#the chats

[rabdoidal]

So let me set the scene It's 2 in the afternoon and 34 degrees The Queensland harsh summer heat Had me sweating buckets up and down my street It was there I spotted the bloke Perched atop of his milk crate throne He eyed me off as I approached Then he said I'M ON SMOKO, SO LEAVE ME ALONE

@officialspec has a beautiful australian dunmeshi AU and i have no choice but to stan blokechuck tims

🚬 kofi link in bio if you’re feeling generous 🚬

[do-you-have-a-flag]

LITERALLY GO OFF WITH THIS TALKING HEADS COVER

[musicandotherstuff]

Alex Turner and Matt Helders with Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and The Chats at The Regent, LA

July 2019

📸: Aaron Farley

[seraphm001stamps]

some stamps, mostly for me but feel free to use them

[sammywentmad]

What's the difference between pop punk and punk rock, and if I listen to a lot of pop punk but not a lot of punk rock, can I still be a punk?

Thanks for the question, of course I can answer that!

Punk is fast, angry, and usually highly political. There are often aggressive, brash, or just plain vulgar lyrics.

Pop punk is punk's cleaner, more popular, and more agreeable younger brother. Pop punk takes a few things from punk.

Pop punk is often either less political or subtly so. Take Green Day for example! They are a political band absolutely, but the takes are either less radical or not explicitly said. Punk on the other hand has something to say and will do just that. That is to say that punk is direct, not that it won't use metaphors. On the other hand, every Dead Kennedies song is political, whereas Sum41 has plenty of songs that just aren't.

They sound different! Pop punk sounds *poppier!* It has a cleaner sound (every instrument and vocal is more distinct), often some sort of autotuning/electronic additions, and it is much more rhythmic/melodic.

It takes the fashion and glamorizes it. Punk fashion comes from need (durability and safety with leather, layering for warmth, cheap clothes, patch repairs, etc.) and makes it cleaner.

Because of the cleaner sound and lyrics, it's also more marketable. This means that you get more pop punk on radio stations and stuff like that.

One thing to note is that these things aren't necessarily bad, they're just different (:

Also, note that genres like skate punk, pop punk, and melodic punk can sometimes sound similar, and that genres are messy. It's okay for things to not be clean-cut sometimes!

I don't know you personally, but I don't love all classic punk either. The Exploited and The Sex Pistols aren't for me, and that's okay!

As far as listening to pop punk and still being a punk, of course you can call yourself that! Everyone has to start somewhere and as you listen to more pop punk, you'll find other genres you love too! No one comes out of the womb being punk, and intense music is legitimately an acquired taste. If you never expand your music taste past pop punk, that's okay too!

If you want to ease into something a little different, try these:

[thatdykepunkslut]

*Goth guy from the dispensary next door comes in for his camel blues*

My phone on the aux:

THOSE BASTARDS IN PARLIAMENT OUGHTA BE HUNG BY THEIR NECKS (BY THEIR NECKS) BY THEIR NECKS (BY THEIR NECKS)

Him: 😐👍

[aspaspens]

HELLO!! :3 welcome to my tumblr

Here we have 

Autism

Uhhhh

Yea that’s about it tbh

Hope ya enjoy or smth! :D

(also i uh like music and video games)

also uh i rly need more friends! :D

[senor-quacken]

hi I made some more patches they is for you.

(Also again thank you to my sister @fru1tt0ast for helping me make these and for teaching me how to do this.) [also also I want to hear again from @dysphoria-things please]

[sunscreenblowtorch]

yall should give me music recs

i'll put some bands i like in the tags

[saintavangeline]

The Chats

[slovenlyrecordings]

THIS WILL RULE.

[bulletslimee]

hey, i was reading your bio and saw that u liked the chats :3

whats your favorite song from them? mine's 6L GTR

the price of smokes, partly because im a smoker and also i like screaming about hanging the members of parliament

[protective-potato]

Went to a gig

[aztralsea]

By the way yall should give these bands a listen if you haven't already

Dune Rats

Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers

The Chats