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humor The Hard Times 2026-05-09

Aging Punk Realizes His Anti-Capitalist Dreams Are Just Too Expensive for Him Now.

A 43-year-old punk rocker has discovered the shocking truth: twenty-five years of drumming and scene unity apparently don't pay the bills. Now, with chronic back pain and $6 to his name, he's contemplating the unthinkable: selling out, if only his neck tattoos and Erewhon grocery habits hadn't already locked him out of the corporate world.


<p>LOS ANGELES β€” Paul Wallace, a 43-year-old punk from Boyle Heights, recently came to the sobering conclusion that he might be getting... <a class="font-medium" href="https://thehardtimes.net/music/punk-hardcore/aging-punk-worried-hes-getting-too-old-to-sell-out/" style="color: #3eb565;">Continue reading this gem</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thehardtimes.net/music/punk-hardcore/aging-punk-worried-hes-getting-too-old-to-sell-out/">Aging Punk Worried He&#8217;s Getting Too Old to Sell Out...

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