The best punk band ever !

KIVES · 09-11-2007 3:43am

Auh badger - it's very hard not to get enveloped in the whole 'What was Punk/What wasn't punk debate' - Personally, The Clash are one of my favourite bands. It's debatable whether or not they were 'true' punks...in fact if you watch the Julian Cope film about Joe Strummer, you'd probably come down on the side of 'Not Punk'...Yea, they used the whole Punk thing as a great stage and to great effect but in hindsight they weren't what you would call 'Punk to the Core - But to me that was a good thing as lots of English bands(I'm thinking of The Exploited here), ended up sounding like bad metal bands by the time the early 1990's had come around whereas other's like The Clash evolved...only problem is, no-one evolved quite so majestically as they did...

Bob in Belfast · 01-12-2007 11:10pm

KIVES wrote: »

Auh badger - it's very hard not to get enveloped in the whole 'What was Punk/What wasn't punk debate' - Personally, The Clash are one of my favourite bands. It's debatable whether or not they were 'true' punks...in fact if you watch the Julian Cope film about Joe Strummer, you'd probably come down on the side of 'Not Punk'...Yea, they used the whole Punk thing as a great stage and to great effect but in hindsight they weren't what you would call 'Punk to the Core - But to me that was a good thing as lots of English bands(I'm thinking of The Exploited here), ended up sounding like bad metal bands by the time the early 1990's had come around whereas other's like The Clash evolved...only problem is, no-one evolved quite so majestically as they did...

I totally agree with you KIVES, The Clash were the greatest Punk band ever.RIP Joe.

Pat D. Almighty · 06-12-2007 12:12am

The Radiators From Space!!!

Jamon · 09-12-2007 2:22pm

Bad Religion. They're stubborn, not too good at their instruments, they've got the punk ethos.
I also like their music, nearly all of it.

Black Flag are also great as are the Germs.

Yours,
Jamon

silverwing · 10-12-2007 8:44pm

For me...

Discharge
Poison Idea
Cryptic Slaughter
Agnostic Front
Cro-Mags
Bad Religion
Misfits

Stereomaniac · 11-12-2007 6:01pm

Husker Du.

Bren_M.Records · 16-12-2007 9:22pm

Conflict LP: The Ungovernable Force
If you havnt heard it you really owe it to yourself to track this album down!

Lab_Mouse · 10-01-2008 11:59am

left the punk scene years ago to melt my brain with e's and dance music but i still listen to punk to unwind...heres my favourite list anyways:
1--crass
2-conflict
3-subhumans/citizen fish/culture shock
4-angelic upstarts
5-dead kennedy's

one of my favourite 'local' punk bands were called ciunas and i think they were from lucan but not sure

well thats my 5 cents

Ro: maaan! · 10-01-2008 12:07pm

Lab_Mouse wrote: »

one of my favourite 'local' punk bands were called ciunas and i think they were from lucan but not sure

Have a Ciunas album. Quality isn't great on it, but sound like they would have been deadly live.

dregin · 10-01-2008 12:23pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UPTCke6Oio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iD7AUeqROE

Jamon · 10-01-2008 9:29pm

I just found out about the Misfits. I bought Collection 1 on vinyl. I think that hatebreeders would be my favourite so far.

Bluefoam · 10-01-2008 9:37pm

The Devil wrote: »

Stiff Little Fingers.

Definitely agree!

SxE Punk · 12-01-2008 2:13am

Not one mention for Ghetto Defendant in this thread.

Useless.

dregin · 12-01-2008 12:23pm

The song? We're talkin about bands here....

Ro: maaan! · 12-01-2008 1:47pm

I assume there's a band called that too? Must be, because I can't imagine how anyone could think the song was the best anything.

dregin · 12-01-2008 3:13pm

Could find no mention of em on the internets if there is one. Maybe it's some uber-coool underground band we aren't cooooool enough to know about :P

SxE Punk · 12-01-2008 3:59pm

No I mean the Clash song, its brilliant.

dregin · 12-01-2008 5:24pm

"Best Punk Band Ever" :P
I vote you start another thread for songs.

SxE Punk · 12-01-2008 6:42pm

The OP wasn't asking for your opinions by the looks of things, as far as bands were concerned anyway. He was saying The Clash were best and wanted to know your favorite songs by that band(check out the first page, its all there).

I agree with the OP, and my favorite Clash song is Ghetto Defendant, as I stated. I dunno where your confusion is coming from.

dregin · 12-01-2008 7:07pm

I'm not confused. You're posting off topic. The thread's title is "the best punk band ever". I'm not sure if that can be any more self explanatory.

Oh well.

SxE Punk · 13-01-2008 12:10pm

karlrules wrote: »

Whats your favourite song ? And anyone who posts could you say your fav song too.

This is about the fifth post in the thread, posted by the OP. He says this after stating, without doubt that the Clash are the best punk band ever, and after refuting any claim to the contrary. Seriously go back and read the first page, the topic is dictated by the OP, not you. So stop patronising me, and read the thread properly before trying to be clever with me.

It seemed to me, rather clearly, that the OP wanted a discussion about the best punk band ever: The Clash. Not "who's your favorite punk band ever". I know the guy isn't exactly Shakespeare, but he was eloquent enough to make his topic of choice pretty clear.

dregin · 13-01-2008 1:04pm

Haha, Christ. I seem to be completely wrong

Apologies. See you posting in the toxic waste thread. Havent read it, but GO GO GO!!!

SxE Punk · 13-01-2008 1:25pm

I told a mate I'd go to the metal gig on in TBMC that night, but because I don'tdrink, and therefor have no use for ID, I'll probably get turned away, and straight over to Voodoo where all the bouncers don't give a ****e and are legends.

fenris · 13-01-2008 1:56pm

Clash and Dead Kennedys go without saying!
I recently found an old Anti Nowhere League album - with such classics as Streets of london and woman, now I just have to try and get my 3 year old to switch back to the official lyrics for streets of london before he goes back to creche on Monday:D

dregin · 13-01-2008 2:09pm

Haha. Have to say I'm not into The Clash or The Dead Kennedys much at all. Anti-Nowhere League have some ok songs, but I saw em a couple of times last year when they played here and thought they were pretty ****e, tbh.

fenris · 13-01-2008 10:06pm

You need these bands when they are still immortal angry young men, not when they are on the stale "oh my god what am I going to do for a pension" circuit!

dregin · 14-01-2008 5:20pm

hehe, yeah. Don't worry, I didnt pay to see em

Only really listening to Irish bands these days, with a few exceptions. Alot of those are gone, though

Still love the DIY scene around the place and Belfast's always worth a trip up to for the gigs, especially now with the 24 hour Dublin to Belfast bus service \m/

I spam it enough, but if yiz havent heard some of this and you're bored I host a load of old and new Irish punk here:
https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~dregin/audio/audiofiles

Allison91 · 23-01-2008 1:43am

the clash!!! hell yeah!!! woo woo!! woo woo!! woo woo!!

25-01-2008 3:02am

For me the best punk band of all time are Bad Religion. No other band comes close.

The Lilywhite · 01-02-2008 12:26am

Hi guys

This is my first time to pass a comment on this forum, I have read your comments on the best punk band and I have to add my two penneth, I do agree that the Clash were a brilliant band, with Mick Jones and Joe Strummer they developed Punk and added a bit of rasta music to it and the Sex Pistols, although a bit manufactured, (imo) the opening guitar riff to "Pretty Vacant" by Steve Jones has to be one of the best opening riffs ever. I notice that you have omitted to mention, in your discussion, one of the best punk bands (imo) and certainly the best punk band to come out of this country (again imo) Stiff Little Fingers, I would love to hear your opinions please

The best punk band ever !

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