Necrotic Obsession

I've always figured "Punk" to be the ones who rebel against anything that pushed for conformity.

Punk, to me, was anyone who didn't care for authority and supported things like anarchy.

Punk music, in my mind, would include bands like, Pantera and Rage against the Machine. <3

I don't believe punk has a certain fashion look, so I don't think they can be labled by appearances.

Pantera = Not punk.

I don't care how you slice it.

Punk is a genre and Pantera don't even come close to being punk.. (which is a good thing if you ask me.)

These days I think it's much harder to put a finger on 'real punk', it's changed since the original movement. And I think there's more to Punk than just rebelling (even though that's obviously the main idea), I think music style comes into it aswell, ie. particular kinds of drum beats etc. The same as say, jazz.
But ELT is right. Pantera isn't punk.