Who knew? The Very Black History Of Punk Music

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AFROPUNK - "The Rock and Roll Nigger Experience" was the original title for the movie before it was changed to what we know as today: AFROPUNK - The Documentary, a 66 minute documentary explores race identify within the punk scene. More than your everyday "Behind the Music" or typical "Black History month "documentary this film tackles hard questions, covering issues such as exile, loneliness, interracial dating and black power. We follow the lives of four people who have dedicated themselves to the punk rock lifestyles. They find themselves in conflicting situations, living the dual life of a person of color in a mostly white community.

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As a ride or die Living Colour fan the music group. I knew about Bad Brains and enjoyed fishbone since I was a teenager. I've got to check out your links and really interested in the group 1865.

This was like an answer that I was waiting for because though I had several black classmates who were punk, I didn't understand punk at all and wrongly thought that it was white people's music. Almost like a don't ask don't tell thing for which I'm sorry now for not even trying. I'm more like them than I ever thought.

I worked on the transcripts/captioning for a documentary about the punk scene in the San Pedro, California area back in the '80s. The awesomeness of Bad Brains was mentioned or discussed throughout but not one of the band members of the past ever mentioned that Bad Brains is a black group. It will be interesting to see the movie when it comes out this year.

Anyhoo, I saw a young Honeychild of the 1865 in the Afropunk documentary of 2003. And it's so cool to know the history and that eventually young black punks created this international festival celebrating themselves. I love it!