Punk Chile Quotes

“Every concert ended up in chaos. We never were able to finish even one show: we were always stopped by the police."
Many of their gigs presented more dangers than flying bottles. On stage - the band brandishing a repertoire of treasonous songs - they were beaten, shot at, and, in one instance, nearly electrocuted when someone threw buckets of water onto their improvised stage. Puente Encina says these unpredictable moments were also liberating. "Playing in constant danger was in itself an act of courage and rebellion... We had nothing to lose.
Death could be waiting just around the corner. The worst possible outcome would be to die of boredom.”
― Alli Patton, Blitzkrieg Bops: A Brief History of Punks at War