Well, sadly enough, there arn't really enough punks out there to do anything like that. I saw a Punk Rock Woodstock idea on here somewhere and that's a really good idea. If we could get a ton of punk bands, ska bands and other sorts of bands that relate to punk culture, than we could totally get a giant concert going. Then if we put to procedes to some sort of charity, like the relay for life or something, we could get a lot of media attention and become a group that isn't so bad.
Most of us won't realize that PR (Public Relations) is our biggest ally. We have to worst PR as a group right now, and people with a fuck you go away attitude don't help. I would have to say, that for me anyway, being punk is about doing what I want to do without having to worry about it, doing what I want to (withing reason) and not thinking twice. But people who get asked "Why do you have a mohawk" and they respond with a hearty FUCK OFF, often put a bad taste in peoples mouth.
If we want to be recognised as a group and grow as a hole, and help people realize that we're not bad, we're just different, we need to show them first. Show them we're different, don't show them we're dicks.
So yea, I do love to idea of getting together with some sort of concert possible, but all the money needs to go to paying for what we need to hold it, and then we give to rest to maybe a breast cancer charity or something.
Just my two cents though, do with it what you want.
Well dude, theres no reason why it has to be in America. It can be anywhere, heck, it could be two places at once. Why should people have to travel to extreme measures when we could bring the show to them. We could orchestrate it at many locations, set up this thing wherever we please.
I know, it's a big dream but it's not above us. It's something we as a culture could do.
We could even orgainze a bunch of punk bands to play different punk shows, in different parts of the world all at the same time, or at least staring on the same day.
What we need to do is get rid of the organizations that are destroying our world and culture. we need to get rid of the W.T.O. and the PNAC. Somehow. it seems imposible, but with unity it could happen, Just those two organizations being out of the way would make this world a lot better to live in.
My band would play, to bad we suck to an enormous level and none of us agree on what kind of music we want to play (I want to play celtic punk, my brother wants to play hard rock, and the drummer wants to play break up songs)
But yeah we could all make a list of bands big and small we want to have play, and we could then ask them. We could maybe do a donations thing where you could just donate however much you could afford to, and people could bring food that they made and share it. I have no clue where we would hold it, but it would have to be big and probably outdoors (spring or fall so its not to hot or to cold). A bunch of us would come out there a week in advance and build a stage and some concession type stands and a few picnic tables maybe, and we would set everything up. We might have to plan a few years in advance, these things don't happen without a lot of preparation.
Honestly we sound like a cat dying a slow and painful death. Apparently though thats a genre of music (ever heard of Brokencyde? Its hilarious, just watch FREAXX)
ummm...protest against land development? well at least where i'm from. we're gonna start having food shortages with all the nice middle class houses they're building over the orchards......
idk. but fuck peace! UNITY! let's change something, not "oh let's love each other and get along"!!!!