ABSTRACT
Punk has aimed for a micro-collective movement against dominant power and has aspired that anyone can do it. The punk movement, on the other hand, has a very small, but nevertheless worrying, number of self-proclaimed neo-Nazi bands who consider fascism to be an adequate fit with their interpretation of the punk ethos. Since punks such as Crass have dared to talk of anarchy and freedom, however, such questions have to be worth asking in the present context. Most differences between punk and folk have been shown to be light rather than hard, despite the surface appearance of great musical and cultural difference. The gap is perhaps at its widest in terms of political ethos. In the underground, punks have sometimes attempted to confront certain authoritarian systems including, obviously, the music industry itself but, also, with anarcho-punk in particular, specific institutions outside the music scene. Punk bands often speak out against the authoritarian system and the establishment.
