Punk Bands?

I'm looking to expand on my taste in punk. I don't mind if they are Christian or Secular. Give me some good names to listen to! The only punk I know are The Ramones, Rancid, Headnoise, The Clash and Trashlight Vision.

Dead Kennedys are a must if you're interested in punk.  While the Clash made the best punk album (London Calling), IMO Dead Kennedys are the genre's best band.  Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables and Plastic Surgery Disasters are good albums to start with.

Suicidal Tendencies are also essential, and if you like Rancid you might like Tim Armstrong's previous band Operation Ivy. As for Christian punk, try One Bad Pig, Crashdog, and even though theyre lighter, early Reliant K and Valuepac

I love Punk!!! My top 2 favorite bands are:

Offspring
and
Swingin' Utters

Both essential!!!

Awesome! I'll check the bands out and get back to you guys!

Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Damned, Bad Religion, Circle Jerks, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Fear, DOA, The Descenents, ALL, old Bad Brains, The Business, Angelic Upstarts, Cockney Rejects, Sham 69, Buzzcocks, UK Subs...should get you started on old school.



Newer...old Bouncing Souls, NOFX, old Dropkick Murphys, Street Dogs, Born to Lose, Lars and the Bastards, The Briggs, PENNYWISE, 7 Seconds, Screeching Weasel, Anti-Flag, Bracket, Down by Law...many more.

Face to Face - their first three are essential newer punk.

I just bought a copy of the Sex Pistols on 180 gram vinyl sealed...good stuff.  Also have some Ramones on 180 gram vinyl...

Warning about a lot of the bands that I posted - if you care about the content in lyrics then you may want to avoid most of them. I am recommending them on a purely artistically basis.

That said....I find that I can still listen to Face to Face...

If you enjoy satire, the Vandals and the Dickies.
Warning. Some of their stuff is vulgar. I don't listen to those songs anymore.

d@v!d wrote:If you enjoy satire, the Vandals and the Dickies.
Warning. Some of their stuff is vulgar. I don't listen to those songs anymore.

Yep...used to enjoy those two quite a bit.

...this ones pretty clean though.

WildWorld wrote:Suicidal Tendencies are also essential...

They pretty much went " metal " after their first two albums though. Their first one is pretty raw. When they brought in Rocky George for the second album, Join the Army, you could start seeing the metal influence. Rocky brought more technicality with his guitar playing, but Join the Army is still a great crossover album.

how about generation X featuring Billy Idol...

Some Of Siouxsie and The Banshees was punk (I love this band)...

also Patti Smith, The Zeros, The Germs, The Cramps, The Misfits, The Slits,

You guys listed some great stuff here in this thread!

I'm surprised at how many Punk fans we got here!

Rancid and operation ivy. (Tim Armstrong also did a pretty good reggae record).

I love mxpx, slick shoes, rancid, ramones, the clash, and a few others...

...a couple more bands that I used to be into.




.....band of former Dropkick Murphys singer...Mike McColgan.

Today I am cranking my all time favorite Punk album due to this thread! Thanks!

No Longer Music, The Blamed.

One Bad Pig, Lust Control, and a few of the pop punk bands in the Christian scene.

Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers are probably my fav.

Also like some proto-punk especially New York Dolls, Television, Suicide, Patti Smith, VU, The Stooges and Hollywood Brats.

Crux was one of the Christian bands that I liked back in the day.

To the Christian list I'd also add Crashdog and The Lead.

messiaen77 wrote:To the Christian list I'd also add Crashdog and The Lead.

Indeed. After Crashdog, Andrew Mandel (sp ? ) formed a folk type punk band called Ballydowse.


I've always seen Andrew as the " Ian Mackaye " of the Christian scene..due to his heavy political views.