Yep . Me too.
I was introduced to it by a kid in my Spanish class in ~1977. He started coming to school wearing a leather motorcycle jacket with Ramones and Elvis Costello pins all over it. I asked him about it, and he gave me some cassette tapes. I was hooked. You couldn't get this music on the radio, and you couldn't buy it anywhere. Sears was where we got all of our music.
I lived about 45 minutes from NYC. When I got a little older, my friends and I started venturing into the city. We got to see some underground stuff there. Went to CBGBs a few times in the late 70s and early 80s.
After I left for college, I'd hit Punk nights at a few of the local bars. There was a club called The Continental in Buffalo that always had some good bands.
Then everything pretty much disappeared.
It's nice to see that all the music is still out there and is gaining popularity again. It's good stuff. I was surprised how many younger people come to the shows now. Thank God for Pandora and Spotify.
Although, this weekend I saw a Queens NYC hardcore band playing, while a guy wearing a giant panda head danced in the pit. That seemed a little odd to me. I thought, 'What would have happened to that guy in 1984?' It wouldn't have been pretty.