What is the public face of punk today?? You ask any 14 year old this question and the answer will be as follows: Simple Plan, Good Charlotte and My Chemical Romance etc
Many true punk fans would be disturbed at what is considered to be punk today - these bands do not reflect the punk mentality of rebellion, angst and a dislike of commercialism. Instead these so called punk bands produce songs that whine about how much they hate their girlfriend and how life sucks. These bands all look and sound the same ... why? Because their lyrics, image and sound are designed for maximum profit. Punk today is the result of mass media control - when the media believes something can be profitable it jumps onto it, creates a massive fuss and turns it into a product, the punk product is now a more 'society-friendly' package that is being beamed directly into the lounge-rooms of tweens thanks to the clever marketing of the media and the popular programme MTV.
Yes there are still some bands that produce music that reflects the true mentality 
of punk, eg Pennywise and NOFX, and some pop-punk bands do
of punk, eg Pennywise and NOFX, and some pop-punk bands do maintain the punk attitude eg Green Day and Sum 41 but the problem is those bands that fail to capture the true essence of punk, the bands that are portrayed as being punk but in reality they are just a part of the "corporate sponsored version" (http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=14360617125303321792)
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