Frank Kogan

"A rockist is someone who reduces rock 'n' roll to a caricature, then uses that caricature as a weapon. Rockism means idolizing the authentic old legend (or underground hero) while mocking the latest pop star; lionizing punk while barely tolerating disco; loving the live show and hating the music video; extolling the growling performer while hating the lip-syncher."

So in the Sanneh sense, I don't see why'd you be a Rockist. But you're trying to ask, when you deride new punk as fashion and not music (compared to class punk) whether you're being Rockist. But obviously, Rockism is supposedly blind prejudice. So if I like new punk music, I'm going to say you're a Rockist. And if I agree with you that new punk lacks the same value, I'm going to say you're not a Rockist. (For the record, I think the new punk = fashion statement *is* a Rockist assumption. Since, wtf? Plenty of Hot Topic bands are GREAT. And some of them are even dangerous and punk and very much *something*.)