Guest The Last Free Voice Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 Okay, I'm looking to get into REAL punk music. So where do I start. I've heard the Ramones, Sex Pistols and The Clash, but any albums in particular? Greatest hits? Others? Thanks....
Youth N Asia Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 I don't think you can define "real punk."
Guest Joshua A. Norton Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 Discharge is the only band that matters.
Youth N Asia Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 You heard it here first. Drop everything and pick up Discharge...whoever the hell they are.
Guest Joshua A. Norton Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 Discharge...whoever the hell they are. http://www.discharge.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/history.html
Guest The Last Free Voice Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 Thanks for the help, pricks. And by Real Punk, I meant actual punk, not crap like yellowcard that passes for punk with my generation. Sheesh. I should have known than try to get some real help here.
Nighthawk Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Dickies. But then maybe you wouldn't call them real punk, cause they were too joyous.
Corey_Lazarus Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Dickies rule. Download any and all Misfits songs you can find. I'm surprised it took 6 replies before a Misfits rec was made.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Hüsker Dü Wire (for the first album, though the second and third ones are ace, too) Black Flag X Bad Brains The Damned
Corey_Lazarus Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 For the more hardcore stuff, check out Toxic Narcotic.
HarleyQuinn Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 I'll recommend Buzzcocks, The Damned and The Dead Boys
CanadianChick Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Obviously Simple Plan. And Good Charlotte!
Corey_Lazarus Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Don't forget Linkin Park. They represent what punk is all about. I mean...CHESTER HAD A MOHAWK!
CanadianChick Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Don't forget Linkin Park. They represent what punk is all about. I mean...CHESTER HAD A MOHAWK! Dude, you are so wrong. They are heavy metal! Duh.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Crass, though they're actually kinda terrible. Still, they should be heard by anyone interested in the origins of punk. Always loved this album cover, though:
Guest HungryJack Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Bad Religion is a good place to start Get Suffer, Stranger than Fiction, Teh Grey Race, Against the Grain.... that should be a start.
B. Brian Brunzell Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 I'd recommend Social Distortion's Prison Bound as well as their self-titled album. Actually, fuck it. Get your grubby little mitts on ANYTHING Mike Ness has recorded.
Guest Choken One Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 real punk doesn't exist. Real Punk exists by not existing. Punk is just a fashion statement.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Thanks for simultaneously bringing nothing to this thread and an asshole.
Guest Joshua A. Norton Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 discharge gauze broken bones varukers gism gloom totalitar
Guest Choken One Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Real Punk...to me...isn't The Sex Pistols. Real Punk is not playing along with the trends... You can't be punk anymore in this day and age... Personally, Punk is more common in what we don't perchieve to be "punk"... I'm sick of these fucking idiots in mo-hawks and leather chains with Discharge and black flag labels sown onto their jeans calling themselfs punk because they think by wearing those clothes and listening to that music, they are a part of the punk movement that died before it even got started. I've seen kids define "Punk" more by wearing Abercrombie then those kids... Punk is standing up AGAINST the beliefs and rules. Those kids aren't doing that, they use punk as a Fashion statement to let out thier teenage angst. That's why I hate those people because they have taken a concept that wasn't meant to be a concept and turned it right into everything it wasn't supposed to be.
Nighthawk Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Yoko Ono is the punkest artist of all time. I truly believe that.
Guest Vitamin X Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 I can see how that is. Punk killed the Beatles?
Guest Choken One Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Exactly... Yoko saw through the bullshit and knew the Beatles had to be killed. Thats HARDCORE punk right there.
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 Real Punk...to me...isn't The Sex Pistols. Real Punk is not playing along with the trends... Punk is standing up AGAINST the beliefs and rules. Those kids aren't doing that, they use punk as a Fashion statement to let out thier teenage angst. The Sex Pistols didn't follow ANY trends in the late 70's? C'mon!, God Save the Queen? A scathing attack on the monarchy that everyone in the country holds dear. That was even more blasphemous than denouncing Christ. They were number one on the British charts but they had to have their name blacked out because they were BANNED in their own country. Sex Pistols were everything that you described punk to be. Inc is right, you added nothing to this thread except bullshit. Think before you type, you're rapidly becoming a self parody of a parody.
Coffin Surfer Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 I'm gonna stay away from the "what is punk?" yadda yadda stuff and just recommend essential albums that are generally recognized as punk excluding the mentioned Sex Pistols, Clash, Ramones. Misfits-Walk Among Us -The best versions of their best songs Dead Kennedys-Fresh Fruit... -Very unique sound and vocals with some funny black comedy and political satire. Naked Raygun-Jettison -Another stand out band from the 80s. "Vanilla Blue" is one of the most addictive punk songs ever. New York Dolls-s/t -Sleezy proto punk that would influence everybody from the Ramones to Kiss. Gang of Four-Entertainment -Funky post punk at it's best. Dead Boys-Young Loud and Snotty -Who the Sex Pistols' look and sound were said to be molded after. Similar style minus British accent and social commentary. Descendents-Somery -Their first lp is a great early hardcore release while this features some of that as well some of the greatest pop punk(not to be confused with what is mislabeled as such nowdays) songs ever written. Buzzcocks-Singles Going Steady -Great well written early pop punk. "Orgasm Addict" is classic. Minor Threat-Complete Discography -About as good as straight up D.C. Hardcore gets with the exception of the already mentioned first Bad Brains lp, who were more musically accomplished. Turbonegro-Ass Cobra, Apocalypse Dudes -Punk's dead...riiiight. As good as anything from the glory days. Very talented band, AC is some good ol fashioned offensive hardcore with their own twist while AD is a rather musical post-pop punk album. Fear-The Record -Musically accomplished 80s L.A. band with a similar attitude in their lyrics to the Dead Kenndys. Flipper-Generic -Very strange sluggish hardcore featuring the classic,"Sex Bomb." Hard to find nowdays. probably more...
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Posted June 11, 2004 Report Posted June 11, 2004 New York Dolls-s/t -Sleezy proto punk that would influence everybody from the Ramones to Kiss. This one I kinda disagree with. While it is a tremendous album in its own right, its more glam rock than punk. I certainly don't buy it an a punk album. Its more like a Stones album with an edge. Amazingly no one has mentioned the MC5 or the Stooges, both Detroit bands threw caution to the wind and influenced many of their punk predecessors. Fun House is completely balls to wall.
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