Any punk fans out there?

[martymar64]

I've been very depressed lately and punk is the only music that I've been able to tolerate, everything else seems like soppy shite. I don't if it's the anger in it or what, but it's keeping me alive.
God bless Johnny Thunders and Richard Hell.

[HuskerDU]

1. Whoaa! The Heartbreakers!!!!

Hell yeah my friend!! Mr. Thunders is my all time hero.

[martymar64]

3. Hooray! I thought I was alone.

I found a compilation from Rhino, "No Thanks! The Punk Rebellion of the 70's".

Fuckin Brilliant! Not a bad track in the whole collection. I just listened to "TRash " by the New York Dolls and now I'm playing "Oh Bondage up your" by XRay Spex. What an album!

[HuskerDU]

5. YEAH!! That is a fantastic collection for sure. The New York

Dolls are my all time fave band, in fact I'm going to see 'em in a couple of weeks. Of course it won't be the same without the missing guys but I can't wait anyway.

Walter Lure from Thunders' other band, the Heartbreakers, still plays in NYC with his band the Waldos. Lots of great acts slugging it out there to this day. Yes, God Bless Johnny Thunders- Mr rock-n-roll hisownself!!

[martymar64]

7. Damn straight!

I love it all, whether it's from NY, LA on UK. I have the Weirdos and Lee Ving as MySpace friends. During my younger days, late in the game, I got to see the Weirdos, Fear, X, the Dead Milkmen and the Dickies in LA at various times. I'm always up for a punk show but don't get many of them here in Austin. Mostly that emo crap. :banghead:

[HuskerDU]

11. The Milkmen played our shitty lil dive back around '88 or so.

Believe me, whatever you get in Austin is 10 times more that we ever get! Some great stuff from around there circa early 80s- Big Boys, Butthole Surfers, Dicks, MDC.

[martymar64]

12. Funny you should mention MDC!

I first heard this album tripping on acid in Venice, CA in the same apt that Jim Morrison used to live in. Jim wouldv'e dug it had he been alive.

[DarkTirade]

2. Got any suggestions of what to listen to

for those who missed it the first time around?

[martymar64]

4. See my last post on this thread.

This compilation is the best I've ever seen.

[Throd]

13. Check out the movie "The Decline of Western Civilization".

That is how I remember it.

[martymar64]

16. There's a series called"The Punk Years" on You Tube

This is just one small part of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9i-DYLBfB8

[devilgrrl]

6. I like Punk and Bad Brains are the best punk band ever!

http://www.badbrains.com/

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QoQAZDdl4LY

[martymar64]

8. Bad Brains kick ass!

:toast:

I don't know this poll shit came from. I must've hit something wrong.

[Fuzz]

9. How low can a punk get?

[martymar64]

10. Real fucking low!

We're punks!!!

[Sugar Smack]

14. I love Courtney. How're you doing, sweet?

:D

[martymar64]

17. I 'm doing slightly better

It's been a rough couple of days but I'm slowly starting to feel like myself again. I'm trying to navigate through the gauntlet known as my health insurance plan to get some therapy and meds. It's not easy but when my life depends on it, it makes the difficulty worth it. I think I'll make it even if it means gritted teeth every inch of the way.

[Sugar Smack]

19. Listen, from one stubbly-toothed person to another-

I'm behind you all the way.

[martymar64]

21. Thanks Hon!

I really appreciate that. I've had to fake it while at work, but once home I can be myself and be myself, even if it's semi-miserable. I know it'll change eventually but at least I' feeling something.

[Sugar Smack]

31. Oh, that's good. You know, ska really cheers me up, too.

:P I THINK you like it, too. DON'T you?

[martymar64]

33. I dig ska too.

I have an awesome disc of the best of Desmond Dekker. I also saw Toots and the Maytals in Seattle about two years ago. Fucking Brilliant!


Stop your messing around, ooooooohhh oooooooh . ..

[Throd]

15. I hear you loud and clear

and really fast too. Lately I have been listening to California hardcore circa '79 to '84 and very little else. There is something missing in today's "punk" that makes it seem less menacing, no matter how scary it tries to be.

[martymar64]

18. I'm with you on that count.

The only bands that come even close today are Rancid and maybe Green Day (for lyrical content).

[Throd]

20. I blame NOFX for fucking the whole sound up.

A shitty band with countless shittier imitators.

[martymar64]

22. Fucking emo bastards.

Them and that shit licking Blink 182.
I wish I could hire Henry Rollins and Lee Ving to go beat the shit out of them.

On Edit: The more I drink, the worse my spelling gets!

[Throd]

25. Lee Ving would do it for a 12 pack

Where's El Duce when you need him?

[martymar64]

26. I met El Duce back when he was still alive.

Duce was actually a really nice guy when sober. I had a friend that played drums for him. A big blond dude named Moose. I used to buy weed off of him in Hollywood. He also used to play with Just Say Yes with the Rev. Bud Green at Raji's. During the show , Moose would throw shitloads of pinners out into the audience. Bud was the one that got thrown off of Geraldo for lighting up on the set.

Ahh, Hollywood memories . . .

[HuskerDU]

29. The Mentors would supposedly play anywhere for anyone, if

they were provided with free beer and tacos. They were easily the most dangerous band I ever saw. I don't know how they got away with the things they did at that show. Illegal for sure!

[martymar64]

32. They were nuts

My favorite personal El Duce story: I was once checking some friends out playing at the 8121 Club on Sunset and Crescent Heights. Duce comes in and started picking up random drinks from people tables and chugging them , with the people right there> He did this til the staff threw him out. I left about a half hour later and Duce was out cold on the little strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street. I thought about waking him up, but I knew that was dangerous, so I went home, leaving him there for his snooze.

[HuskerDU]

35. Yup the guy was a legend. Pretty weird how he claimed to have

been approached to kill Kurt Cobain, and he ends up dead a few days later.

[Throd]

37. His death wasn't much of a surprise.

Shit, look at how he lived. At least he kept it real 'til the end.

[HuskerDU]

39. Yeah his death was about as much of a shock as Thunders' or

GG's. 'Damn, I didn't know that guy was still ALIVE!'

[Throd]

36. I tried to talk him up at a bar in Fullerton

but it was late and he was five sheets to the wind, so conversation wasn't an option. He thought I was somebody he had been speaking with earlier and seemed confused that I didn't remember our earlier encounter. About the only threat he posed at that time was to clean carpet.

[martymar64]

38. He used to visit Moose all the time.

I talked to him quite a few times but it was usually very early in the day. He was a fun guy when sober but when he was bussed, look out!!!

BTW, my old girlfriend went to HS in Fullerton. Memory fucking Lane!

As crazy as they were, I miss those days. I miss Raji's , which is now where the Vine Metro station is. I miss Zatar's on Wilcox where Astrid Young (Neil's sister ) used to tend bar. I miss eating mushooms at the Sidewalk Cafe in Venice with Louis Armstrong's grandson and a stripper from the Seventh Veil.

Memories . . .

[Throd]

40. Ever go to Fender's Ballroom in Long Beach?

There used to be absolute mayhem at that place. Orange County and Long Beach was more of our scene. Same shit, different area.

Oddly enough, the most violent, ape-shit-out-of-control show I ever saw was in San Clemente of all places. It was The Adolescents, JugHead's Revenge, and Circle one. It was the only show I had ever been to where I ran out the door because it devolved into a full blown riot.

[martymar64]

34. Award for most dangerous goes to GG Allin.

Craziest motherfucker that ever lived, even more than Duce.

[tigereye]

43. nofx is emo?

is that what you are saying? I'm confused.


When I first heard them, particularly their political rants, I thought, wow, this energy reminds me of the good old (punk) days....

[Throd]

44. Too bad the music was total crap.

That sing-songy style is nails-on-the-blackboard for me. Darby Crash at his most luded out was 100 times better than that cutesy tripe. Ugh.

[Throd]

45. Too bad the music was total crap.

That sing-songy style is nails-on-the-blackboard for me. Darby Crash at his most luded out was 100 times better than that cutesy tripe. Ugh.

[tigereye]

47. what about Joe Strummer?

is the deal that punk can't be melodic, or are you talking about too much repetition? I suppose that's what makes some of it pop-punk.




Bad Religion does it well, I think. Lots to say, but it doesn't come across as too "poppy."

[ghostsofgiants]

49. NOFX aren't emo, but they're not that great.

They pretty much invented skate punk though.

If you want some good new stuff, I would recommend A Wilhelm Scream I think. Or Gallows for some more hardcore stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSoWS2Tab_4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri39J_076gg

[harmonicon]

50. really?

I like NOFX - the imitators I could do without.... I also like opivy, kevin seconds and green day and that stuff. It's not punk like the 70's stuff was, but I think it's good music. I think the real lineage of punk sort of turns into electronic music, noise music and indie pop - tons of shit inspired by factory records, who were as punk as they come.

[stuntcat]

23. I love Fugazi!

do they count for punk?
I'm not too hip to the Punk especially if it's come out since the 80's but if Fugazi counts, I'm MAD about them :headbang:

I have some good songs by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Rapture that I labeled punk but I don't know if I have it right.

[martymar64]

27. Fugazi kicks major ass!

In my book, if it's angry and fast, it can be punk. Fugazi certainly fits in that mold.

[tigereye]

24. I felt like that a couple years ago

I was going through a hardcore phase. My husband used to look at me aghast.


(signed old punk mom)


I was just talking with an old buddy from my band days, and he said he was amazed at all the 19-20 year olds who want to hear about when we were that age in the mid/ late 70s. Primo punk days, those.

[HuskerDU]

41. I bet my GF gives me the same look your husband gives you!

Dammit, why doesn't she just understand?!

[tigereye]

42. it was, and is, so exciting!

I can't tell you how exciting punk was when I first heard it in 1977.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

28. They have a Punk Channel on Sirius Satellite.

I have it on there more than not. I totally dig the good shit. Some of the shit they play is not Punk. Just because it's Green Day, doesn't mean it's punk.
But I love the authentic British punk and the stuff from Ireland.
Duckie

[martymar64]

30. I give Green Day the benefit of the doubt

Just as long as they don't do any fucking ballads. BALLADS ARE NOT PUNK, EVER!!!

[ghostsofgiants]

46. Loves me some punk rock.

:thumbsup:

[LeftyMom]

48. I don't understand you young people with your strange hair and loud music and walking on my lawn.

[harmonicon]

51. yes, I like the punk rock

I'm sort of an old man who has no idea what the kids are listening to these days, but newer bands that I really love are the mae shi, and gowns - sort of punk, in a way. I'm more interested in punk as a way of doing things than as a genre. In that sense, my old band (from earlier this decade.... circa 99-'04) was punk (shitty website here):

[Tikki]

52. From the early L A scene....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wkWwzqX3nk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlVghtHBPEg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70jwzMKU-6w



what a frickin' bunch of Weirdos.....