ne, he called her right up. They met for the first time at a Hard-Core show in New York City. But still no one in her hometown understands her. Fitting in with the New York hard-core scene is one of her goals.ClothingPunk has its very own unique style. Although punk sports hard edges, bright colors, shaved heads, leather jackets, Mohawks, and army boots. You can't really tell if a person is a punk by the way they dress or do their hair. Wanda Draper, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Oklahoma says, "We need to look at their reactions and responses to what goes on around them in everyday life. When we know that this is a fad-that it is an effort to be a part of the 'group'-we can usually relax."4 RelationPunk is also related to Hard-Core and Ska. Hard-Core is usually heavier and more upbeat than regular punk. Ska is punk with some trumpets or saxophones playing along.Punk Is Still Going StrongDrugs, rock star ego's, and in some cases death ruined the development of punk bands back around 1980 like the Sex Pistols, Black Flag, and The Germs. It made a recent comeback in the early nineties. Julia Sazbo quotes, "Music lovers will argue that it all started in early 1993 when Rhino Records came out with D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself), a nine-volume aural history of punk. They came tours by the Ramones, the Stranglers, and Television."7 Believe it or not. Punk has been and still is surviving mostly on minor labels. Endnotes1 Blauner, Peter. "Hard-Core Kids." New York. 26 May 1986: 41.2 Goldberg, Micheal. "Punk Lives." Rolling Stone. 18 July-1August 1985: 30.3 Blauner, Peter. "Hard-Core Kids." New York. 26 May 1986: 40.4 "Draper, Wanda. "Punk Look--Fad or Defiance?" USA Today. April 1990: 14.5 Song. "Time Bomb." ...And Out Come the Wolves. Performedby Rancid. Epitaph, 86434-2, 1995.6 Goldberg, Micheal. "Punk Lives." Rolling Stone. 18 July-1August 1985: 30.7 Szabo, Julia. "Think Punk." Harper's Bazaar. November1993: 5...
