I wonder if these corporate punk rockers know they are a joke or if they truly think they are something other than corporate punk rockers? I mean, I'd have far more respect for them if they just called themselves pop rock bands/artists. But oh no, we're punk and we're proud
I doubt they would even understand what you're talking about. 'Dude, I've got piercings and tattoos, I make loud music with barre chords--that makes me punk rock, right?' It would be a nice start, wouldn't it? Awesome, dude.
Actually, this is a pretty good example of the kind of marketing these faux-punk performers use. These are far-away, tabloid-style photos--giving the appearance of being taken in secrecy, caught-in-the-act style--yet they are on her official website. She plays the part of the wild 'punk princess' having a spontaneous make-out session with her bad-boy beau, unaware of the lurking papparazzi; her official site then posts these images, and her dipstick fanbase doesn't even perceive the process as hypocritical. They expect to be marketed to, as they share the performer's conception of 'punk' as being purely a fashion statement, with a dash of 'attitude.'
1). No, of course I wasn't making fun of you, 2). 'manchies for ming chow'? (Am I too old to get this reference?)
Who would have thought that someone who looks so much like meg ryan could be SO punk! It's a joke, and I'm willing to bet that the people involved in the music (such as The Offspring, Avril, Green Day, etc) are well aware that they're not respected in the actual "scene" that they parody for money.