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There are so many great punk bands that changed the cultural tides forever. I would however have to place The Clash towards to top of the list, just above The Ramones.

These are some of what I have, just off the top of my head...

Clash - London Calling & Combat Rock
Lou Reed - Animal
Velvet Underground w/ Nico
Bryan Eno - Which Way Up
Bowie - Jiggy Stardust & Space Odditity
Oingo Boingo - Skeletons In The Closet, Dead Mans Party & Dark At The End of the Tunnel
Deborah Harry/Blondie - everything ever released
Talking Heads - everything ever released
Adam Ant - Antics In The Forbidden Zone

Tgreene.... you are a walking, typing punk encyclopedia! :Lil:

Oingo Boingo - almost everything there too.. Do you have Only a Lad?

The song "Only A Lad" is on Skeletons In The Closet... I wasn't aware that was an album by that title... As far as I know, there are only the 3 that I listed.

Dark At The End Of The Tunnel was a pretty eclectic release, as it's more along the lines of the Twin Peaks soundtrack. 8^)

David Bowie is a sin in its own right.:?

Right

Wow... Although I have to wonder how repitious they are, since it appears may of the cover titles are featured songs in the 3 albums that I have.

When I'm in the mood for punk, I tend to go listen to Combat Rock.

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How wrong were you? So far the discussion has poured into its third page. I never really cared for punk. It always seemed a little ghey. I was always a metal fan growing up. Long live the Phantom Lord.

'Straight To Hell' is my favorite cut, followed by 'Should I Stay or Should I Go'.

How wrong were you? So far the discussion has poured into its third page. I never really cared for punk. It always seemed a little ghey. I was always a metal fan growing up. Long live the Phantom Lord.

Yuck -- Screw Pantera... It's all about Dee Snider! :mrgreen:

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still curious as to who that is - i want my hardcore kick back

Twisted Sister was not a metal band. They were a big hair band. The difference is important to understand.

Don't forget that punks were doing it hard and heavy when bands like Pantera were still wearing spandex with teased up hair, now some of those f--- were effeminate. I like metal too though.

Now lest we forget My chemical romance and simple plan :roll:

Punk has been around long enough that you can't talk about it without splitting into MORE genres.

its like asking about rock. what kind?
blues?metal?southern? hard? soft? acid? PUNK? goes on and on..

as for me?
old stuff:
Ramones
Clash
Cramps
Business

Older stuff (I dunno what else to call this!)
Bad religion
Social Distortion
Agent Orange
Samhain/ Misfits
Black Flag
NOFX

Newer stuff:
Casualties
Rancid
Distillers
Dropkick Murphy's
Briggs- KICK ASS Stuff
Bouncing Souls
Swinging Utters

Joy Division
Choking Victim
Crass
Minor Threat
DOA
Operation Ivy
NOFX
Satanic Surfers
L7 (Donita Sparks was punk as all fuck)
Agnostic Front
Black Flag
Antiflag
White Flag
Pennywise
Buzzcocks
Dead Kennedys
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Face to Face
Sick of it All
No Use For A Name
The Misfits
Wizo
Propagandhi
Face to Face
Guttermouth
The Vandals
The Queers
Fugazi
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

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How 'bout SUBLIME and DROPKICK MURPHYs

Mainstream “Hot Topic” Ska-like Poppy Punk

Sublime (311 should be here as well)
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311 is not punk at all. They are more like Hip-hop Reggae. Definitely not punk though.


Sublime is Punk Reggae. Maybe ska-punk.

No. It's definitely Mainstream Ska punk-like. I'll call it skalunk.

I am pretty sure that 311 is skalunk as well.

Since when is Minor Threat not hardcore? They may not have as "heavy" a sound as AF, but they definitely played a huge role in the hardcore movement. I'd push both of your "traditional punk rock" bands out of that category and into hardcore. If you're calling Minor Threat and Black Flag "traditional", are you just pretending the 70's never existed?

I kind of agree that sublime is ska-esque but it they definitely had reggae influence as well.

The 70's were the early years. The distinct genres of punk did not exist then and we are kind of retroactively grouping bands if we go back that far. Minor Threat is hardcore because they shaved their heads? Pioneers, yes, but hard to put them in a genre when the genre barely existed at that point and the band only existed for less than 3 years.

While I am not a fan, we should probably then have an Emo catogory since that is also derived from the same 70's punk rock roots. Embrace was an early emo band and formed by Ian MacKaye from Minor Threat.

I would put Texas Is The Reason as best in that class with Embrace getting honorable mention.

1) I've always been curious, but I did not see the movie on that basis. I mean, the list of hardcore bands that debuted at CBGB's alone is ten times longer than all the bands to come out DC and LA combined (no offense). If we include Long Island and North Jersey in that NYCHC catagory, that's probably 90% of all the hardcore music ever made.

3) Thrash/Death Core homages to hardcore does in deed kick ass. I hate to say it, but I kind of like Slayer in general.

You should see it. I think the reason it tends to give short shrift to NYC is because it focuses a lot on the formation of the hardcore scene and its fairly short-lived existence in most places. NYC seems to be the anomaly -- started late, but stuck around. If the NYC bands got to debut at CBGB's, sounds like they had it easy ... the documentary has some great footage of the early hardcore "shows" that were organized in a day or two and would take place at whatever abandoned building could be found.

Slayer is good. But I like a lot of metal, as well as various "indie" (for lack of a better term) bands that you'd probably refer to as pussy music.

Ska preceeded reggae with reggae basically evolving from ska. Ska punk evolved from that so reggae and ska are tough to separate into different catagories.

I would NEVER call Op Ivy or Rancid a ska band. Sure they have some influence, even put out a few songs insprired by it but they were/ are Punk bands.

A message to you Rudy:

Op Ivy is the definition of 2 Tone Ska Punk. I think if you looked up Ska Punk in Websters you'd see a picture of Tim Armstrong, checkered tights, hat, braces, doc martins and all... maybe I just omitted the "punk" part of "ska punk" because clearly we are not talking about true ska which is mostly carribean music from the 50's.

Here is a rule of thumb, if you see black and white themed images and hear horns, it's ska related.



Now, I was basing my list on the bands named in this thread. This catagory should include such names as the Clash and the Specials.

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I Want People to Like Me Because I Am Popular Punk-Like Bands

Henry Rollins Band

If you look at the post before mine it has a post date of Feb 26th. How was I supposed to notice the 2006?

I agree and disagree with lots of things that have been said here, but this, i disagree with more than anything else. Henry Rollins as a wannabe... riiiiight.

I agree and disagree with lots of things that have been said here, but this, i disagree with more than anything else. Henry Rollins as a wannabe... riiiiight.

Dragging this beeeyaatch up from page three

Best Crazy Russian Polka Band doing Punk Rock

Gogol Bordello

Honorable mention.... Who needs an honorable mention....

i couldn't can't carry a tune in a goddam bucket and i don't know how to tune my guitar so i've decided to call the unlistenable monkey shit that i am playing "punk," because i once heard there were no rules in punk. hopefully no one will hassle me about it because despite the tattoos and bad ass persona, i am actually a very insecure and fearful person.


the best band in this category is: 85% of all punk bands, ever to take the stage, anywhere.

I suppose we should have never let the expressionists alter classical music, it’s been all downhill since the baroque era.

here's a category for you:

i couldn't can't carry a tune in a goddam bucket and i don't know how to tune my guitar so i've decided to call the unlistenable monkey shit that i am playing "punk," because i once heard there were no rules in punk. hopefully no one will hassle me about it because despite the tattoos and bad ass persona, i am actually a very insecure and fearful person.


the best band in this category is: 85% of all punk bands, ever to take the stage, anywhere.

with honorable mention going to social D

The essence of that could be said about most modern music: rock, rap, jazz, country, any form of freestyle. I suppose we should have never let the expressionists alter classical music, it’s been all downhill since the baroque era.

You might be amazed how much bigger the world is if you open your eyes. You’re the only one missing out by being closed minded.

I've always wondered, when music nerds start arguing, whether its an elaborate mating ritual or do they really care that much what other people think of the music they listen to.

I've always wondered, when music nerds start arguing, whether its an elaborate mating ritual or do they really care that much what other people think of the music they listen to.

The essence of that could be said about most modern music: rock, rap, jazz, country, any form of freestyle. I suppose we should have never let the expressionists alter classical music, it’s been all downhill since the baroque era.

You might be amazed how much bigger the world is if you open your eyes. You’re the only one missing out by being closed minded.

Weren’t you the guy talking about 5th Order Polynomials while the rest of us were talking about Hookers, Blow, and Boulder Bashing?

I used to wonder, when math nerds start arguing if it’s some elaborate mating ritual... then I remembered math nerds die alone with a life full of boring memories to reflect on their death beds.