Those bands still have a massive following though, Sham69 recently sold out the Ritz which has a capacity of a few thousand. Joy Division have always been very popular in Manchester, when I started going out in around 1999 and 2000 JD was played a lot in the alternative venues.
Cock Sparrer attract around thousands when they play at Rebellion but I admit they also attract some of the less desirables in the punk scene.
Sadly I don't go to punk nights as such as they don't really exist, but punk is played at rock and indie nights the most you can hope for is a put of Clash, The Damned and the Ramones. I am actually more into post punk and new wave though.
I do know where you're coming from though, it makes me laugh when I see kids still dancing to stuff like Blink 182 as I was a teenager when all that stuff came out yet the kids all seem to really love pop punk.
Last edited by: RattleandSmoke on Thu 19 Dec 13 at 19:04
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