Good music certainly is good music. But I happen to like the sub genre "punk" as it is known a little bit more than the rest. Although sometimes old jazz and early rocksteady/dub wins me over. REGARDLESS! I understand many people feel like it's a word that's been used in overkill and many people simply don't like punk rock. I do though. And that's why I posted this thread. And sure, alkaline trio is punk rock music. They're poppy punk rock. Just like rock and roll has it's subdivisions, punk rock does too. It's no big whoop! And I'm glad the discussions started. I grew up on punk rock and it holds a place in my heart forever as the music that got me away from all the people trying to ruin my life (for the first part of it anyway).
I like lots of the bands that you listed toad420. Especially the descendents and propagandhi. I'm glad that bands like that are playing such an important roll in the underground right now as far as influencing voters.
Punk Rock music and culture helped shape my life and values as a person. Unfortunately, like most people that were into punk rock culture as well as the music, I became jaded eventually as the redundancy of conversation, song themes, and scene life appeared; my aggrivation grew. What were your experiences with punk rock?