Having read extracts from this book previously, I decided to take a further look and found some rather intellectual views separating Punk culture from its predecessors and the motives behind their actions.
"The punks wore clothes that were the sartorial equivalent of swear words, and they swore as they dressed - with calculated effect...Clothed in chaos, they produced Noise in the calmly orchestrated Crisis of everyday life...a noise which made (no) sense in exactly the same way and to exactly the same extent as a piece of avant-garde music"
pg 137
"Scarification, mutilation and tattooing are also common as a reflection of the decline. The rainbow color of
their hair serves as further decoration and the altering of reality and the separation from society"
pg 179
I'm now beginning to gain a better understanding of this culture and how their style reflected their opinions on society.
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