I’ll lose badly.
Big Four of Punk?
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I’ll lose badly.
1to392831weretaken
New Fish
@YellowSnow, I think that's a case where you're winning regardless of the pole result.
I'd have to consult @dnc for the pole options .
Some are suggesting a religious beliefs pole- e.g., true believer / sermon seeker, deist, agnostic, atheist fag.
RatherBeBrewing
New Fish
I wasted part of my youth playing in a shitty garage punk band, I don’t know if prefacing it with shitty is necessary as I’m guessing it’s assumed. Venues we used to play at were old Portland grimey instead of new grimey. The toilets were filled with shit and puke, not just orange caps. Unless you wanted to be labeled a poseur you couldn’t like bands that released more than one shitty album longer than 19 minutes, and anything with a hint of melody or commercial appeal was verboten. But after a while most of it sounds like the same static, so I wound up at the same stuff that got me into it in the first place.
NOFX
The Misfits
Dead Kennedys
Rancid
Worth a mention: AFI, The Descendents, Social Distortion, Cock Sparrer, The Vandals, Bad Brains, The Exploited, pre-hardcore Propagandhi, Strung Out, Bouncing Souls. Plus the usual 77 suspects, Ramones, Clash, Buzzcocks.
Punk-like, folk punk, Celtic punk, etc: Gogol Bordello, Violent Femmes and their one good album, AJJ, Frank Turner, early Against Me, the Pogues, Dropkick, Flogging Molly.
I’ve seen most of these live, some many times, with the obvious exceptions of Ramones, Clash, DKs, etc. Some were of course old and trying to snatch some cash with one or two original members remaining.
It’s a real shame there’s not much new stuff that is listenable. Maybe ska-lite The Interrupters and some rock-ish shit like Gaslight Anthem. It seems like it’s due for a comeback, there’s only so many face tattoo mumblers years left before kids will want something new - and since original ideas don’t exist I’ll predict third wave of punk in the next 10 years.
NOFX
The Misfits
Dead Kennedys
Rancid
Worth a mention: AFI, The Descendents, Social Distortion, Cock Sparrer, The Vandals, Bad Brains, The Exploited, pre-hardcore Propagandhi, Strung Out, Bouncing Souls. Plus the usual 77 suspects, Ramones, Clash, Buzzcocks.
Punk-like, folk punk, Celtic punk, etc: Gogol Bordello, Violent Femmes and their one good album, AJJ, Frank Turner, early Against Me, the Pogues, Dropkick, Flogging Molly.
I’ve seen most of these live, some many times, with the obvious exceptions of Ramones, Clash, DKs, etc. Some were of course old and trying to snatch some cash with one or two original members remaining.
It’s a real shame there’s not much new stuff that is listenable. Maybe ska-lite The Interrupters and some rock-ish shit like Gaslight Anthem. It seems like it’s due for a comeback, there’s only so many face tattoo mumblers years left before kids will want something new - and since original ideas don’t exist I’ll predict third wave of punk in the next 10 years.