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PUNK ROCK RULEBOOK

Josh Black
2 min readApr 3, 2019

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Page from the lost “Punk Rock” handbook

Rule #1 Punk rock is awesome

Rule #2 “Radio friendly” songs suck

Rule #2A Unless it is community or college radio, playing punk rock

Rule #13A Punk rock attire and accoutrement is specific

Rule #21A Denim jackets with band names randomly written in black permanent marker is preferred

Rule #21A1 Leather jackets with cut up punk band t-shirts safety pinned on the back is an alternative

Rule#21B Washing your clothes is unnecessary unless biohazard is spilled on them, then it is optional

Rule #21C Piercings are expected, particularly self-pierced i.e. safety pins, modified paperclips or other hand-made items

Rule #21F There is no such rule.

Rule #G Squatting is fun.

Rule #12 Looking pissed off when around squares is required

Rule #29F Drugs are optional — peer pressure dictates drug of choice and quantity of said substance

Rule #29F1A Straight edge punk rockers are exempt from any rules 29A — 29F1

Rule #XIX Punk rock must be loud, anything under 100 decibels is lame

Rule #81 Make up a rule

Rule #81AB Rules are dumb

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Josh Black
Josh Black

Written by Josh Black

writer, traveler, music lover, California native living in Florida.

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