Conservative Punk is a
website that promotes
conservative views in the
punk subculture. The term may also describe any person in the punk subculture with conservative viewpoints.
Nick Rizzuto, an employee of a New York City rock radio station, created ConservativePunk.com because he believed that right-wing and libertarian punks were under-represented in the subculture. Created partially in response to the left-liberal group Punkvoter (created by NOFX lead singer Fat Mike), the Conservative Punk website received significant press coverage during the 2004 Presidential Election. It includes contributions from talk radio personality Andrew Wilkow, and former Misfits singer and Gotham Road frontman Michale Graves. Johnny Ramone, guitarist of The Ramones, had espoused Republican Party values for years, including making positive comments about George W. Bush at the 2002 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions.
The concept of conservative punk has been doubted by critics, citing the anti-establishment ethos of punk ideologies. Dorian Lynskey of the The Guardian wrote about Rizzuto "To his critics he's a crank bringing punk's good name into disrepute - but to his supporters he's the fearless voice of a formerly silent minority."[1]
