Noodle said:
Yo.
Can some of you all with the big knowledge throw down the names of some seminal tunes?
Give me your skinnies.
Heheh. "Seminal."
Oh. Wait.
Try these songs out:
Old Stuff:
Iggy Pop - I Wanna Be Your Dog
Velvet Underground - Waitin For My Man
Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop; I Wanna Be Sedated
The Clash - This is Radio Clash; London Calling
Dead Kennedys - Pull My Strings; Holiday in Cambodia
The Exploited - Sex & Violence
Newer Stuff:
Pennywise - Nothing; Bro Hymn
Green Day - Longview; Welcome to Paradise
Propaghandi - Stick The Fucking Flag Up Your Ass, You Motherfucker
Bad Religion - 21st Century Digital Boy
NoFX - Bob; Kids of the K-Hole
Offspring - Bad Habit; Ignition
Planet Smashers - Too Much Attitude
That's a fairly incomplete cross-section of the stuff I like. But it's a start.
Check out this site for my hometown's local punk scene in the early 80's:
http://www.chrwradio.com/lma.html
Look up these bands: The Demics; 63 Monroe; The Regulators
And here's a brief history of London, Canada's Punk Rock scene; this town wasn't know as "Speed City" for its quick economic growth:
http://londonpunkrock.kicks-ass.org/scarchives/
As far as people arguing about technical know-how and talent, the whole punk rock thing started because people wanted to prove that ANYONE could express themselves musically, regardless of talent or ability.
This isn't to say that there aren't some very talented and technically adept musicans making punk rock music.
Here's some newer bands that I think are sort of a progression from punk rock:
The Mars Volta
Coheed and Cambria
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Discuss.