The Fall of Folk Punk? An Elegy

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  • Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2017
  • 0:00 Intro
    5:25 Interviewees first exposure to folk punk
    10:03 How it All Began
    11:37 Entering the Spotlight
    13:08 The Classics
    19:09 After the Storm
    21:24 Inclusion
    22:28 The Stigma
    25:36 The State of Affairs
    28:12 Local Accessibility
    31:34 Crossroads
    32:46 The Distinction
    34:52 Metamorphosis
    37:09 The Fight for Survival
    39:32 The Plea
    This is a class project documentary detailing the rise, change and future of folk punk. Interviews include artists, band-members and fans of folk punk in Columbus Ohio, Newark Ohio, and Austin Texas.
    My intent was to trace the roots of folk punk from the beginning, through my childhood discovery of the genre, the current state, and the projected future of folk punk itself. Enjoy.
    All borrowed video clips from youtube channels are honored in the credits and are utilized according to the parameters of Fair Use.
    Music produced by featured artists are found below:
    momtalk.bandcamp.com/
    bennypeek.bandcamp.com/
    / moderately-attractive
    selfproclaimednarcissist.band...
    As a student with limited capacities and resources, there are certainly aspects of folk punk that I have left out. Please comment below with thoughts, corrections and critiques.
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Комментарии • 69

  • @panchovilla6719
    @panchovilla6719 6 лет назад +91

    While I think this was a good idea for a documentary, if you look at folk punk beyond the scope of your local scene and the older big names, folk punk is very much alive and doing much better than before

  • @d4tsuc800
    @d4tsuc800 5 лет назад +44

    A truly d.i.y genre deserves a truly d.i.y documentary

    • @xHUSKYx117
      @xHUSKYx117 5 лет назад +5

      fucking hell, it's actually perfect when you think about it hey haha

  • @Emmaweinstock4498
    @Emmaweinstock4498 11 месяцев назад +5

    Finding this video almost 6 years late but there is so much heart in this project! I'm happy to know others share the same fondness for folk punk that I do. Beautiful work!

  • @wailord9569
    @wailord9569 4 года назад +28

    It’s real hard loving this genre when it’s only you and your friend that listen to it, and when you live in a small random country in Europe.

    • @mustardtoast8328
      @mustardtoast8328 3 года назад +3

      SAME, portuguese folkpunk here

    • @standenboy7447
      @standenboy7447 2 года назад +1

      @@mustardtoast8328 english anarchist, stuck in there parents home here

    • @TheZombie21
      @TheZombie21 2 года назад +2

      So true, living in the other side of the world and loving a very american genre is hard

  • @spottypongo7591
    @spottypongo7591 2 года назад +5

    As a wise man once said, perhaps to himself and perhaps to everyone who holds this genre dear. Your heart is the size of your fist, keep on loving, keep on fighting and hold on, hold on, hold on for your life"

  • @TheJackMouse
    @TheJackMouse 5 лет назад +17

    Thank you so much for this video. More people need to see this. It freaks me out when I’ve only ever met one other person who likes this kind of music, then watching all these people name drop every single artist that has kept me from sinking these past few years. I’m no longer ashamed to admit I *exclusively* listened to AJJ all of 2017

  • @BrokenGriffin42
    @BrokenGriffin42 3 года назад +4

    As someone who doesn't really fit the punk astethic (at all) but adores the musical talent, conviction, and just overall amazing sound of folk punk, I'm very glad to see this. So glad I stumbled upon old time memory and somehow staggered down a rabbit hole to AJJ. I wish I knew anyone who actually enjoyed this amazing genre.

  • @bacjam6139
    @bacjam6139 5 лет назад +6

    Folk punk still isn't dead but we've lost some of are most amazing talent and it hasn't been the same but we're still fighting

  • @92jdeg
    @92jdeg 5 лет назад +2

    wow. great video Alex. had me hooked from the beginning. watched the entire thing .. Ben cracks me up.

  • @kayla7wilbanks
    @kayla7wilbanks 5 лет назад +8

    I wanted to take this seriously but then a group of folk punks from Ohio never mentioned Defiance Ohio.

    • @milksafari
      @milksafari 3 года назад

      in the interviewee section they do get mentioned several times, however I agree I would have liked more mention of Defiance Ohio and Nana Grizol.

  • @tugboatfool
    @tugboatfool 6 лет назад +4

    i loved this it brought up every major topic that is happening right now in the scene and really gave me some hope for the future of folk punk.

  • @tommydavis5197
    @tommydavis5197 6 лет назад

    This is so great, Alex!

  • @SuperRat420
    @SuperRat420 4 года назад

    Thanks, man. This was great!

  • @aliyamiranda804
    @aliyamiranda804 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for this. Please make more, I'm literally taking notes watching this. Like. In a journal. This is really important and good work. This makes me want to take stock of how the scene is doing in Gainesville. It's still definitely here, but I want to know how it's changed and where it's going. Great work again.

    • @jasem.4789
      @jasem.4789 6 лет назад

      Aliya Miranda woody Guthrie

  • @goregore6259
    @goregore6259 4 года назад +2

    I’m live in Lancaster,Ohio planning to start doing some folk punk soon

  • @brandonmoreland9732
    @brandonmoreland9732 3 года назад +1

    Tonys bar, no fucking way lol. I lived in newark for so long never wouldve guessed how many people like the same music here. This is amazing man :')

  • @Puckrocker
    @Puckrocker 2 года назад

    Nice to see a flash of Harley Poe in there. Great band from my hometown of Kokomo Indiana

  • @franklyput7133
    @franklyput7133 6 лет назад

    This Doc is awesome

  • @grahamchick1540
    @grahamchick1540 4 года назад +2

    I can't believe that in discussing the history/roots of folk punk, nobody mentioned Woody Guthrie or The Levellers.

  • @kalmily828
    @kalmily828 6 лет назад +3

    NEWARK OHIO S/O TO U MY HOME TOWN

  • @ianmc42
    @ianmc42 4 года назад +1

    Go to somewhere like Bearded Theory in the UK. Folk Punk is alive and kicking.

  • @JeffFinley
    @JeffFinley 5 лет назад +17

    Punk killed folk punk.... just as it always does, it starts out honest and inclusive, but grows into an elitist circle jerk of gatekeepers and punk puritans. Lots of hard times and pain brought people together but ends up driving people away. Kids grew up and wanted to get clean and not be broke, which can get you branded a sell out. It became less about the music and more about far-left politics and activism which started alienating people. Social justice and call-out culture would eventually start eating its own as we saw with Chris Clavin and others. There was a disillusionment that some of your heroes were flawed individuals who didn't always practice what they preached. Folk punk has its charm, but it has a reputation of being crusty, dirty, drunk, homeless, smelly, and addicted. And that is like a black hole that can suck you in, chew you up, and spit you out. I still love the heart-on-your-sleeve sing-along house shows and stripped down music but the cliches of punk rock were what killed it.

    • @toorandomenvi
      @toorandomenvi 4 года назад

      i always felt like that when it comes to metal music and i got into punk bcos it was more "free to express yourself" than for example how black metal used to be

    • @Peekscape
      @Peekscape 4 года назад

      Spot on, my dude!
      I'm literally living proof I'm in the Fuckin' Navy now 😂

  • @wickedlee664
    @wickedlee664 5 лет назад +3

    This was really good.
    There were a lot of us bands in the 90’s that transitioned from playing uptempo punk that wasn’t skate punk (kind of replacements with a more punk edge) to just playing more and more country and folk music. We liked Billy Bragg, Young Pioneers, young fresh fellows etc. We were also just as much into hardcore from minor threat to Born Against as well as county.. as skate punk saturated the market we just went deeper into folk snd country. We were also into alt. Country and straight edge hardcore. Anything with heart.
    Great doc!

  • @jamiecolling9046
    @jamiecolling9046 3 года назад

    pretty good documentary

  • @gleroyTullySAEHEYKID
    @gleroyTullySAEHEYKID 5 лет назад +3

    you wont find em on google but the Sick Prix from 1986 austin tx are the truest crusty folx ever!

    • @nudeshulk4812
      @nudeshulk4812 3 года назад

      Where at then your right I can't find it

  • @holdenthomas60
    @holdenthomas60 2 года назад

    What is the name of the first song played during the intro?

  • @Con_College_Academic
    @Con_College_Academic Год назад

    It's still around bro. I was just talking with some homeless dudes at the corner store about ramshackle glory. In my town specifically they have get together almost every week and just get fucked up and blast music. Some genuine souls in there.

  • @bigdog9894
    @bigdog9894 5 лет назад

    1:49 pattttttttt

  • @rrrickypugh
    @rrrickypugh 4 года назад

    Definitely deserves a wider scope both geographically and temporally. I can only speak from my experience, but the Bay Area scene between 2005-2011 or so would be just one of the many microcosms worth examining. Blackbird Raum, Shakey Bones, The Fucking Buckaroos, and more... ruclips.net/video/j_m1oYIE3mE/видео.html

  • @derekkacar2036
    @derekkacar2036 4 года назад +1

    Intro song please? Artist and title?

  • @tommydavis5197
    @tommydavis5197 6 лет назад +2

    And Nicholas Cage peaks in Raising Arizona.

  • @jasem.4789
    @jasem.4789 6 лет назад +5

    Why isn't Woody Guthrie named as the influence of folk punk? To me Woody had the ideas and flavor and drive that today still makes folk punk what it is today. To me I thought this doc was in depth, but its missing the biggest piece. You're only focusing on one era of not only the genre, but the movement itself.

  • @johnrogers5407
    @johnrogers5407 Год назад

    Cranford Nix??? Back 30 years ago

  • @noelliespinelli
    @noelliespinelli 3 года назад

    Oh there’s my backyard

  • @nightrider8810
    @nightrider8810 6 лет назад +6

    what about woody guthrie?

    • @nightrider8810
      @nightrider8810 6 лет назад

      ruclips.net/video/VwcKwGS7OSQ/видео.html

    • @jasem.4789
      @jasem.4789 6 лет назад

      I agree. This whole movement for me (in from Oklahoma and now live in Olivehurst, CA and if you look through history its where us okies settled in CA after and during the dusty days, or the dust bowl) and woody is the biggest reason folk oh k exists.

    • @ericdykstra4545
      @ericdykstra4545 5 лет назад

      Listen to Arlo Guntrie's Alice's Restaurant every Thanksgiving, it's such a fun song

  • @bafelix89
    @bafelix89 3 года назад

    There's plenty of us, we just get overshadowed by the hyper obsession towards the big names

  • @vegaversee8899
    @vegaversee8899 3 года назад

    Check out ash bricky he is a new folk punk artists

  • @focalstrength14
    @focalstrength14 5 лет назад

    who is the dude at 40:00 ?

  • @returnofthedoggo7994
    @returnofthedoggo7994 4 года назад

    2:01 man can i be friends with the guy with the bill cipher hat

  • @sageandlavender542
    @sageandlavender542 2 года назад

    Lol, folkpunx not dead 👹👹

  • @stagehoax3747
    @stagehoax3747 5 лет назад +1

    Days and dayz and pat the bunny were my go to bands along with murder y death but there not folk punk

  • @casualpigeon1979
    @casualpigeon1979 4 года назад

    hey guys if you want a smaller artist id recommend virtual bird jane renyolds

  • @gameoverlordN7
    @gameoverlordN7 2 года назад

    Naaaah man, no punk can't die, if you think folk punk is dying check out Punk With A Camera.

  • @kalmily828
    @kalmily828 6 лет назад

    Song 1:48 ??

  • @alexnathans966
    @alexnathans966  4 года назад

    ruclips.net/video/kjZPwIRJBkA/видео.html

  • @alexnathans966
    @alexnathans966  6 лет назад

    ruclips.net/video/5B_7DuQj0sw/видео.html

  • @FoxtaleHi
    @FoxtaleHi 4 года назад

    Laura's deadname wasn't a good move, no one wants to read it, just FYI for future trans artists

  • @jasem.4789
    @jasem.4789 6 лет назад +1

    Also Kevin Devine is alright. But c'mon. Too much liberal left facism. Pat is my hero. I'm a year older than him. But we all grow from our heroin days and really questionour stance on our own lives and realize we're just fucking people, and our hero's aren't really heros. They fucking die. They have flaws, and that's WHY they wrote these lyrics. On top of that they present a better view point of what we might want to live.