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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Apr 22, 2010 - 12:20am PT
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el jefe is right.
FEAR was uber good.
The Sex Pistols singing "My Way" is also right up there. I was way into punk. Now I am way into N.W.A.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Apr 22, 2010 - 12:34am PT
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Yeah, mrtropy I found that it was not '76 but'77 at Winterland when I was 16 that I saw them as they were filming for "Filth and Fury" I guess their last real performance before disbanding...
PS: Got to play for years with Donny and "the Cactus Pricks" He's a Punk for sure...Ask him about me someday, he'll remember my antics as well...:)
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Apr 22, 2010 - 12:41am PT
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Social D is great for sure- and still holds up.
I have my descendants around here somewhere. Enjoy my good friend, enjoy!
Someone said Meat Puppets- great band, but I wouldn't say they are punk, they could play too well.
How about the Dead Milkmen and King Missile? King Missile might not be punk though.
Dead Milkmen were my favorite.
Edit- I think I saw Deadmilkmen with Green Day at Slims in SF.
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W. S.
Sport climber
Montana/France
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Apr 22, 2010 - 04:29am PT
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Would you count Wire? Any band that gets covered by Minor Threat is good enough for me. Everything Ian Mckaye touches is gold, including the new not-hardcore stuff, The Evens.
And can't forget about Bad Brains! Doing what everybody else was, only faster and way better.
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Johnson
Trad climber
North Bend, WA
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Apr 22, 2010 - 10:19am PT
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Some really great bands have been mentioned! A few more to add:
UK Subs; the Nobodys; Flogging Molly; Bouncing Souls; the Queers; Squirtgun; Screeching Weasel; Apers; Chixdiggit; and the Briefs.
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Apr 22, 2010 - 11:44am PT
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Let us not forget the Dils, Avengers, Nun's, and Weidoes all early Californis Bands.
I always thought X-Ray Specs had a few classic song and an interesting history.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Apr 22, 2010 - 11:56am PT
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Rum Sodomy and the Lash is one of my all time favorite albums, but is it punk?
My definitions are getting fuzzy, fuzzier than they already are to begin with.
When I listen to the clash now, years later, they don't sound punk at all. They still sound great, don't get me wrong, but not punk.
I think you early punks have a different definition.
When I think punk, I think ramones style, power chords, not much in the way of lead guitar lines, and fast.
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Pretty Much
climber
San Jose
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Apr 22, 2010 - 12:07pm PT
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Teenage Bottlerocket - Love these guys right now
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-03q9VE0sOk"]
07/16/10 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill w/ Banner Pilot, Complaints
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Apr 22, 2010 - 12:18pm PT
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I think The Stooges and Patty Smith pretty much got my attention. I was a keyboard player in a punk/new wave band in the early 80's. We covered X (ahhh, miss Cervenka), The Divinyls (that great Australian group), and of course the early Pretenders. As you can tell, we had a female lead singer, she had pink hair and would get the crowd up and and jumpin with Rock Lobster (B-52's) and a medley we did from The Rocky Horror Picture show. My 20 yr old son looks back at those pictures of me in my parachute pants and just shakes his head.
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Apr 22, 2010 - 12:25pm PT
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Nice thread!Saw Husker Du four times.Good shows.Grant Hart gave my buddy a ride to the hospital after he banged his head on the ceiling pipes stage diving.Replacements a couple of times.Got to skate with JFA after their show.Butthole Surfers warming up for the DK's was probably one of my favorites though.Bike messenger party in SF with the DK's and a band called Polkacide was pretty fun too.Skatin and hardcore were pretty much my deal from about '80 to '87.Too many shows to remember.Pretty much saw all the standard bands as well-Black Flag,Circle Jerks,Minor Threat,Misfits,Samhain,FEAR,etc.,etc.Good times!!
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Apr 22, 2010 - 12:29pm PT
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cowpoke
climber
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Apr 22, 2010 - 01:24pm PT
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There is a fabulous documentary about Strummer: The Future is Unwritten. Much of the film is focused on the post-Clash roller-coaster ride. I highly recommend it.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Apr 22, 2010 - 04:18pm PT
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Johnny Cash, not punk, but certainly helped begat punk.
Loved (love) Husker Du, Bad Religion, Minute Men, Clash, DKs, SPs, etc.
I think in modern times we have such good access to good music via the internets. But back when we were stuck with the shite the radio played (take a look at the top ten from, say, 1984), first exposures to punk felt like a blast of fresh honest air.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Apr 22, 2010 - 04:20pm PT
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The first Clash album is pretty punk. After that they diversify alot, going into ska, reggae etc.
Grew up in Torrance in the early 80's. Black Flag, Minutemen and Angry Samoans were the big local acts. Saw an early version of the Go-Gos trying to be punk.
Scariest show I went to was the Germs when I was pretty young. Very violent, Darby Crash slicing himself up on stage with a razor. While I had fun in mosh pits when older, that one was too much for me at that age.
Saw a number of great X shows.
Oingo Boingo was only sort of punk, but put on awesome shows. The Halloween shows at Irvine Meadows are one of my favorite concert memories.
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hafilax
Trad climber
East Van
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Apr 22, 2010 - 04:26pm PT
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GG Allin must deserve some kind of an award although it won't be for anything involving talent.
Some friends of mine in Vancouver. I highly recommend catching a show if they come your way especially if you have a thing for cider.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ7bkGw7dM8
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Apr 22, 2010 - 05:34pm PT
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Anyone get any of the Punkorama cds. The local gearshop always had good stickers for them in the 90's. I think I ended up with Punkorama 1-8 very good compilation cd's with about 25 different bands per.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Apr 22, 2010 - 07:15pm PT
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Hey Halifax, that Dreadnoughts stuff is pretty great, there's really interesting things happening it the twisted up traditional & folk realms.
The Avett Brothers bring some of that punk energy to their stuff Talk On Indolence
same song, different POV
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