Corporate Punk describes punk bands or punk fashion brands created by corporate businesses that are more interested in making money than spreading a message.
Corporate Punk bands attempt to stay as apolitical as possible to be appealing to everyone. They make songs about empty anger, trying to put on a fake persona of anger without having any real opinions or thoughts in their songs. Corporate Punk bands
may also be industry plants.
Corporate Punk fashion brands describes a brand making clothes with super
cheap fabric and making the item super expensive. It'
s extra corporate punk-ish if the item is
made poorly to look DIY, but still costs 50$.
Synonyms for corporate punk include; industry
plant (for bands),
poseur, poor mouth, and capitalist punk.
Marty: Dude, these clothes are made with such cheap fabric! Why are they so expensive?
David: It'
s Corporate Punk, Marty. It'
s just like that.
Marty: I guess that explains why it looks like something the Tramp Stamps wore during their mall goth phase