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The Side Wedge is a product of the journey through life of Steve Zima. Former professional surfer, a writer, surf coach, and hospitality manager. This is a collection of travel tips, motivation, and stories from my past.
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I guess like with any genre of music; there are variances in the presentation of the music. The early American punk bands started mainly for social reasons and some were pre-New Wave such as Blondie. They influenced the British wave which were more political. Then came the era of bands such as Social Distortion. Mainly built around skateboarding and as a back lash against the rock star attitude of entitlement and grandeur. Fans piled onto the stage and did other things not associated with a show from Poison or The Rolling Stones. So Social D. is a punk band or hardcore band.
Part of the idea was that it was every day people playing so there was not a uniform…ie, the British punk look of spiked hair and sleeveless jean jackets.
Sadly, it just fell apart and you do not hear a lot of bands like this.
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Was this punk?
I guess like with any genre of music; there are variances in the presentation of the music. The early American punk bands started mainly for social reasons and some were pre-New Wave such as Blondie. They influenced the British wave which were more political. Then came the era of bands such as Social Distortion. Mainly built around skateboarding and as a back lash against the rock star attitude of entitlement and grandeur. Fans piled onto the stage and did other things not associated with a show from Poison or The Rolling Stones. So Social D. is a punk band or hardcore band.
Part of the idea was that it was every day people playing so there was not a uniform…ie, the British punk look of spiked hair and sleeveless jean jackets.
Sadly, it just fell apart and you do not hear a lot of bands like this.