http://www.articlesnatch.com/profile/Maureen-Keough/8221 Maureen Keough is an author at ArticleSnatch.com Article Directory. Below are the most recent articles from Maureen Keough. For more of articles by Maureen Keough please use the link above. http://www.articlesnatch.com/profile/Maureen-Keough/8221 http://s1.ascdn.com/i/logo.gif en-us http://www.articlesnatch.com/profile/Maureen-Keough/8221 PHP/ http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Punk-Rock-Scene-And-Why-It-Sucks---/79869 I was about 12 when I realized I didn’t want to belong to the mainstream. I truly believed that I saw them for what they were: materialistic, self serving, social slaves. Looking back I’m surprised this came to me at such an early age, but whatever, it did, I knew they were wrong. I thought there had to be something better out there, a place where people were just cool, not trying to hard. A place where you could be a free thinker, where we weren’t completely consumed by things, where we didn’t have to try and climb the social ladder or just look out for number one, where we cared about the greater good of humanity and changing the fucked up world we lived in. So I turned to punk rock. I had heard the Circle Jerks “Group Sex” and the Violent Femmes, “Blister in the Sun”, which for a short period became my theme song, telling everyone to just piss off into the air...** End Summary**<p>About the Author:<br>Maureen Keough is runs Too Fast Apparel, a punk and rock n roll clothing store that carries clothing and accessories for babies, toddlers, and adults. She writes daily in her blog at <a href="www.toofastonline.com/punk-rock.asp">www.toofastonline.com/punk-rock.asp</a> Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Punk-Rock-Scene-And-Why-It-Sucks---/79869