Posted in metal | music on December 14, 2011

by BBG

Indonesian Punks

"Police in Indonesia's most conservative province raided a punk-rock concert and detained 65 fans, buzzing off their spiky mohawks and stripping away body piercings because of the perceived threat to Islamic values. -[The Washington Post]
So sad and a reminder not to take our own freedom for granted.

Comments (100)

So sad (a post), and a reminder that this site is all about the troll bait.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:24 PM

Good move. Now they just created Indonesia's first skinhead gangs. Backfire.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:27 PM

If we could only get them to come here and shave off all the hipster beards and moustaches.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:28 PM

right?! oppressive religious societies are great!

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:31 PM

"right?! oppressive religious societies are great!"

What do you care? You don't live there, and I promise you don't do a single goddamned thing to change it.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:34 PM

our way of life...getting fucked up on crappy booze, seeing bands in williamsburg...and foursquaring to let everyone know what we did.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:35 PM

getting head shaved by cops is the punkest thing to ever happen to these kids.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:37 PM

Seriously though, if you're reading this you have enough $$ to own a computer and pay for internet. Be thankful for your life and do well to others. Self realization not sense gratification.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:39 PM

i bet Matisyahu is regretting his decision right about... now.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:40 PM

I wish someone would shave the head of that idiot from the Smith Westerns

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:45 PM

Islam is such a piece of shit, with Christianity and Judaism coming in a close 2nd and 3rd for worst blights on humanity. Fuck these superstitious fucks.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:48 PM

hey 1:48 - real funny trying to rank the world's largest set of superstitions and placing islam as the worst. they are ALL a joke.

do you also try to rank the feces of various animals, like humans are the worst, followed by dogs and elephants?

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:51 PM

Indonesian punk = Best Coast

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 1:52 PM

human feces IS the worst, followed by dogs and elephants.....

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:00 PM

Nah, Islam is the biggest steamer-- overall the most sexist, the most violent, the most barbaric and the most homophobic. Don't get me wrong Christianity and Judaism are cancers in and of themselves but Islam wins the prize for most toxic.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:06 PM

Islam has the most terrorists of the three, so Islam wins

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:09 PM

Islam is the reason we are in a war, so Islam is the worst

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:10 PM

The Christians and the Jews aren't forcing punks to shave their heads

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:12 PM

They are going crazy over at the glue pit.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:14 PM

BEAR SHIT IS THE WORST

Posted by AL | December 14, 2011 2:15 PM

You all are idiots. Spoiled brats that have no idea what the fuck they're talking about. stick to your pabts and wretched music. that is all

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:17 PM

"...stick to your pabts..."

That awkward monment when you realize you clearly misspelled a word during an online rant.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:20 PM

#monment #epicreference

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:21 PM

@2:20 #failatlife

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:27 PM

Hahaha, 1:28 FTW!

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:27 PM

Setlist?

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:32 PM

You've gotta love these morons who are generically attributing everything bad in the world to religion.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:36 PM

Our police are too busy putting people in tents and gassing them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFQan2MewYM&feature=youtu.be

Posted by nygrump | December 14, 2011 2:40 PM

And yet, 2:36, religion is at the root of pretty much everything wrong in the world.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:44 PM

How do you figure, 2:44? Sure, there's Islam, but their backwardness has less to do with religion per se than it does with the fact that they're medieval monkeys living in a modern society that they had fuck-all to do with creating.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:52 PM

I kneel at the alter of the one true G-d, James Murphy.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:55 PM

hahaha 2:32 fucking priceless i am rolling on the floor laughing my ass off right now let me tell you that

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 2:57 PM

You all are idiots. Spoiled brats that have no idea what the fuck they're talking about. REGULAR OLD SEAGULL SHIT IS THE WORST.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 3:00 PM

I am thankful for my jacuzzi boy lifestyle

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 3:04 PM

Again a muslim problem. They are fucking barbarians.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 3:08 PM

"I kneel at the alter of the one true G-d, James Murphy."

+1

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 3:15 PM

What's so bad about a free haircut?

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 3:23 PM

Muslims was a great band.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 3:31 PM

This should happen more often

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 3:55 PM

Fearless Iranians from Hell was a great band too.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 3:57 PM

Theres an Indonesian dude at my job who is incredibly cool accept for his outright hate of all Muslims, which is a result of his experiences of this nature in his home country. Hate breeds hate and its goddamn awful.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 4:06 PM

Maybe they had greasy hair and head lice like the OWS vagrants. Then this would be a public service.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 4:06 PM

I STAB PEOPLE

Posted by Joseph Bruce | December 14, 2011 4:15 PM

Fuck political correctness! Nick DiPaolo will tell ya!

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 4:19 PM

you should all leave brooklyn, quit your lame ass bands, get a fuckin haircut, stop pretending to be struggling poor artists because you live off mommy and daddy's money, put down the camera because your hardly a photographer and not original in any way shape or form, stop spreading STD's, and move back to fuckin minnesota, wisconsin, or whatever small lame town you came from where you were the pussy nerd who got picked on by everyone.
We all hate the shit out of you... thanks for making our neighborhood suck. go fuck yourselves

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 4:26 PM

4:26 is so fucking money.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 4:30 PM

some sweet melts goin on here! WHOOOOOOO!

N I T R O U S M A F I A

Posted by Pall Reubenz | December 14, 2011 4:31 PM

they need to do this at 285 kent

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 4:35 PM

FUCK ALL RELIGIONS!

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 4:40 PM

the next time i see one of those lil bitch ass, skinny pant wearing fucks, do that feminine fucking head whip to get their nasty unwashed hair out of their eyes, im just gonna lay them out flat. and i'll do it in front of their lame neon clothed, wack sunglass wearing, "i think i'm cooler than you", attitude having group of pussies

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 4:44 PM

and the ironic thing about these kids is... they all have the same story about being a nerd, "i was different", people picked on me, it made me feel awful blah blah blah....so they all decided to move to williamsburg and now THEY are the dick-heads who think they are cooler than everyone else and have this snobby attitude towards other people. didn't they learn that its not cool to be like that? they didn't like when it was done to them!

the difference here is....no matter how many of them there are, they will get fucked the fuck up if they try to say some shit to someone's face. bunch of frail ass bitches. if they weren't such pretentious assholes, i'd have no problem with them being who they are and dressing like idiots. but....they do give you something to laugh at!

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 4:52 PM

Wow this is why I don't bother with BV because of indie music listening assholes who hate on just about everything and go out of their way to do it/making fun of hipsters when they are essentially hipster themselves. You guys make yourselves look like fucking idiots.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 5:13 PM

I could forgive them every last bit of that, 4:52, if their music weren't overwhelmingly dog shit. Irony ruined everything because at some point it mutated from things being good because they're bad to things being good because they don't know the fucking difference.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 5:26 PM

@5:13....saying someone is "essentially a hipster themselves" is really really funny. will you explain the scientific breakdown of such a thing please? we all can tell what type of tool you are hahaha now go back and listen to " some band from brooklyn that you never heard of" and keep being cool

5:26...i do agree on the music tip. my beef is the whole "i'm so cool cause i'm different....and that makes me better than you" thing.
by the way....all the so called fashion rebels out there in hipster world...go call up the 80's and thank them for letting you keep the worst of their clothes

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 5:35 PM

The bands on this site suck and every current artist I can think of is a bitch. Isn't there some kind of counter movement going on? Where are the real bands? Why can't I go to a show where hipsters are spit on?

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 5:36 PM

i love how the police magically had hair clippers ready to go out in the middle of the grass somewhere. Thats what you call prepared!

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 5:38 PM

Clown shit is the worstttt

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 5:48 PM

spit on hipsters! yes! if Candiria still played...you would have your wish.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 5:50 PM

I know what you're saying, 5:35. But that shit predated the hipster phenomenon, even though they've taken it to ridiculous extremes. I've always lived something of a double life because of the kind of music I like, and ever since I've been in the city the basic psychological profile of people who like indie rock has been somewhat the same. It's basically a high school do-over for losers. unfortunately, what used to manifest itself in music that was rich in piss and vinegar is now full of vomit-inducing unicorns and rainbows.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 5:51 PM

wow 5:51....well done sir.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 5:59 PM

armadillo shit takes the cake without a doubt

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 6:00 PM

@5:36

Go see Cro-Mags in 2 weeks.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 6:02 PM

jacuzzi*boys

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 8:45 PM

You're on Brooklyn fucking Vegan. If you follow the bands on this site, post in the Comments section, or even just read the site...you're a fucking hipster. Who else would end up here? We're all god damn hipsters; not some, not a select few -- every single person here. All the finger-pointing and self-loathing won't change that. Get over it and get on with your life.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 9:00 PM

^100% correct

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 9:09 PM

"PUNK IS DEAD! SHAVE YOUR HEAD!"

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 9:19 PM

Merely because a lot of the bands I like are abysmal failures commercially, that does not make me a hipster. I'm here a lot because many of these bands are posted about, but Brooklyn Vegan as a brand means nothing to me. I don't particularly like Brooklyn. I think vegans are the most ridiculous fucking people on Earth. The indie ethos and politics make me laugh almost as hard as the thought of what all those tatted up hipster hoochies will look like at 55. In other words, not a hipster in the least.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 9:39 PM

^yes you're special

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 9:48 PM

You're right, bro. You hate everybody so you're totally authentic.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 9:52 PM

I hate everybody? You really should take a walk outside of your ironic facial hair clusterfuck of a bubble and note that most people are not at all like you.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 10:00 PM

No facial hair. Don't live in Brooklyn. Try again.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 10:02 PM

"No facial hair. Don't live in Brooklyn. Try again."

Why would I try again? The only logical possibilities in your suggestion that I hate "everybody" are that you either think that the people mentioned in 9:39 are everybody, or you're too stupid to be able to match your socks in the morning.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 10:08 PM

Blue and yellow are complementary colors, right?

Look, the point here is, who the fuck cares if you are or are not a hipster? If that's the worst thing someone can do to you, call you a hipster, then you're pretty fucking good. Better than having your head shaved because you listen to punk, right? Better than being jailed because of the music you choose to listen to?

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 10:19 PM

You can't have 'hipsters' without envy.

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 10:25 PM

I thought people on this site would be more sensible

generalizations of ANY kind are ALWAYS racist

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 10:33 PM

"a reminder not to take our own freedom for granted"

which freedom? don't flatter yourself...

Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2011 10:50 PM

@5:35 is a dumbass

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 12:38 AM

its probably a close guess that most of you insulting these indonesian punks/punks/indie in general or think this is funny are white, male and upper/middle class and live a drab safe life. if you're not thats even more of a let down. what the fuck are you doing on a page called BROOKLYN VEGAN? you stupid shits. go dig up your limp bizkit cds and break stuff cause your gf left you for your best friend bro. or listen to your hip hop mp3s while calling people niggers. and to think i followed a link to this site cause an article looked interesting, instead i get to read brain diarrhea from insecure assholes.

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 3:31 AM

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Posted by (Ralphlauren).com | December 15, 2011 4:16 AM

3:31 is DEFINITELY an upper/middle class White guy.

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 8:09 AM

Islam is very beautiful though, the art, the call to prayer. Its just more rigid.

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 10:41 AM

Yes, they make the prettiest bombs.

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 11:04 AM

^^And the way they hack peoples head off, is pure artistic genius.

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 11:37 AM

The art of Islam? Their sensibilities don't exactly scream beauty to me. Kind of the worst of mobster gaudy and inelegant simplicity if you ask me.

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 11:37 AM

you said rigid.

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 11:45 AM

Boners, pee-pees, dinguses, etc.

Posted by Smegma King | December 15, 2011 12:55 PM

8:09 you definitely look like a bitch. and i'm not white nor rich, good reply...ya almost got me man!

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 3:08 PM

^Nice defense! Good thing you came back a day later to make sure no one posted any insults about you!

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 4:06 PM

yeah man! and you never return to places you comment? shut the fuck up. of course i checked it you twat, hoping theres logical people using this site. instead there is you. so now i know its not worth the time, thank you for that. fucking troll, enjoy your clusterfuck.

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 4:33 PM

"instead there is you."

Wow, that's a low blow. Thanks for reminding me about my own existence, you asshole. I come here to ESCAPE that, OK? Christ.

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 4:53 PM

Christ? Thought we were talking Islam here, scro

Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2011 6:37 PM

Hi, I'm Charlize. I saw this thread so I thought I'd just come in and...wait, which one of you farted?!

Posted by Charlize Theron | December 16, 2011 2:04 AM

The part you go wrong 4:26 PM is most of the flaky ass STD bedbug spreading Brooklyn 20 something hipster kids are from New Jersey, Manhattan, Ohio, or east coast trust fund backgrounds in general.
Isnt Karen O and the rest of the dumb ass self important YYY's band from New Jersey or NY?

Posted by Anonymous | December 16, 2011 3:23 AM

Indonesia also has Bali and Java which is Hindu and Buddhist. Their caste system might also be repressive.

Posted by Anonymous | December 16, 2011 3:28 AM

I hope Satanic Skinhead Propaganda sends these kids some shirts and cds.

Posted by Anonymous | December 16, 2011 10:29 AM

I am not going to bother to read any of these comments, because at the end of the day, new york will welcome all these indonesians to thomkins square park and let them learn from all the trusty punks how awesome it is to not feed a dog and pretend your rich Jersey parents dont hate you for being a dickhead,,because honestly, everyone hates you, almost more than black people still bitching about slavery and racism. every kitchen needs a dishwasher.

Posted by Anonymous | December 19, 2011 3:51 AM

let me guess, everyone was tired of seeing black keys ads FUCKING EVERYWHERE? it took 12 years dudes, and people still pretend to like midwestern white kids playing fake blues.

Posted by Anonymous | December 19, 2011 3:53 AM

If we could only get them to come here and shave off all the hipster beards and moustaches.

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