I'd like to get into punk. Where do I start?
I'd like to get into punk. Where do I start?
Start with The Clash and never move any deeper
don't listen to this guy. only listen to ramones
operation ivy
dead kennedys
minor threat
minutemen
meat puppets
the taxpayers
bomb the music industry
What do you normally listen to?
...
then there's shit like Latterman, Iron Chic, Banner Pilot, RVIVR
Don't even bother with these two, just listen to Wire, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and the Stooges and it'll all come naturally.
If you have too ask maybe you shouldn't be messing around with it.
Hip-hop, drone, IDM, singer/songwriter, funk, classic rock, etc.
I've always been interested in punk but it seemed like it was either too light or too heavy. I feel like I could absolutely love it if I find the right stuff.
Minor Threat is enjoyable but I find the spammy parts turn me off, for example the chorus in 'In My Eyes'. Not sure how to describe that.
Operation Ivy and Meat Puppets are both fun and nostalgic, though I can't see myself listening to them often.
The Taxpayers are nice. Their music seems more layered and I'm enjoying it a lot so far.
Not into the others.
Read what I said in that first reply.
>Early era
Ramones - self-titled, Rocket to Russia
Television - Marquee Moon
The Clash - London Calling, self-titled
Wire - Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154
>Middle Era
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Violent Femmes - self-titled'
The Gun Club - Fire of Love
Bad Brains - self-titled
>Late era
No Means No - Wrong
If you like funk check out the no-wave scene, specifically James Chance and the Contortions, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, and Bush Tetras,
And what was your first statement again exactly? I stand by mine.
I have interest in this genre of music. I've heard a couple of artists and imagine that if I found the right one, I could really love it. I thought asking might lead me to find that artist.
My man. Thank you.
What kind of punk?
Classic Punk
The Clash - The Clash
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
Ramones - Ramones
Classic Hardcore Punk
Minor Threat - Minor Threat
Black Flag - Damaged
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
90s Punk
The Offspring - Smash
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves
blink-182 - Cheshire Cat (seriously)
90s Emo
Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
Mineral - The Power of Failing
Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology (at least the first disc)
90s-00s Post-Hardcore
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker
Drive Like Jehu - Drive Like Jehu
90s-00s Screamo
pg.99 - Document #5
Orchid - Chaos is Me
Saetia - A Retrospective
Modern Punk
Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor
Donovan Wolfington - How to Treat the Ones You Love
Screaming Females - Ugly
Modern Hardcore Punk
G.L.O.S.S. - TRANS DAY OF REVENGE
lovechild - "In Heaven, Everything is Fine."
Birds in Row - Personal War
Modern Emo
Snowing - Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) - What it Takes to Move Forward
The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There
Modern Screamo
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Ostraca - Deathless
William Bonney - Good Vibes
squeeze interpol into the late era and you got yourself a decent list
shit my bad, didn't see your earlier responses, a lot of this is redundant hahaha
This thread is embarrassing. The best way to get into Punk is to read up on it, not just pick two or three bands here or there.
The best book as an entry point into "From the Velvets to the Voidoids" although it deliberately focuses more on US punk than UK punk. Start there, check those artists out and come back with an understanding of what you like and what you don't lie, and go from there. Because tossing a couple albums into your backlog won't get you into a genre.
>The best way to get into Punk is to read up on it
Pretty much how I did it, been stuck up on L.A. 77-82 for a while. Haven't read any actual books on it however.
Holy shit the lack of context here is astounding.
It's like there was nothing released at all between 1983 and 1994
>check those artists out and come back with an understanding of what you like and what you don't like
How is that any different from "tossing a couple albums into your backlog"? And if that book really only looks at the Velvets to the Voidoids, you're gonna get a really small view of what punk as a whole really is.
Ease you're way in dude some not to light not to abrasive punk albums that you should listen to are:
Descendents - Milo goes to college
The dead milkmen - Big lizard in my backyard
I just posted what I listen to and (rightfully) figured everyone else would fill in the gaps. I'm not as familiar with the traditional punk/hardcore/post-hardcore records that came out in that time period.
Good recs right here
This. Punk will be tacky, its how it is. Fugazi and hardcore will feel disingenous and sex pistols/clash will be a bit to cornball. Stooges and television/rh +voidoids is enough rock to not roll your eyes at, but interesting enough to be worth listening to more than once.
90's punk is my favourite
>the offspring - smash
>nofx - punk in drublic
>blink 182 - cheshire cat
>bad religion - stranger than fiction
>1039/smoothed out slappy hours - green day
>How is that any different from "tossing a couple albums into your backlog"?
because the book provides insight and context for the whole scene, and passing judgement based on only the title is dumb
Fair enough. I'd imagine OP isn't going to just download every single album listed here and just listen to them straight through, but maybe that's because I usually look into albums before listening to them anyway.
Join the alt-right
Idk, most people won't take that approach and listening to Clash and the Op Ivy isn't going to help anybody understand punk as a musical idiom
educate yourself, develop a personal taste, and then pursue recommendations imo
Nirvana
Never go deeper
kek
Wire - Pink Flag is a good start
Also try Crass - Feeding of the 5000, Fugazi - 13 Songs, Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime, The Fall - Grotesque After the Gramme, Jay Reatard - Blood Visions, Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady and Gang of Four - Entertainment
NOFX - Punk in Drublic
NOFX - Pump Up The Valuum
Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary
Pennywise - All or Nothing
Listen to my beginners playlist
open.spotify.com
Blink 182, Bowling For Soup, & Simple Plan exclusively
Fucking 90s man... I like it, gonna chuck follow
Thanks to you I re-discovered a band I thought I lost. You beautiful bastard.
"no"
Hit these record labels (find their bandcamps) and you'll find good contemporary punk from US, Canada, UK, Aus, etc.
Katorga Works, Warthog Speak, Grave Mistake, Total Punk, Static Shock, LA VIDA ES UN MUS DISCOS PUNK, No Patience, Cooldeath, Helta Skelta
GG Allin is the only punk musician that matters
Listen to all the Sex Pistols' singles from the singles. Everything else is garbage.
Titus Andronicus is the only way to go. No trendy image bullshit, catchy as fuck, masterly written lyrics (including some tastefully ironic ones), high production value, raw singing, no click track, real struggles, revolves around the self rather than the usual "fuck society" edgecraft bullshit, terrible music videos (that's a major plus), Shakespearean tragedies, everything you need from punk/rock and nothing you think you need but really don't.
m.youtube.com
Here's the second act of The Most Lamentable Tragedy.
the germs and mdc..
Also, read the lyrics instead of watching the video.
google.no
And do yourself a favor and actually give it a listen.