I Was Born In The Late '50s,

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.

Heavy Metal Is The Most Conservative Of All Loud Music. Let's Face It, Not Even A Gym Teacher Could Get As Many People To Dress Alike.

I Enjoy Getting People Angry And Getting Underneath Their Skin, Especially People Who Don't Think.

I Got Out Of That Immediately Was That Now, All Of A Sudden, Rock Music Had Become A Spectator Sport, That Corporate Labels And Their Bands Were The New Establishment, And Punk Was There To Fight Them The Way The Activist Hippies Must Have Fought What The Establishment Must Have Been Ten Years Before. And It Was Interesting To See The Reactions In Different Parts Of The Country.

I Don't Think It's Too Hippie To Want To Clean Up The Planet So You Don't Wind Up Dying Of Some Kind Of Cancer When You're 45 Years Old. It Enrages Me That These Big Cancer-research Organizations Can't Be Bothered To Man The Front Lines Of Environmental Protest.