1. To whoever wrote this I bloody wish you had been more specific. What type of punk are you referring to? Ska punk? Pop punk? Riot grrrl? Hardcore? Metal punk? Glam Punk? Grunge? Emo? There's a buttload of punk sub-genres and I feel that if you are simply generalising the genre as a whole then this is where your argument falls down, big time. If you were to have written 'Ska punk will always be better than dubstep' I could handle that. Although they are two very different styles of mucic, I would have respected your opinion. But now, I'm looking at that image thinking 'you don't know what you're talking about'. Let's take metal punk and pop punk for example - they are different enough from one another as it is so why bring dubstep into it? It makes more sense to say 'metal punk will always be better than pop punk' because they at least have something in common and therefore comparing and contrasting is relevant and understandable. Dubstep, however, has nothing to do with it. Pointless. Futile. Waste. Of. Time.
2. Dubstep, around since 1998, is electronic dance music - mixed by DJ's, used in remixes and most commonly found in clubs, raves and in the underground scene. Dubstep is a descendant of Dub, Reggae and Hip-Hop. Punk is more of a culture - the clothes, the haircuts, the history, the politics, the bands... So nothing to do with one another then?
3. Correct me if I'm wrong but Dubstep is normally drilled into your ear drums by DJ's? Punk originated in clubs by bands. You know drums, guitars, singers... Let's say you go to see Green Day, you're watching a band perform their songs to a packed-out stadium of fans singing and moshing. You go to see Nero, you're raving to manipulated music with overwhelming bass lines, reverberant drumming and the odd (usually repeated throughout) vocals. Two extremely different atmospheres wouldn't you agree?
4. By writing 'punk will always be better than dubstep' are you suggesting that dubstep has an opportunity to 'become better' than punk? I don't see how that is possible... Punk was elevated to an iconic status in the 60's and bands like The Clash, Ramones, and The Sex Pistols are household names that are cemented in history. I fear that DJ's such as Chase & Status and Blackleg are not (no matter how good they are).
5. Punk music was (and still is) a revolution. A middle finger to society. The music, the songs, tell a story - the lyrics are written with strong meaning behind them. Dubstep is not about the lyrics - or the storytelling. It's about the sonic experience, the beats, the drops, the filthy basslines, the turntables, the sequencers, the synthesizers... There is no common ground.
6. If you had written the classic 'punk's not dead' or 'Punk is the best music' then I wouldn't have batted an eye but come on statements like that are just asking to be ripped apart.
I'm quite sure who ever scrawled this on a dirty wall with a spray can was attempting to spread some love for punk and didn't imagine it would be causing uproar all over tumblr and end up getting scrutinized by me but here it is. I'm not saying I think punk is 'better' than dubstep - I would rather listen to punk but I do love a dirty dubstep rave every now and then. I am saying don't compare them, EVER - and that applies to all sorts of genres.
What do you think? Punk? Dubstep? Both? Should they be compared? Should we just enjoy them both?
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