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Old 03-06-02, 04:56 PM
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what are your favorite punk bands?

no, I ain't talkin about bands like Blink 182. Some of mine are Dropkick Murphys, Descendents, Black-Flag and Ramones. Any faves all?

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<small>Edited to remove the unnecessary initial putdown. Thread also now split to allow to discuss "Can punk BE defined?" as it was detracting from the favourite bands list requested here. (Benedict)</small>

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Old 03-06-02, 06:01 PM
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love the Ramones, but the Ramones are as punk as i go.
can't really stand much punk outside of the ramones and mid-career Rancid (i.e. Life Won't Wait and ...And Out Come the Wolves - both of which were more punkska than punk..)
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Obviously, the Ramones, but I also LOVE "Pink Flag" by Wire and "Entertainment" by Gang of Four. Amazing stuff.
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Re: what are your favorite punk bands?

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no, I ain't talkin about crap like Blink 182. Some of mine are Dropkick Murphys, Descendents, Black-Flag and Ramones. Any faves all?
How are the Descendents more punk than Blink 182? These are 2 bands clearly cut from the same cloth...only difference is that one made it big and one didn't.
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#1-Misfits (Glenn era)
#2-Ramones
#3-Descendents
#4-Dead Kennedys
Old 03-06-02, 07:31 PM
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Minor Threat
Dead Kennedys
Angry Samoans
Black Flag
Suicidal Tendencies(first album)
The Replacements(first two albums)
D.R.I.
Poison Idea
7 Seconds
The Ramones
Fear
Butthole Surfers(I don't know what else to classify them as)
Agent Orange

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Old 03-06-02, 07:45 PM
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The Clash
Social Distortion
Agent Orange
The Adicts
Bad Religion (pre-No Substance)
Bouncing Souls
Rocket From The Crypt
Snuff
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The Stranglers
The Clash
Social Distortion
Iggy and the Stooges
The Misfits
Elvis Costello
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One of my all time faves and the best punk band is
X

Followed by:
The Ramones
Black Flag
Sleater-Kinney
The Descendants
The Clash
The Minutemen

Also called punk but not really, but are still great bands
The Replacements
Los Lobos
The Pixies
The Pretenders
Husker Du
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I realize that the Ramones are highly regarded as "punk" but to me they're no more punk than Blink is. Lotsa pop in the Ramones -- yessirreebob.
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Clash
Blink 182
Bouncing Souls
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The Hives are the best punk band around today, IMO.
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It's all about the Angry Samoans!
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Black Flag
Nomeansno
The Clash
DKs
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The Dead Kennedys.
Old 03-07-02, 10:06 AM
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Gang of Four, hands down. One of my favorite bands of all time. Wire is also up there (sound familiar atlantamoi?). The Only Ones were great. Television and the Voidoids. Modern Lovers. Husker Du, Minutemen, Mission of Burma.

The Hives are great, but for my money the best contemporary punk band are the Hot Snakes. And Hickey, while they lasted, were great as well.
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Heh heh, Yancey. You know, if there is anyone on here who has not heard Wire's "Pink Flag" you owe it to yourself to hear a very very cool CD. 1977, but in a diff league than some of the other British punk bands.
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Originally posted by atlantamoi
Heh heh, Yancey. You know, if there is anyone on here who has not heard Wire's "Pink Flag" you owe it to yourself to hear a very very cool CD. 1977, but in a diff league than some of the other British punk bands.
I much prefer Entertainment and even Solid Gold to Pink Flag. Pink Flag is great, but I just love the rhythm section of Gang of Four so much more.
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Angery Samoans are good.
minor threat
supercharger
the bananas
circle jerks
DK (not bedtime or franken)
monsula
sewer trout
hickey/F-boyz
the Phuzz
Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack

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Old 03-07-02, 02:09 PM
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Well.. my top faves are

The Clash
Rancid
Operation Ivy
Descendents
Green Day
Thrice
Swingin' Utters
Flogging Molly (if they count as punk)

But I also like tons of other stuff:
Blink 182
MxPx
One Man Army
Stiff Little Fingers
Citizen Fish
Bad Religion
Dropkick Murphys
Calibretto 13
Value Pac

etc. etc. etc
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since the clash seem to be included in people's lists here, i thought that i had better add them..
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I much prefer Entertainment and even Solid Gold to Pink Flag. Pink Flag is great, but I just love the rhythm section of Gang of Four so much more.
Yancey, one thing I love about both of these bands it that the sound is taut. I mean, it's a sound I really love... something like "Cables" from Big Black. I think I actually like "Pink Flag" more judging by how I listen to it more over the years. And "Chairs Missing" is really cool. I like Radiohead, but the talk about their last two recordings being so progressive... well, people should check out "Chairs Missing" by Wire for something that was OUT there a long time ago.

"Solid Gold" from Gang of 4 is not as interesting to me. I like it, but miss the clanging guitars that they slowly weeded out.

Regardless, both of these are cool bands that still sound good to me.
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I realize that the Ramones are highly regarded as "punk" but to me they're no more punk than Blink is. Lotsa pop in the Ramones -- yessirreebob.
Is that sarcasm? Isn't that like saying Robert Johnson isn't blues because people like Eric Clapton and Jonny Lang have changed the average person's idea of what blues is? I suppose Buzzcocks really weren't punk.
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