Your favorite punk bands
 

List 'em.

1. The Misfits. No explanation needed here.
2. The Ramones. None here either.
3. TSOL. "Code Blue." Enough said.
4. The Buzzcocks. Pop-punk may very well not exist if it wasn't for these guys. Awesome.
5. The Germs. Amateurish instrumentation and a drug-addled singer. It's what punk is all about! Seriously though, Darby Crash was a brilliant lyricist. Many of his lyrics wouldn't be out of place in an anthology of symbolist poetry.
6. X. Invented rockabilly/punk crossover. Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebrake are some of the best musicians to play in punk rock. Warning: as good as early X is, everything after Under the Big Black Sun is complete and total shit.
7. The Damned. "New Rose" will go down in history as the PERFECT punk song. Hasn't been surpassed since.
8. Rudimentary Peni. The early political stuff is not that good, but after Death Church, Nick Blinko went insane and started writing all of his lyrics about Cthulhu and other assorted weirdness. Seriously, he was institutionalized for a long time.
9. Christian Death. Early punk/goth crossover. Excellent stuff, but avoid anything with Valor as the lead singer instead of Rozz Williams.
10. Wire. Punk meets art and has messy sex.

Your turn, fellow forum denizens.

The Clash, The Ramones, Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, The Buzzcocks, The Rich Kids, The Sex Pistols, maybe a couple others

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Of course I like the music, but also:
Early Misfits stuff...just because.
The Bouncing Souls...because these Jersey kids are just so much fun.
The Clash...they influenced everyone.
The Sex Pistols...supported anarchy before it was a trend.

As for more recent stuff, a bit more on the pop side, but awesome nonetheless:
Alkaline Trio
the Offspring


If anyone responds stating that Green Day is punk, I'm going to shoot myself.

Green Day = Punk
:D

i still think the Pistols are the only real punk band ...

and i love 'em.

The Ramones, The Clash, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Television (not really punk), Black Flag/Henry Rollins, The Evens, Iggy & The Stooges, The modern lovers, The Velvet Underground, The germs.

The Misfits... before Danzig turned all steroid rage metal.

Doom and Amebix.

As far as older punk, The Clash and The Sex Pistols.

I do like a lot of newer "punk", a little bit changed, though.

A few newer good punk bands (In my own opinion, so no one needs to bitch):

-Nekromantix (Because Psychobilly is a form of punk)
-Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
-Rancid
-The Nerve Agents

Punk?? Please disinfect me! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

I thought you were leaving?

Discharge, The Anti- Nowhere League, The dead Kennedy's

I was suprised no one mentioned the DKs or Discharge. Really cool pioneering bands of the genre.

I WAS leaving. Not now. I changed my mind because I hadn't gone back to work yet when I had hoped. I'm back at work now....I think. Not sure.

I haven't heard much of Discharge. As for DK, I've got a lot of respect for them, but I think that in some ways their music is very dated. Reading the lyrics is like reading some 80s-era anarchist tract. On top of this, I don't really agree with their politics. When I was younger, I could totally get behind it... like "Yeah! Fuck the system! Crush capitalism!" As I've gotten older though, I've realized that things aren't so black and white. The people that decry the government so loudly are often doing so to achieve their own selfish ends. I've got the same problem with bands like Crass, Conflict, etc.

Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, The Clash (The only band that matters).

They're good, I forgot about them.

Pennywise
Bad Religion
The Ramones
early Misfits
Screeching Weasel
Oxymoron
The Casualties
TSOL
Circles Jerks
Damned
Clash. i love all different kinds of punk.

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so few enjoy the later Rudimentary Peni....kudos

and so few consider Christian Death punk....obviously they never took the time to listen to Theater of Pain

Pink Flag By Wire is one of the greatest albums ever

so a quick ten i guess

1. Dwarves...they basically cover my philosophy to a tee
2. Fang...hate, drugs, hate, and a little bit of horror....their lead singer went to prison for killing his girlfriend....got out and reformed the band
3. Flipper....love them or hate them....they affect you
4. Crime....greatest band to come from the bay area....period
5. Rudimentary Peni although i agree that their later stuff is much better...i do love the first three albums also
6. The Crucifucks....you can't go wrong with a name like this...and his voice....oh his voice....probably the only good band to come from Wisconson
7. Zeke....Zeke is pure punk rock fury...
8. Social Unrest this is what hardcore punk should sound like
9. The Weirdos such an overlooked band....one of the originals and one of the best
10. Descendents...what can i say....theres a softy in me

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Sounds like trouble :) I fuckin' love Flipper and Crime!


I'm really into DS-13 at the moment. I've got way to many favorite punk bands... but like I said earlier on in thread Doom and Amebix are probably my favorites.

Green Day. In all their pop-punky goodness. I'm not kidding either. Not saying by any means they are the best, or the most "punk", but they're my favorite.

Re: Your favorite punk bands
 

eh, Democracy is better.

dk, totally! the clash is cool. agent orange, the dead milkmen, fear, operation ivy, social d, or course.

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Teenage Women and Free Cocaine!

i have some Doom and its very good....but i must say the Amebix are an amazing band....Arise! is still one of my favorites

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Arise! is a great album for sure. I've been listening to the Dwarves Horror Stories album a bunch latley its probably my favorite of theirs.

Ive gotten really into the Cirle Jerks lately. ive always liked them, but i like them more than ever right now.

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classic....not as crass as their later stuff...but great fuzzy dirty noisy surf rock

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Yeh its great stuff. I was listening to a lot of old school garage at the time when I discovered that album and thought it was great. I would've loved to have seen this era of them live.

@ Mothman: Fuck yeh! The Jerks rule. Keith Morris writes some great lyrics. They were one of the first bands to spark my long time pasion with US 80s Hardcore. You should check out the Angry Samoans aswell dude.

the ballad of jerry curlin is one of the greatest songs ever4 written

Anybody remember The Dead Milkmen?

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yep the Circle Jerks are slowly going up on my list of favorite bands. Coup D'etat, World Up My Ass, Teenage Electric, Wild In The Streets, Question Authority and When The Shit Hits The Fan (the drumming in this is phenomonal) are the songs im really into right now.

ill check out the angry samoans too thnx.

listened to some Angry samoans too. good stuff. Steak Knife is a great song.:)

their are so many good punk bands here are a few i like...

the ruts

the nips

sex pistols

the clash

buzzcocks

the jam

the adverts

misfits

sham 69

the stranglers

the ramones

dead boys
and loads more lol

My favorite band for a long time. You should check out Rocket From The Tombs because they are even better. That line up did it first and with more heart.

The Wrongmen and Damaged are two kick ass bands from over here I'm into at the moment. Check out some MP3s from that link. Some of the shit thats happening in NZ anyways.

yay thanks ill check them out :D

The motherfuckin Misfits.

I have been hearing about the Dwarves, and I wanted to find some of their stuff.

Nekromantix in a subgenre form of punk way.

Ramones all the way for me. Am I allowed to recommend my own band? :p

you're in the ramones ??!!

I like the Dead Kennedys, Anti-Flag, Sex pistols, The misfits, Career Soldiers, Rancid

:D Sorry, no. I didnt realise it came out like that. Wish I was!