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  • How to Be Punk. You don’t have to have something to rebel against to be a punkyou just have

  • to look like you do. You will need Punk music Punk hair Punk clothes Punk accessories Multiple

  • piercings Tattoos and bright makeup. Step 1. Pick a punk subculture. There’s strait-edge

  • punk, glam punk, crust, Ska-punk, skinhead, skater-punk, pop-punk, goth-punk, bubblegum

  • punk. Step 2. Play punk musicloudly. There’s classic punk, like The Ramones and The Sex

  • Pistols, and current punk, like Blink 182 or Good Charlotte. Step 3. Wear punk clothing:

  • Horizontally-striped shirts, leopard print tights in candy colors, super skinny jeans,

  • tight tees printed with names of obscure bands, and black leather. Step 4. Accessorize with

  • safety pins, lots of zippers, spiked wrist bands, bondage buckles, bullet belts, chokers,

  • and chains. Step 5. Wear Converse high tops, checkered Van’s classic slip-ons, or combat

  • boots. Go to Google Images and punk clothing websites for ideas. Step 6. Have your hair

  • cut into a Mohawk and dyed in different rainbow colors. Or shave your head. Step 7. Have something

  • on your face and body pierced. Lips and nipples are popular areas. Female punks wear colorful

  • makeup, and lots of it. Step 8. Get a tattoopreferably of a punk band, an anarchy symbol, skull and

  • crossbones, or anything that symbolizes rebellion. Place it anywhere on your bodythe more

  • surprising the location, the better. Step 9. Meet your peeps at punk rock concerts and

  • look angryor just hang out in public somewhere, looking bored. Did you know The popular ‘70’s

  • group The Ramones is widely considered to be the first punk rock band.

How to Be Punk. You don’t have to have something to rebel against to be a punkyou just have

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