And The Greatest Punk Rock Band Of All Time Is...

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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    ramones
    sex pistols
    bad religion
    anti-flag
    round out the top 4 for me
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    jamie uk wrote:
    to me, the Clash are pretty much the most over rated band ever :p
    I say Sex Pistols, I know everyone else is waaaaay too cool to mention them. But, it is a simple truth.
    :)
    Hehe, come on, how can you call The Clash overrated and then give props to the Pistols? :p They were an act. A good act but an act. All of the first wave of English bands were just posers.

    I do agree on The Clash though, just in case you think I'm defending them :D
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Blind Melon
    Blind Melon Posts: 911
    Anal Mucus
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • Strangest Tribe
    Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    The Clash --- UK
    Dead Kennedys --- US
    Operation Ivy/Rancid ---- Today
    the Minions
  • Jack_C_Gregory
    Jack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    I will say The Minutemen. Not only were they a punk band, but their punk attitude and way of thinking wasn't just an act for the stage. They believed in what they were doing.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    Strangest Tribe wrote:
    Operation Ivy/Rancid ---- Today

    good call!
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Hehe, come on, how can you call The Clash overrated and then give props to the Pistols? :p They were an act. A good act but an act. All of the first wave of English bands were just posers.

    I do agree on The Clash though, just in case you think I'm defending them :D

    I'm not a scholar of punk j :p just knows what I like. And the Clash to me are, well they were trying to be something, they had an agenda....and to be honest, apart from a handful of songs they pretty much missed all their targets for me.
    The Pistols were a proper band, never mind what Maclaren has 'fabricated' over the years from his imagination.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    WeaponX655321 wrote:
    I will say The Minutemen. Not only were they a punk band, but their punk attitude and way of thinking wasn't just an act for the stage. They believed in what they were doing.
    Brilliant band. History Lesson pt II is the best song about being in a band ever.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    jamie uk wrote:
    to me, the Clash are pretty much the most over rated band ever :p
    I say Sex Pistols, I know everyone else is waaaaay too cool to mention them. But, it is a simple truth.
    :)

    Hey now! I wasn't too cool to mention them :) I love the Sex Pistols.

    I do have to admit that I think my punk knowledge is a little amateur for this thread.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    jamie uk wrote:
    I'm not a scholar of punk j :p just knows what I like. And the Clash to me are, well they were trying to be something, they had an agenda....and to be honest, apart from a handful of songs they pretty much missed all their targets for me.
    The Pistols were a proper band, never mind what Maclaren has 'fabricated' over the years from his imagination.
    I know what you mean about The Clash but in what way did the Pistols also not try to be something and have an agenda? They were a killer pop band but the whole "fuck the establishment" thing just doesn't hold up with how tailored and contrived it was, in a different way to The Clash but still kind of... fake. I mean, Lydon was a fan of Can and Captain Beefheart and Van Der Graaf Generator and stuff like that but he went around wearing "I hate Pink Floyd" t-shirts as if his band were saving rock from prog. I've got nothing against commercialism but when it's pretending to be something else...

    I dunno, they're like Billy Corgan for me. Great tunes, just hate them as a band. It shouldn't affect the music but it does for me. Plus I mean, watching the fat gits playing that stuff now is so pathetic and it just taints what I used to think was a brilliant rock album.

    Still, Bollocks is better than London Calling.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    clash/ramones/bad religion
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • hoopinman
    hoopinman Posts: 294
    jamie uk wrote:
    to me, the Clash are pretty much the most over rated band ever :p
    I say Sex Pistols, I know everyone else is waaaaay too cool to mention them. But, it is a simple truth.
    :)


    its funny how one claims The Clash were overrated...then offer The Sex Pistols as the alternative.
  • hoopinman
    hoopinman Posts: 294
    WeaponX655321 wrote:
    I will say The Minutemen. Not only were they a punk band, but their punk attitude and way of thinking wasn't just an act for the stage. They believed in what they were doing.



    there is a great documentary about the Minutemen but I cant think of the name now.....but it involves Mike Watt driving around San Pedro in his van and telling the camera about places they played when they first started...its a great movie for any fan
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    hoopinman wrote:
    there is a great documentary about the Minutemen but I cant think of the name now.....but it involves Mike Watt driving around San Pedro in his van and telling the camera about places they played when they first started...its a great movie for any fan
    We Jam Econo
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Jack_C_Gregory
    Jack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    We Jam Econo

    That's a great documentary. I have watched it a dozen times. If you get the DVD, there is a second disc that has two of their live shows.
  • Jack_C_Gregory
    Jack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I know what you mean about The Clash but in what way did the Pistols also not try to be something and have an agenda? They were a killer pop band but the whole "fuck the establishment" thing just doesn't hold up with how tailored and contrived it was, in a different way to The Clash but still kind of... fake. I mean, Lydon was a fan of Can and Captain Beefheart and Van Der Graaf Generator and stuff like that but he went around wearing "I hate Pink Floyd" t-shirts as if his band were saving rock from prog. I've got nothing against commercialism but when it's pretending to be something else...

    I dunno, they're like Billy Corgan for me. Great tunes, just hate them as a band. It shouldn't affect the music but it does for me. Plus I mean, watching the fat gits playing that stuff now is so pathetic and it just taints what I used to think was a brilliant rock album.

    Still, Bollocks is better than London Calling.


    I totally agree. Nevermind the Bollocks was the first punk album I listened to as a kid, and it threw me off because I thought all punk would sound like that. Nevermind the Bollocks pretty much was recorded as professionally as a record could be during that era. I remember getting a Misfits album after that and being turned off at first because it sounded like it was recorded in a shoebox in comparison to Nevermind the Bollocks.(Side-note, I grew to love the Misfits as I became older, regardless of poor recording equipment)
  • PJ & Bompton
    PJ & Bompton Posts: 92
    The Clash
    Minor Threat
    Bad Brains
    X
    Bad Religion

    saw Ian Mackaye the other night at a Q&A he did...amazing stuff
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    My personal faves:

    The Clash
    Bad Brains
    Black Flag
    NOFX
    Minutemen
    Dead Kennedys
    NERDS!

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