List your favorite punk bands and what albums to start out with

[MechaMechanism]

:twisted:

Band: Rancid
Album: ...and Out Come the Wolves
Album: Let's Go
Album: Life Won't Wait

Band: Adolescents
Album: Live 1981 And 1986

Band: Dead Kennedys
Album: Frankenchrist

Band: Social Distortion
Album: Mommy's Little Monster

Band: Rocket From the Crypt
Album: Scream, Dracula, Scream!

Band: Misfits
Album: Walk Among Us

Band: The Damned
Album: Damned Damned Damned

Band: The Stranglers
Song: (Get a) Grip (on Yourself)

Band: Stranglers
Song: Meninblack

Band: 999
Song: Homicide

Band: The Jam
Song: In The City

Band: Buzzcocks
Song: I Don't Know What To Do With My Life

Band: X-Ray Spex
Song: Oh Bondage Up Yours!

[wolfen69]

How about the Sex Pistols? They pretty much put punk on the map. The Ramones are also classic punk(ish).

[Jesus_Valdez]

I only listen one Punk album (beside the Ramones, that is) the Argentinean band Attaque 77 (or A77aque) and their album Antihumano.

[Rubi1200]

No mention of one of the most influential bands of the period, and later, The Clash?

[Timmer1240]

Anyone listen to the Stones Led Zeppelin Beatles?

[Khakilang]

Not a fan of punk rock but I would say Iggy Pop is pretty good.

[wolfen69]

Anyone listen to the Stones Led Zeppelin Beatles?

I love classic rock. The Beatles are my favorite band, and Zeppelin is right up there also. Other than those two, there's just too many to list.

[Khakilang]

Anyone listen to the Stones Led Zeppelin Beatles?

The above and others like Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Queen, Moody Blues, Bob Marley, Dire Straits, Police and many more.

[NightwishFan]

The above and others like Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Queen, Moody Blues, Bob Marley, Dire Straits, Police and many more.

Awesome music.

[leg]

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the B*****ks has to be listened to.

[nothingspecial]

Band: The Lawrence Arms
Album: Oh Calcutta!

Band: Hot Water Music
Album: Never Ender

Band: Strike Anywhere
Album: Dead FM

Band: NOFX
Album: White Trash, Two Heebs And A Bean

Band: Bad Religion
Album: The New America

Band: Gaslight Anthem
Album: Sink Or Swim

Band: Rise Against
Album: Siren Song Of The Counter Culture

Band: A Wilhelm Scream
Album: Career Suicide

Band: The Bouncing Souls
Album: Manaical Laughter

Band: Minor Threat
Album: Out Of Step

Band: Dillinger Four
Album: Situationist Comedy

Ok I'm bored of typing now but if you really want to explore Punk listen to this show

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wq52

or open a terminal and type this


mplayer -really-quiet http://65.60.32.242:8600 < /dev/null &

[Spice Weasel]

I've always been more into hardcore punk, but here goes.

Band: Bad Brains
Album: Banned in D.C.

Band: Minor Threat
Album: Out of Step

Band: Minor Threat
Album: First Demo Tape

Band: The Clash
Album: London Calling

Band: Farside
Album: Rigged

Band: No For An Answer
Album: A Thought Crusade

Band: Inside Out
Album: No Spiritual Surrender

Band: Various Artists
Album: New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is (Revelation Records)

Band: Various Artists
Album: In-Flight Program (Revelation Records)

Band: Gorilla Biscuits
Album: Starts Today

[treesurf]

I never was a major punk guy, but the Misfits did some great stuff as did:

The Stooges - Funhouse

[TeoBigusGeekus]

Discover GG Allin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GG_Allin).

[wewantutopia]

Wow, lots of great stuff already added!!

Anti-Flag: Die for the Government

CRASS: basically any album

Screeching Weasel: Screeching Weasel

Subhumans (UK): From the Cradle to the Grave

Subhumans (Canada): No Wishes No Prayers

The Exploited: Punks not Dead

The Tossers: Purgatory

[hhh]

No mention of one of the most influential bands of the period, and later, The Clash?
Ding ding ding ding! Though they did start doing a lot of reggae/ska jams by the time Sandinista was released (Ghetto Defender FTW!).


The Ramones are also classic punk(ish).
Punkish? They were the founding fathers... "Hey ho, let's go!". Other first-wave punk acts were The Damned, Patti Smith Group, early Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Slits and X-Ray Specs. Velvet Underground needs big props too.


The above and others like Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Queen, Moody Blues, Bob Marley, Dire Straits, Police and many more.
Let's not forget The Who... Tommy and Quadrophenia were both groundbreaking.

[MechaMechanism]

Thanks for all the replies people. Now I have some album hunting to do.

[hhh]

There are too many second-wave punk bands to list (special mention goes to Black Flag), but see the Wikipedia entry for a good primer...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock#Second_wave

[Spice Weasel]

Anti-Flag: Die for the Government

How could I forget Anti-Flag? Really good stuff.

[wewantutopia]

Velvet Underground needs big props too.

YESS!!!!!!!!!!!

"I heard her call my name" off of White light/ white heat for example?! Nice!

[hhh]

YESS!!!!!!!!!!!

"I heard her call my name" off of White light/ white heat for example?! Nice!
Velvet Underground were just so hugely influential. Though they are considered experimental, their name is all over the Wikipedia page on Punk Rock. Famous Brain Eno quote...“Only five thousand people ever bought a Velvet Underground album, but every single one of them started a band.”

[nothingspecial]

Some not purely Punk but related stuff you might want to check

RX Bandits - sort of hardcore-punk-ska-prog

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - ska-core

And three great Irish-Punk bands

The Pogues
Flogging Molly
Dropkick Murphys

And..........

The King Blues.......

....... don't really know what they are.........

[wewantutopia]

And three great Irish-Punk bands

The Pogues
Flogging Molly
Dropkick Murphys



The Tossers fall in this category as well.

[1clue]

For some reason I never considered the Velvet Underground to be punk. I have lots of their stuff, but it seems more fringe rock than punk.

Not going to mention what others have, punk has a great foundation. I prefer "first generation" but while somebody mentioned Iggy Pop, I would like to add "soldier" as an album. Maybe not strictly punk, but I think if you listen to punk you will like this album.

Iggy pop is either all on or all off: Either completely terrible or incredibly good. Soldier is incredibly good.

[hhh]

For some reason I never considered the Velvet Underground to be punk. I have lots of their stuff, but it seems more fringe rock than punk.
They're not, as they were around 10 years before "punk" came out, though they do have some later tracks that are definitely punk. They're considered experimental rock or art rock. They were part of that whole Ramones/CBGBs scene though, and they influenced EVERYBODY.

[mips]

no mention of one of the most influential bands of the period, and later, the clash?

+1

[1clue]

They're not, as they were around 10 years before "punk" came out, though they do have some later tracks that are definitely punk. They're considered experimental rock or art rock. They were part of that whole Ramones/CBGBs scene though, and they influenced EVERYBODY.

Yes, exactly!

They are one of the very few groups I know who celebrated music for music's sake, not for trendiness or sales. They did what they did for the sake of expression, and it became popular after that.