self Defence posts?

I could continue forever but as you can see that argument holds no ground, just because a forum isnt overrun with posts of a particular topic - doesnt mean it shouldnt get its own forum.

carbonkid

i say stop puttin the punk forum down:mad:
not all forums make a big hit but if it even makes
one hit its worth having right?
f**k it i wanna see a punk forum now!!!

how many forums can boards hold till its too many?

Ro: maaan!

Originally posted by carbonkid
i say stop puttin the punk forum down:mad:
not all forums make a big hit but if it even makes
one hit its worth having right?
f**k it i wanna see a punk forum now!!!

Exactly! There's plenty of forums that don't get much traffic, but that doesn't mean they should be shut down. If only a few people post on it, then it ain't taking anything away from the other forums... And if there are loads of posts then it should have it's own one... Which ever way you look at it, there may as well be one there. If it's a complete flop, then it's not too much trouble to remove it anyway...

quank

Originally posted by carbonkid
how many forums can boards hold till its too many?

1,086 my prediction:p :ninja:

ferdi

any word on this yet????

there has been further debate for those of you who didnt know punk forum discussion

honru

Wow, you're really fighting the power.

ecksor

word baby hey baby yo baby yo!

sceptre

Originally posted by Dustaz
Since im not a gobshìte and dont bring up nazism at the drop of a hat im not going to invoke goodwins law

I'm beginning to believe Mike Godwin was right though
(Nazis in a punk forum discussion!:D I'll just start a tellytubbies v tweenies discussion somewhere and see how long the first mention takes)

Oh yeah, on topic. I like the odd bitta punk myself (real punk, not you noobieninetiespunkerfanboys) and I don't care whether it has its own forum or not.

DeVore

All DeVore's are currently busy thinking. Please wait.

DeV.

angmaar

punk shall never die. just look at system of a down. the reincarnation of the dead kennedys.

would punk fill the point 7 nights in a row? it would do it 365 nights in a row. pistols paraphenalia are still an item. i was at the exhibition in covent garden recently. amazing. go to it and learn, weekilings.

and how many of you were at the recent discharge gig in the vault?

boomdogman

Kold the song is Zombie from the Cranberries, cant get to u any other way!

therecklessone

pickarooney

How conformist to have a forum for punk. *spit*

petek

i think you should all just go to a ****ing punk gig and talk to each other before you all start posting about punk forums. for **** sake.

Jim

As much as it saddens me...

Its not going to happen people, give it up

It has been debated I think at least 20 times, and everytime the suggestion was rejected.

magpie

The Punk Forum's not dead! oh, hang on...

"Punk" doesn't mean anything anymore as is demonstrated by people referencing Avril Lavigne earlier in this thread.

If you want to have a forum to discuss punk, as in actual punk acts like The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, Generation X etc then fine. I wouldn't include anything post about 1980, with the notable exception of DK, as being punk.

If you want to discuss System of a Down, Limp Bizkit or their ilk stick it in the rock/metal section, as it sure as shinola ain't punk.

I also think were this forum to exist it should be known as "The Corner of St Stephen's Green" in honour of those who used to hang around there listening to the buzzcocks, drinking cider and intimidating passers-by into handing over their "odds". But that's probably before most of your respective times...

"Beat on the brat, beat on the brat, beat on the brat with a baseball bat, oh yeah! oh yeah! oh-ho!"

CuLT

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

As much as it saddens me...

Its not going to happen people, give it up

It has been debated I think at least 20 times, and everytime the suggestion was rejected.

This is that same thread... check the date.

DeV's still thinking; he's loike an Ent 0_o .

Oh,

Jim

I know Cult, I was just pointing it out to the people who dragged it up how many times its been asked for.

DeVore

Treebeard: "Well, that doesn't make sense to me. But then, you are very small..."



I will consider this again.

Also, if PI had been suggested when Boards was a Quake oriented website it would have been laughed at. Change is the only constant.


DeV.