Never could get people who can proclaim about punk death- and weren’t part of the scene. Maybe they are proclaiming the death of what they thought as outsiders about punk?
If you look around - 25 years after punk was first proclaimed dead - there still are new bands in local scenes, new kids, kids of punks who are punks, parents who cringe at thier kids music because it is too mainstream, and parents who are glad the kids aren’t the rebels they were.
Me - I am in my mid 30’s and I am still part of punk, and no - I don’t think it is dead.
Because punk is a subculture - how can those outside of the scene, or who never were part of it know what punk is - and therefore have enough knowledge to proclaim it to be dead.