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The Last True Punk Band To Get A Major Label Contract Was The Dickies.

I Didn't Really Start Writing Music Or Lyrics Or Turning Them Into Songs Until I Went To San Francisco.

In San Francisco, Most Of The Older Activists, Especially At Berkeley, Were Very Hostile Towards Punks. The Music, Certainly, Wasn't Nice And Mellow For Them, And Neither Was Our Look Or Our Attitude. While In Vancouver, The Two Most Important Early Punk Bands, D.o.a. And The Subhumans, Were Both Managed By Former Yippie Activists, Who Saw This As A Logical Extension Of What They Were Already Doing.

Any Alternative Culture That Inspires A Lot Of Passion And Inspiration Is Also In Danger Of Being Set In Its Ways, Almost From The Moment It's Born.

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