Why were punk kids the enemy in the early 80’s, when America and the world faced way bigger issues than us? Society made us the little scapegoats instead of focusing on the threat of nuclear war, acid rain, growing urban poverty, Apartheid and the US-led conflicts in South America. If a T.V. show needed a villain, they would cast a so-called Punk Rocker to do the killing. This was a time when kids would get the shit kicked out of them for dying their hair, or worse, kids were shipped off to anti-punk boot camps. All of this negative energy from mainstream society just made our bond stronger, because we knew were doing the right thing by not feeding into the ideas of the masses! Today we pulled a vintage interview with Chuck Dukowski where he breaks down what was really happening to Los Angeles’ kids under the forces of police brutality. Also, we unearthed the 1984 Phil Donahue show where he tackles the punk issue. It’s really hard to put into words, but there were some really fucked up adults around back then that just wanted to oppress youth expression. Looking at the world now, the punks won and squares lost – DIE YUPPIE SCUM! Step back into the 80’s after the jump!
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