I was a really punk rock fan in my youth. Not so much anymore, I'm too old!
Puk rock developed in the mid 1970's.  I was already too old for it.
It did have a certain energy that I liked when I was young. My brother still loves it and hosts a punk rock radio show weekly. He's 45!
That's amazing at age 43.  I remember some of the early stuff like the Ramones from New York City.
Yeah! I still like the Ramones and that New York sound. There's a lot of Ramones memorabilia at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Ramones
The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success initially, the band was highly influential in the United States and the United Kingdom.
All of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname "Ramone", although none of them were biologically related. They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. In 1996
I could do. So I started addressing my concerns about these three topics in "Punk Rock Jesus". And I felt I really had something, but then Obama was elected and suddenly the need for "Punk Rock Jesus" was gone. I was an Obama fan, and I'm glad that Palin isn't anywhere near the nuclear codes, but I felt that I'd missed a window where "Punk Rock Jesus" would be most relevant. But [the 2012 election] has brought up all my old concerns