Punk Rock Discussion Thread

[Soviet Haaregrad]

Cool sound, soviet.

I can get into some black metal and crust.

Thanks for listening. UG is taking the clips down soon so I'm bugging as many people to listen before they do.

[The New Sea Territory]

Just finished listening to "The Black Market" by Rise Against. It sucked, as expected. Rise Against should really change their name, because the hardcore band they were died the second Appeal to Reason was released. The only song on the album I enjoyed was "The Eco-Terrorist In Me", because it sounded like old RA.

Here's the good Rise Against I'm listening to now to clean my ears and mind from their gooey-pop-punk so-called "Rise Against".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Y36mo5M6Y

[Dead Names]

Saw Into It. Over It. and American Football yesterday. Both were good. The latter was mind-blowing.

[Cosumar]

Saw Into It. Over It. and American Football yesterday. Both were good. The latter was mind-blowing.

I've heard many good things about American Football, that they are an essential emo band. If I love Sunny Day Real Estate, will I like AF too? If so, give me their best album to start with.

[Shnercropolis]

The best punk bands are The Jam, the Clash, and Johnny Cash.
Unless you include Green Day, which I don't.

[Dead Names]

Saw Into It. Over It. and American Football yesterday. Both were good. The latter was mind-blowing.

I've heard many good things about American Football, that they are an essential emo band. If I love Sunny Day Real Estate, will I like AF too? If so, give me their best album to start with.

American Football is a little more twinkly than Sunny Day Real Estate, but they are definitely comparable. Their only album is their self-titled LP, which came out after they broke up, which makes seeing them live today so fucking rad. But yeah, they only have one self-titled album and one self-titled EP. Most people would consider them an essential emo band, myself included. My roommates and I have basically worshiped them for a few years now.

If you couldn't tell already, I really like American Football.

[Cosumar]

If you couldn't tell already, I really like American Football.

Me too, I'm a huge Dallas Cowboys fan.

Thanks for the info

[Cadonica]

Hc punk, grindcore, regular punk etc.

Fav punk bands: Klamydia, Terveet Kädet, Napalm Death, Anal Cunt, Final War, Kylähullut, Sex Pistols, Riistetyt, Shitter Limited etc.

[MERIZoC]

Dunno if you could consider Chumbawumba to be punk-rock per say, but they're pretty good.

[Faith Hope Charity]

I like punk's general sentiment, but I find it too simplistic for my taste, after a while it just sounds like irritating droning.

I prefer classical and metal.

[Threlizdun]

Dunno if you could consider Chumbawumba to be punk-rock per say, but they're pretty good.

They're folk punk, which is the best kind of punk.

[Filthy Ginger Bastards]

A few good books on the subject are Legs McNeill and Gillian McCain's Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, Henry Rollins' Get in the Van and Sam Sutherland's Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk.

I also hear Joe Queer (Joe King) is writing a book, which I am pretty excited about.

[The New Sea Territory]

I listened to Wingnut Dishwashers Union's album, Burn The Earth! Leave It Behind!. One of the best I've seen recently, for sure.

[Phoenixfox]

I'm new to punk. My favorite bands are All Time Low, My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Blink 182, and Mayday Parade. My older brother who's into a ton of obscure music says they're not really punk but wikipedia says they are pop punk, which has PUNK in it. He showed me a Sex Pistols song but the singer was too horrible to listen to. I guess I just like modern punk bands like the ones I listed instead of the old ones.

[Filthy Ginger Bastards]

Try The Queers or Screeching Weasel. Blink 182 and other such bands were heavily influenced by them, they're sort of poppy, especially their boy/girl songs, but they've got a lot of obnoxious stuff as well.

[Soviet Haaregrad]

I'm new to punk. My favorite bands are All Time Low, My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Blink 182, and Mayday Parade. My older brother who's into a ton of obscure music says they're not really punk but wikipedia says they are pop punk, which has PUNK in it. He showed me a Sex Pistols song but the singer was too horrible to listen to. I guess I just like modern punk bands like the ones I listed instead of the old ones.

Pop-punk exists, but the stuff you named is just corporate pop-rock that pretends to be punk.

I'd give NOFX, Propagandhi and Bad Religion a listen if you want some pop-punk.

[Cosumar]

I second the suggestion of Bad Religion. Their album Stranger Than Fiction was what first got me into punk. Recipe For Hate is a great starter album too. Then work your way into their less accessible stuff like Suffer, No Control, and How Could Hell Be Any Worse.

If you like Bad Religion, you may also like the pop punk of NOFX, The Offspring, Pennywise and Rancid. Though Bad Religion is superior to all of those bands imo.

EDIT: My 7000th post!

[The New Sea Territory]

I'm new to punk. My favorite bands are All Time Low, My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Blink 182, and Mayday Parade. My older brother who's into a ton of obscure music says they're not really punk but wikipedia says they are pop punk, which has PUNK in it. He showed me a Sex Pistols song but the singer was too horrible to listen to. I guess I just like modern punk bands like the ones I listed instead of the old ones.

Ok, All Time Low really isn't that great. I mean, if you want that kind of music, MCR is just so much better, and ATL is musically horrible. MCR is "punk" as Mormons are Christians; it's really iffy, and depends on how you look at it. Green Day is decent, Blink-182 is pretty funny...Mayday Parade is trash and insults May Day with their name.

Punk is kinda supposed to have vocals like that. That, simplicity, fast beats and the DIY ethics are basically the core tenets of Punk Rock. So, if you think Johnny Rotten is bad, then Punk isn't your genre. He also is a beautiful singer, by the way.

"Modern Punk Bands" don't really exist. Punk doesn't really exist anymore. It's always mixed in with other genres now (see: Metalcore, Pop-Punk, Emo, Ska Punk, etc).

[The New Sea Territory]

Try The Queers or Screeching Weasel. Blink 182 and other such bands were heavily influenced by them, they're sort of poppy, especially their boy/girl songs, but they've got a lot of obnoxious stuff as well.

Screeching Weasel is one of the funniest bands I've listened to. I can't listen to their songs without laughing. Their first album is amazing.

I second the suggestion of Bad Religion. Their album Stranger Than Fiction was what first got me into punk. Recipe For Hate is a great starter album too. Then work your way into their less accessible stuff like Suffer, No Control, and How Could Hell Be Any Worse.

If you like Bad Religion, you may also like the pop punk of NOFX, The Offspring, Pennywise and Rancid. Though Bad Religion is superior to all of those bands imo.

EDIT: My 7000th post!

Suffer, Operation Ivy's Energy and Screeching Weasel's Boogadaboogadaboogada we're basically the only good punk albums in the late 80s, and Suffer is one of the best punk albums arguably ever, I'd say. It was absolutely amazing, and nearly every song was outstanding. I would agree that Bad Religion is superior, and that's because they've been around since 1979. They are a really old band that evolved a lot, and mastered their sound.

[Filthy Ginger Bastards]

Screeching Weasel is one of the funniest bands I've listened to. I can't listen to their songs without laughing. Their first album is amazing.

Yeah, I have a ritual of listening to Weasel's Boogadaboogadaboogada and Kill the Musicians, as well as The Queers' Beat Off (yes, that is the album name) and Love Songs for the Retarded all the way through every single day. It seems to keep me in fairly good spirits, although some of the people at work think I'm fucked.

Also play a lot of both bands. Great fun to rock out to.

Punk rock therapy, I guess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgvOnoVPLaI

[Conoga]

I'm offended Hüsker Dü didn't make the list.

[Filthy Ginger Bastards]

Or Reagan Youth.

Or DayGlo Abortions for that matter.

[The New Sea Territory]

Or Reagan Youth.

Or DayGlo Abortions for that matter.

I could see Reagan Youth being one, I've always seen the most influential to be Minor Threat, Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys.

[Filthy Ginger Bastards]

Glad DOA made it on here, cuz, y'know, they arguably coined (or at the very least cemented) the term "hardcore."

[Cadonica]

Napalm Death is the best punk band.