Punk Rock?

Just Jack · Mar 11, 2008

Anybody here into punk?

And im not talking about any of the new "pop" stuff. (i.e. green day, good charlotte)

Im talking about real good old stuff like:
black flag
dead kennedys
bad brains
the misfits
the germs

poetinahat · Mar 11, 2008

Lordy, yes. Don't forget the Circle Jerks, the Minutemen, X, Red Cross (original spelling), Minor Threat, Richard Hell, The Contortions, and D.O.A. (sigh)

I expect KTC, doloreshaze, PattiTheWicked, and some others to be along any minute now. I would mention which of those groups I've seen live, but KTC will trump me twenty-eight-point-seven times over. He's a god.

Soon as I can trust my two-year-old (say, in about twenty years), I'm getting out the record player again and working out a way to transcribe my vinyl over to the iPod. It'll take months of listening to the old records. It'll be wonderful.

Just Jack · Mar 11, 2008

yeah, there arent a lot of people who listen to punk anymore (especially in my generation)

but its still there

lately Ive been getting into some of the old english stuff like X-ray-spex, the adverts, the damned, and sham 69.

I saw the circle Jerks live, and theyre still pretty good. Even though they all got old, theyre still preforming. (Keith Morris stepped on my hand that day, funny)

KTC · Mar 12, 2008

poetinahat said:
Lordy, yes. Don't forget the Circle Jerks, the Minutemen, X, Red Cross (original spelling), Minor Threat, Richard Hell, The Contortions, and D.O.A. (sigh)

I expect KTC, doloreshaze, PattiTheWicked, and some others to be along any minute now. I would mention which of those groups I've seen live, but KTC will trump me twenty-eight-point-seven times over. He's a god.

Soon as I can trust my two-year-old (say, in about twenty years), I'm getting out the record player again and working out a way to transcribe my vinyl over to the iPod. It'll take months of listening to the old records. It'll be wonderful.

Yes, I am the God of Small Things. The God of Mediocrity. The God of Nothing in Particular. The God of Insignificance. The God of...what? I can stop now? Okay.

Mr Flibble · Mar 12, 2008

Ohh I love punk

Dead Kennedy's ( I have a lasting image of a reverse pyjama party, and a load of hairy arsed bikers dressed in baby doll nighties dancing to 'To Drunk to...')
Buzzcocks
The Pistols
The Clash
Soiuxie and the Banshees ( or were they more goth, I can never tell)
Stiff Little Fingers
Boomtown Rats
The Jam
The Damned

I could go on....

I'm going to have to go and put some on now.

KTC · Mar 12, 2008

999
PIL
Ramones
New York Dolls
Patti Smith
Nina Hagen (because I love her, baby)

I could go on all day.

(-;

TrishD · Mar 12, 2008

A few more...

The Adicts
Cockney Rejects
Dead Boys
The Business
Cock Sparrer
G.B.H.

More often than not I listen to ska (usually old stuff & some 2-tone) and reggae, but my itunes is heavy on the punk.

Just Jack · Mar 12, 2008

Im really diggin the adicts lately.
They are friggin beautiful.
and the zero boys, who I saw live!

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 12, 2008

What? Nobody mentions the Vibrators? The single longest running punk rock band ever?

And I'd put some of the early stuff by The Stranglers as punk or quasi-punk.

Celia Cyanide · Mar 12, 2008

IdiotsRUs said:
Soiuxie and the Banshees ( or were they more goth, I can never tell)

Siouxsie used to be one the of Sex Pistols' hangers on, and her early band was a punk band. Sid Vicious played drums at her first show. But she claims she never embraced that label. Her first few albums do sound punk, but most of her music is probably not.

KTC · Mar 12, 2008

Yes, Celia...the Bromley Contingent. Her and Billy Idol.

I liked the Forgotten Rebels too. "I don't like the stains on your panty hose, but baby I love it when you f*** me dead."

KTC · Mar 12, 2008

Bromley

Siouxsie is in the middle with the big tie and eyes.

Just Jack · Mar 12, 2008

I love her song Hong Kong Garden.
Its one of my favorite

dolores haze · Mar 12, 2008

It's always a big argument in my house. Which is better - American punk (hubby) vs. Brit punk (me). Man, we've been bickering over this for ten plus years now. Who do you think wins?

Answer below:
We always agree that Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers is the best - so we're both wrong.

The best part of this ongoing argument is that we have to drag out all our vinyl to try and convince each other.

KTC · Mar 12, 2008

Sounds like a great argument to have, dolores. (-;

I've always been of the belief that Marc Bolen brought a little bit of granddaddyism to punk. I know T-Rex was glitter...but there was always just something about him that screamed punk to me. He cared less about how his music fit into everything else. His lyrics were always so out there. I do think brit punk was better than american. Actually hands down. I loved the next wave to come from the punk scene too. bauhaus and joy division and the like. lyrics and dark dance stuff.

I saw Siouxsie in concert twice. I can't remember where the first time was...it was very early 80s in a small small venue. Might have been the old masonic temple place on Yonge in Toronto..The Concert Hall. I know I saw The Cure there and Nina Hagen and a pre Do-You-Really-Want-to-Hurt-Me Culture Club band that was mostly raggae/punk at the time (circa 82ish?). I think Siouxsie too???

I saw her again in, I think 86, at Canada's Wonderland....good concert but paled compared to the first one.

Just Jack · Mar 12, 2008

dolores haze said:
It's always a big argument in my house. Which is better - American punk (hubby) vs. Brit punk (me). Man, we've been bickering over this for ten plus years now. Who do you think wins?

Answer below:
We always agree that Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers is the best - so we're both wrong.

The best part of this ongoing argument is that we have to drag out all our vinyl to try and convince each other.

Thats such a classic argument.

I love them both pretty much equally.

And any excuse is a good one to drag out the vinyl

Dan Razor · Mar 12, 2008

Hell, me and my brother are in a punk band. I listen to a lot of punk. I am a huge fan of hardcore punk such as:
Black Flag
Minor Threat
A Global Threat
Cheap Sex
Circle Jerks
Rat City Riot
Leftover Crack
ect.

Just Jack · Mar 12, 2008

The old stuff is really the best.

Thats why I wish I was born earlier, so I could have seen more of my favorite bands in concert.

I was born a generation to late.

TrainofThought · Mar 12, 2008

I’m not sure if the below groups are considered punk, but I occasionally listen to them.

Passion Puppets
Joy Division
Underworld
Romeo Void
Nine Inch Nails
Ministry
Bow Wow Wow
the the

dolores haze · Mar 12, 2008

I wasn't too into live punk - too aggressive, too much gobbing. I didn't mind the bruises, but coming home with my hair crusty from spittle was just too disgusting. Best show I ever went to was The Pogues back in '85. I guess I've really got a thing for Irish punk.

Just Jack · Mar 12, 2008

dolores haze said:
I wasn't too into live punk - too aggressive, too much gobbing. I didn't mind the bruises, but coming home with my hair crusty from spittle was just too disgusting. Best show I ever went to was The Pogues back in '85. I guess I've really got a thing for Irish punk.

Is it just me...or is EVERYONE into irish punk these days?

Damn you dropkick murphys...

chevbrock · Mar 12, 2008

Are The Pixies punk? So many modern bands list them as an influence.

TrishD · Mar 13, 2008

dolores haze said:
It's always a big argument in my house. Which is better - American punk (hubby) vs. Brit punk (me). Man, we've been bickering over this for ten plus years now. Who do you think wins?

Answer below:
We always agree that Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers is the best - so we're both wrong.

The best part of this ongoing argument is that we have to drag out all our vinyl to try and convince each other.

I LOVE The Stiff Little Fingers. *sigh*

dolores haze · Mar 13, 2008

TrishD said:
More often than not I listen to ska (usually old stuff & some 2-tone) and reggae, but my itunes is heavy on the punk.

I worship The Specials. 'Ghost Town' - one of the best songs ever?

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 13, 2008

Oh, and Iggy Pop and the Stooges. The godfathers of punk.

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