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Punk Rock anyone?

Posted by freeatlast • 1/31/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: punk rock

Just testing the waters to see what kind of post and/or present punk rock fans there are out there in BC land and what kind of obscure, or not obscure, punk rock bands you do, or did, listen to?
And of course, the age old question... how do you define punk? All irreverence and reverence welcome.

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1/31/08

ranjith143

no

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1. 1/31/08
  
  freeatlast
  
  ok
1/31/08

Puffmatty

yeah, i got the staples on my ipod--Ramones, Pistols. I coulda guessed it would be NO for the guy above!

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1. 1/31/08
  
  freeatlast
  
  nothing like a vote of confidence. THanks.
  
  BTW. >I< am the antichrist. Thought i should get that out in the open.
2. 1/31/08
  
  Puffmatty
  
  get in line, I was the anti-christ first.
1/31/08

legbamel

There's nothing cooler than having your four-year-old running around trying to sing Blitzkrieg Bop. I never much cared for the Pistols, myself, though. (Which doesn't keep me from thinking, "I know what I want and I know how to get it," after your post.)

I have a great CD called "Punk You" that I can't play when the kids are around, though. Attack of the Giant Ants and Deutscher Girls are okay but Orgasm Addict and Oh Bondage (Up Yours) would require too much explanation. Hubby and I save those songs for driving around when they're at grandma's. We get a little rowdy with Rancid and Bouncing Souls, then mellow out with the Ramones.

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1. 1/31/08
  
  freeatlast
  
  hilarious... mellow punk.... easy listening punk.
1/31/08

n8

I've got the punk rock love. I'm listening to the Misfits as I type. I have an rather large updated music player on my website that has amongst everything else has Dead Kennedys, Misfits, Ramones, Fugazi & Iggy Pop in the mix right now.

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1. 1/31/08
  
  legbamel
  
  Hubby finally broke down a couple of months ago and bought the Misfits on CD so that he could put them on his mp3 player. Our tastes diverge a bit, though. I love Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Clash, and Black Flag. He prefers tributes to Black Flag with Henry Rollins on them.
2. 1/31/08
  
  freeatlast
  
  good old fugazi
1/31/08

genopianist54

I like...
- NOFX
- The Ramones
- Good Charlotte
- Chemical romance

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1. 1/31/08
  
  dreesyach
  
  but I like backstreetboys... punk rock! Ooppss..
2. 1/31/08
  
  genopianist54
  
  LoL...
1/31/08

OneEyedView

Germs
Dickies
Adolescents
The Slits....etc, etc, etc...

I used to be what "they" termed as a "skate punk"...search and destroy!

I look back and think of all the teen angst I had way back when, I'm lucky that Punk Rock was around because it was a great creative and emotional outlet for me.

Great discussion;)

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1/31/08

machinehuman

Of course!
Ramones
Sex Pistols
The Clash
English Dogs
Black Lips
Black Flag
Exploited
Bad Brains
The Stooges
New York Dolls
Misfits
Fugazi
Violent Femmes
Stray Cats etc. etc. etc...

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1/31/08

machinehuman

also love the so called post-punk:
B-52's
Joy Division
Bowie
Bauhaus
The Jam
Smiths
The Cure
Sister of Mercy
Nick Cave
Jesus and Mary Chain etc. etc. etc.......

I forgot to mention "The Buzzcocks" on the punk list. I'm a list lover, sorry.

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1. 1/31/08
  
  freeatlast
  
  and 2 very nice lists they are.
  
  Propaghandi anyone?
2. 1/31/08
  
  IanThal
  
  Bowie is post-punk? More like proto-punk!
3. 2/01/08
  
  machinehuman
  
  yes, sure, proto, post-punk, rock god, legend, glitter....
1/31/08

Anok

Yes, yes, and yes! I am a huge fan of the punk rock/hardcore/oi/ska scene.

I tend to favor local bands for the obscure stuff....

Lets see though, what do I listen to on a regular basis and/or on my favorite list...(in no particular order)

Exploited (punk)
Ramones (punk, always)
Sticky little Fingers (punky-oi Once in a while)
Anti-Heroes (hardcore-oi)
Minor Threat (hardcore/youth crew)
Black Flag (Punk/ hardcore)
Dead Kennedys (punk of course)
CockSparrer (oi/ punk)
Dropkick Murphys (Hardcore/oi)
Oi Palloi (Scottish punk!)
Velvet Underground (Thats like the grandfather of punk)
Just recently began listening to Johnny Cash in earnest (The godfather of punk believe it or not)
Social Distortion (punk-esque)
Madball (Hardcore)
Reagan Youth (punk)
Tilt (Girl powered hardcore)
Bikini Kill (Scary girl hardcore)
The Donnas (Girly girl pop punk)
Fear (punk)
Operation Ivy (AKA "op-ivy", punk/oi)
Mephaskaphalese (ska)
Desmond Dekker (ska)
Toasters (ska)

Honestly, the list just goes on and on. (and on...)

I'm sure I've forgotten at least a hundred bands, never mind the local stuff...

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1. 1/31/08
  
  IanThal
  
  "Sticky little Fingers"
  
  You mean Stiff Little Fingers, right?
  
  I love "Alternative Ulster." Especially the line "Alter your native land."
2. 1/31/08
  
  Anok
  
  No, there's stiff little fingers and sticky little fingers. Wild isn't it? I like both, actually
  
  I forgot the Violent Femmes! How could I have done that?
1/31/08

tikirob

Angry Samoans
Operation Ivy
Adolescents
STD

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1/31/08

dotartdude

Ramones
The Clash
Violent Femmes
Stray Cats
Bowie
B-52's
Joy Division
Smiths
The Cure

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1. 2/01/08
  
  legbamel
  
  I'd not have classified the Stray Cats as punk. I loved 'em, but never thought of them as punk. Too smooth. Then Brian Setzer lead to a whole revival of my favorite big band sound and, between that and third-wave ska, I've been in horn section heaven for 15 years.
  
  Years ago, I was called Punk Rock Girl at work after the Dead Milkmen song, as I introduced my co-workers to them. The phrase, "Pow! He was decapitated!" pops up frequently in our house. I didn't like much of their later stuff, though they definitely know how to name a song, but Beelzebubba still slays me.
1/31/08

rippinkitten

All of the above (and then some)!

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1/31/08

ghostytwofish

I don't care about this world
I don't care about that girl
I don't care
I don't care

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1/31/08

rippinkitten

Husker Du
Flipper
GBH
The Freeze
Bad Religion
Bad Brains
Dead Boys
The Damned
Misfits
GG Allin
Iggy & the Stooges
Dead kennedys
Minor Threat
Pennywise

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1/31/08

ghostytwofish

Faves -

Dead Kennedys
Dead Milkmen
Plan 9
Pil
Sex Pistols
Clash
Smiths
NY Dolls

Was more of an industrial head though.

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1. 1/31/08
  
  rippinkitten
  
  Ah, me too. Except it was called Death Rock back then until everyone became a Rivethead.
1/31/08

Unfettered

I like old school punk. Dead Kennedys, TSOL, The Clash, X.

To me, the best punk was a mixture of music and message.

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1. 1/31/08
  
  ghostytwofish
  
  I'm just happy no one came in here and said Green Day.
2. 1/31/08
  
  Unfettered
  
  Heh. Well, now we know what the next poster is going to add
3. 1/31/08
  
  ghostytwofish
  
  *puts the polish on his combat boots*
1/31/08

biobob

Greetings
-Forgotten Rebels
-Teenage Head
-Sofisticatoes
All Canadian Content.
To me, the best punk were the all the unknowns.
Biobob

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1/31/08

IanThal

Big fan of the D.C. punk scene-- especially the bands that came in the wake of "Revolution Summer" in 1986-- when the music and the lyrics became more complex: Beefeater, Fugazi, Shudder to Think, the Holy Rollers were all favorites of mine.

Also liked a lot of the early NYC bands like Television, Richard Hell, Patti Smith Group, et cetera.

Given that list, I am sure that most of the others in this discussion can easily figure out what other bands I like.

Also liked the Minutemen/fIREHOSE

The thing that annoys me about kids today is that their idea of "what is punk" is so limited and formulaic. Punk should be about freedom.

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1. 1/31/08
  
  Anok
  
  And attitude.
  
  And hair.
1/31/08

OneEyedView

Can I just say that I feel a certain kinship with you all. Maybe we should start an "old school" punk rock group?

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1/31/08

OneEyedView

Have a listen to some friends of mine, all born and breed in the old school midwest scene, average age, 38...

www.myspace.com/nednibiru

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2/01/08

ender

lessee

butthole surfers, DK, ramones, circle jerks, suicidal tendencies, sex pistols, violent femmes, clash, ummmmmm
i know there's more, but that's all i can think of at the moment.

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