Death by punking

So, I went to some punk show last night with my boyfriend. All I can really say about the guys I saw play was they really liked their treble. Maybe I'm just getting old, but heavens to betsy that music was just too darn loud. I have thought long and hard about how I could describe this music. The only thing I came up with was throwing a hundred angry cats at a blackboard with their claws out. Now I know that sounds a bit harsh, but I'm the one that has 4 to 6 weeks to wait for my ear drum to grow back. I actually saw one guy, who was smoking a cigarette, tear the filter off and shove it into his ear. How punk rock is that? I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.