Whatever happened to American bands Like in 1986 You had Black Flag and the X You had Husker Du playing the sticks And the Replacements they kept it all in Well, nobody gave a damn 'Bout the MTV, what you were to me It was punk, it was sick, it was bad And here we are in the new world, trying to get by In the new world, waiting for the next revolution to hatch Let's make it alright People used to play guitar They'd go walking and they'd smoke a joint Talk about songs and stories, Nobody hung out at the mall Didn't have no reverb machine Man, you had the Long before Nirvana and Hole, Man there was bands and they had a soul Here we are trying to [get by???] in the new world Here we are trying to hang on to What ever happened Trapped in the new world Trapped in the new world Trapped in the new world Trapped in the new world