Peace Through PUNK ROCK

In most places, punk has become a safe and predictable rite of passage; in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, it’s a matter of life and death

DANIEL C. BRITT

Min Sid’s upper lip curls and his tattooed hands twitch at the wrist. Slight spasms grab at the 22-year-old punk rocker’s cheek as he examines the sharp silhouettes in front of him. Onstage at the Caribbean-themed Pirate Bar in downtown Yangon, he’s a living metaphor for his country, Myanmar — its modern skin and its bone-deep agony. He wrote songs in 2017 while weaning himself off heroin with street methadone and amphetamines. Tremors still run like falling dominoes up his arms and into his face, a steady hum below Min Sid’s smile as he watches 50 punks, all dyed Mohawks and fishnet T-shirts, fall over one another. Everyone is sloppy-friendly drunk, and everyone in the room loves Min Sid, the Yangon punk scene’s rising star. Everyone is his brother —…

You're reading a preview of

Playboy Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2019

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.