punk rock q.

Aaron Franklin said, "Barbecue is punk rock." And I really wish I would have said it first.

I'm very much attracted to both barbecue and punk rock. Their similarities may not be easy to see from the outside, but they both feel the same when you're immersed in them.

Although there is a general outline, barbecue breaks traditional rules of cooking. It's minimalist, but with a powerful outcome. Fire and meat. The rest is up for interpretation.

One of my Earl Todd Barbecue t-shirts exudes punk rock. "Eat Barbecue, Punch Nazis". Now, make zero mistake that punks hate Nazis. "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" might ring a bell to you. No? Take a dive into the Dead Kennedys, then. Doesn't have to be a deep dive, but absolutely give them a go.

Punk Rock is freedom. You might not associate the two, but punk means freedom more than any other genre invented. There is no one telling you how you should sound, there are no boundaries, and if you try to put it in a box, it will quickly tell you to fuck yourself.

It's doing a lot with a little. Making something that might look beastly and prehistoric and ragged on the outside, but brutally honest and beautiful on the inside. Raw and furious. Not wrapped up with a bow. Ripped jeans, leather jackets, safety pins. Split logs, smoke ring, paper plates.

When friends are in trouble, in danger, by "higher powers" in government, Punk Rock doesn't turn the other way. And it sure as fuck doesn't condone these types of actions. Some people who may think they're punks might promote violence and oppression, but they're confused. They need to download more Jason Aldean and leave the punk albums alone. When a fellow punk rocker gets knocked down in the pit, we immediately stop and lend a hand to help them up.. When a fellow civilian gets knocked down by a tyrannical government, we use our voices, our words, our songs, and sometimes our fists to fight the oppression.

Barbecue isn't for everybody. I should say, MY barbecue isn't for everybody. Sure, it tastes good, but if you support government overreach and planned chaos against innocent citizens, along with our tainted and evil president, then you don't get any Earl Todd Barbecue.

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