Social Distortion
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History repeating itself, deja vu, retro? Fashion comes and goes and the clothes of the fathers are now the "innest" stuff for the sons. Did that make us social distorted too then? Who is behind this design? A drinking skeleton, is that what they should become or are they referring to the state parents are in now after going on too many boozing sprees? Too many questions I know but I have been always intrigued by fashion and youngsters' striving for being completely distorted...hmmm, what a wonderful times we had!
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I enjoyed seeing these recent seceral posts. Fine colour: interesting comment. Tks.
Lol, Carlos! And with Sara, all of this is still ahead of you ;-)
Wonderful, crisp photo but I can't contribute much to the topic; I was always the "good child" and never rebeled - have I missed much?
Thanks for making my party yesterday so special...
my gosh....is the one with the mohawk Britney Spears??
Great shot of some 'local color'!
Are we in London?! :-)
I think this punk attitude is getting a little démodé. But that's just me.
Nevertheless, great shot!
Ahh, reminds me of younger days when I used to dye my hair like that and practically lived in my converse. Great capture!!
A 50-something friend of mine bought apair of flared trousers a year or so ago.
My view is "If you wore it the first time round, you're too old to the second time!!"
Oh my. This photograph brought back a lot of memories. A long time ago, in 1952, I got what was called a "Mohawk" haircut and rode the school bus the next day to our small school. I was followed around through the halls like a movie star. Actually, all the members of the basketball team were supposed to get the same haircut (and we had promised each other that we would) but when I got to school on Monday I was the only one with the haircut. The rest thought it was funny.
Social Distortions a band from the 80's. The skeleton is their motif. And those are fashion punks.
social distortion is an american punk band:) They are really amazing
It amazes me that some are unaware that this is not a fashion statement this is rockabilly lifestyle, and Social D is the best band to walk amongst this world, in fact i am listening to them now, Mike Ness is the man!!!
For those of you who call them "fashion Punks" I disagree. They very well could be "fashion Punks", but you have absolutely no way of knowing from a picture. Punk is about the attitude, political views and lifestyle, some of the punx i know don't wear studded vests or leather jackets, but they are just as "punk rock" as me and my friends, who do go "all out".I'm a teenager, My mohawk is 'bout 2 feet long, and my jacket couldn't fit any more studs or patches on it, but that doesn't make me any more "punk" than a 50 year old man who dresses like an average person. I'ts about the attitude, not even necessarily the music. Cool Picture, Social Distortion kick-ass. and cheers to all the old punks who commented on the picture.
Well it's fun to read such reminiscent thoughts, but you really might want to read up on the motif before going on a philosophical mind-spree about the purpose of that jacket. As stated above, it's a Social Distortion band jacket. Hear them out. They're right up there with Bad Religion on the long-runner punk-rock scene.
Wow.
Social Distortion is one of the truly greatest bands of all time and really takes me back to the younger days. Any fans of the band will take offence to the fashion Punk statement.
Anyways I love this photo and think I am going to get it tattooed
these guys look like straight up punks to me...drop all the analysis
social d are amazing
haha.
i love social d.
this pic is great.
social d. is one of the greatest punkrock bands ever..
i like it very much.....
After 40 years probably we don't need those fashion victims. I mean that these youngs are simply following an old clothes style. Nothing more, nothing new in their style, perhaps only a little dose of plastic.
Neither the capture it's so great...
Lots of anonymous comments. This is by far one of the most controversial posts in my blog. When I took the picture, which I agree is not a great one (notice those beautiful trash cans, the car and the framing) I never figured the jacket and the words on it would produce so many opinions. I have to say I don't have the slightest idea about the group, the music, the fashion or the trends implied. I just turned around and shot. I like street photography and this fits well into the category. In that sense I like final result. Thanks to all those who have commented so far no matter what the opinion is.
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