Let's do this. 1st punk rock I ever heard and it still kicks ass to this day! [video=youtube;W1IiPkQa2iY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1IiPkQa2iY[/video] And then...
i will follow this thread. But for now.........zzzzzzz. The one thing I can attach my life to, is punk rock music.
D.R.I. [video=youtube;48Z6IJVe-2k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Z6IJVe-2k&feature=related[/video]
one of my all time fave [video=youtube;GrSXn3JOvAs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrSXn3JOvAs[/video]
Love all of "Joy division" music - Post Punk... From the movie "Control" [video=youtube;1FDLwxODZt0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDLwxODZt0&feature=related[/video]
Got London Calling when I was in the 6th grade and was hooked ever since. So that puts The Clash at the top of my list. You can't forget the influence the boys from Queens had on the American scene - yes the Ramones. Black Flag grew on me when I moved out here in the early 80's. Just too many to mention. The influence all these bands listed by everyone has inspired so many great bands and singer/songwriters. Joe Strummer's later years, although a bit rock-a-billy has spawned so many contemporary bands and guys like Ben Harper. Throw ska in with funk and reggae, it only becomes a bigger influence.
The Buzzcocks - "Autonomy" Love this band [video=youtube;NK9YtcSA1Rs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK9YtcSA1Rs[/video]
[video=youtube_share;sgWAWM8Gz68]http://youtu.be/sgWAWM8Gz68[/video] [video=youtube_share;rvytJky1eSM]http://youtu.be/rvytJky1eSM[/video]
Saw them as citizen fish at the showcase in corona they did a fatty subhuman set [video=youtube;oh__yv44sv0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh__yv44sv0&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]
Heard DeadKennedy's (Ca.UberAlles and TooDrunk...) and Battalion of Saints (CopsareOut) on 91x late one night, after that friends all started sharing and expanding our punk libraries "this 45 has TEN songs on it!!!" We found out Battalion played shows almost every week at VFW halls in SE San Diego, so we had something to do besides sit and smoke. Punk was only one type of music I was into but the local scene made it way more accessible than the 80's Metal bands.
I came from a weird generation in regards to how punk rock influenced us. Born in 1980, so I missed the true "heyday" of punk rock. NOFX was my first exposure. Dead Kennedy's ,Crass, Subhumans, Black Flag and Minor Threat pretty much defined me in high school. But it wasn't until hearing the Minutemen and Mike and D. Boon's view and stories about punk rock that really solidified my love and involvement. Mike, for me, is the epitome of PUNK ROCK. [video=youtube;UDr25zjd4yM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDr25zjd4yM[/video]
Ahhh, the Showcase in Corona. I maxed my ears' decibel threshold many times there and at the Glasshouse. First punk show I went to was The Voodoo Glow Skulls with The Skeletones. It's been a downhill slide ever since. Now I can corrupt the youth by exposing my kids to punk and watching them bounce around the house. [video=youtube;eQtHMvch39o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQtHMvch39o[/video] My all time favorite. . .
There is no one more punk rock than gg allin. For old school the carpettes are one of my favorites. For local punk bands I like dick politic.also love minor threat
Great to see someone throwing some love to Ian and the boys.. Joy Division Still and Unknown Pleasures are a couple of my all time favorite albums... New Order Movement is also very solid..during the 80s I saw New Order numerous times including a major show at Irvine Meadows in the summer of 1987 when the setlist was the entire Substance release.. I know it's not punk, but was and still is great music that helped define my youth.. you know those songs you still hear today that give you chills? There are many from these guys which do that for me..
Any love for the new Off! Albulm and been rocking tons of Flux of Pink Indians and conflict lately....oh and how come no one mentioned Crass or Rudimentary Peni. That whe anarcho punk music is some of the best out there.
Not that anybody asked, but... My musical life took a turn for the awesome as a freshman one particular day in '83. Steve Duncan, the coolest guy I knew (but a senior, so I'd never have the balls to talk to him about it), was carrying the Adolescents' iconic debut under his arm across the quad, and I wanted to know what such a cool guy was listening to. Picked it up at the Tumbleweed Connection in Norco after school that day, and a love affair with punk and its derivatives was born. Later, after painting the Bauhaus logo on my locker, Steve and the other punks struck up a friendship with me and went on to introduce me to some of the best music I've ever heard. Speaking of... [youtube]Thg-vpyvh_k[/youtube]