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PUNK Music Draft - Now Ongoing post awesome punk songs thread (2 Viewers)

Eephus said:
Zines were a cool part of the scene and helped to document early punk that would have otherwise been lost.
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Yeah, I can remember MRR clear as a bell. Cometbus was another that was big in the nineties. Flipside is another early zine that comes to mind, except that's Los Angeles. Actually Flipside still exists on the internet and can be a valuable resource.  

 
I was driving home listening to Faction and realized a pretty big band has not been drafted yet. Wondered why. Don't want to say who

 
Eephus said:
Zines were a cool part of the scene and helped to document early punk that would have otherwise been lost.
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Yeah, I can remember MRR clear as a bell. Cometbus was another that was big in the nineties. Flipside is another early zine that comes to mind, except that's Los Angeles. Actually Razorcake and MRR still exist (Razorcake is more internet-driven) on the internet and can be a valuable resource. Punk Planet, the splinter off MRR with Larry Livermore also had a a good run in the nineties.  Any that you remember?  

 
rockaction said:
Yeah, I can remember MRR clear as a bell. Cometbus was another that was big in the nineties. Flipside is another early zine that comes to mind, except that's Los Angeles. Actually Flipside still exists on the internet and can be a valuable resource.  
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One of the first zines I got was called The Big Takeover. It introduced me to Sugar and obviously Bob Mould. 

I bought MRR all the time and there was a NYHC zine called In Effect which was pretty good

 
AcerFC said:
One of the first zines I got was called The Big Takeover. It introduced me to Sugar and obviously Bob Mould. 

I bought MRR all the time and there was a NYHC zine called In Effect which was pretty good
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Cool. It was always cool to get a zine one liked and peel the pages to find out about new bands. I messed up, though. I was thinking of Razorcake, not Flipside. I think Flipside is defunct. 

 
modogg said:
11.12

i got 2 songs, cause the one i was going to pick is 1 minute long. 

The ##### - Hate the Police:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knAdBUaR0Es

         i have no idea when i found this song or how, but it seems to be prevalent in various tapes and playlists i have had. Catchy song, but no idea what the band's message is and purpose is

      Favor from the thread - i am pretty sure this song is in a movie (maybe the end credits), and i spent 2 days trying to figure which one. Would love if anyone knows....

b) Here was my pick, and this is somewhat related because this song has a definitive purpose and meaning behind it. I have always liked it because the song defines the essence of Punk a bit. I assume many in here are familiar with the Dead Kennedy's, but if not, their music has had political undertones and often satirical. Hits like "Kill the Poor" are a good example. As the band became more popular they began to get a following from Nazi skinheads who didn't quite get the message that the band didn't actually advocate killing poor people to resolve issues. Their shows were getting over run, so band did the best thing and wrote a new song to address it. Went outside their norm, and went straight to the point with this one. Great way for a band to fight back, and to do it through the best means possible:

Dead Kennedy's  - Nazi Punks, ***$ Off!  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz1sBi0-130
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SF Represent. :thumbup:   (Swingin Utters too).

More than most genres, punk bands can live or die on the strengths of their singer.  I never was a huge Wahoo Biafra fan.  He could be the most annoying little man on stage.  But he is still nothing if not a man of the people.  Jello must go to a lot of shows because we see him all the time.  I gotta hand it to him--he gets right up in front and yells and dances and pumps his fist.  I fell on him about ten years ago at Thee Parkside.  He can still be a #### though.  Mrs Eephus is friends with Dave Alvin's tour manager so she gave him some cookies for after show.  Apparently Jello was backstage for the concert and ate most of them.

Gary Floyd moved the ##### to SF after a couple years in Austin.  He was a great punk front man.  Gary is very big, very loud and very queer and commanded the stage.  His post-##### post-punk band Sister Double Happiness is also worth a listen but their best album isn't on Spotify.

 
I don't have any 00's songs, so figured I will grab one of my favorite bands going right now.  They've gotten exponentially more popular than when I first heard them and their style has changed dramatically, which will always bring out the complainers, but I like where they've gone.  This is the song that really hooked me on them.

11.xx - Rise Against - Black Masks and Gasoline

 
Mike Damone said:
9 pre punk, proto-punk etc

The Modern Lovers-I’m Straight

The album The Modern Lovers was released after the original(Jonathan Richman, Jerry Harrison-Talking Heads, David Robinson-Cars, John Felice-Real Kids) lineup broke up . Fantastic album
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Took this band in our fantasy football/music draft for the New England Patriots. 

That's one hell of a lineup. I recently got into The Real Kids. Well, recently meaning a bunch of years ago, but I missed them the first time around.  

 
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rockaction said:
Yeah, I can remember MRR clear as a bell. Cometbus was another that was big in the nineties. Flipside is another early zine that comes to mind, except that's Los Angeles. Actually Razorcake and MRR still exist (Razorcake is more internet-driven) on the internet and can be a valuable resource. Punk Planet, the splinter off MRR with Larry Livermore also had a a good run in the nineties.  Any that you remember?  
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If Punk started in the post-Internet age, it wouldn't have lasted like it has.  Punk was able to spread organically in this country without much media attention.  It was a truly underground musical scene, maybe the last one. 

OK second last after rap.

 
Eephus said:
If Punk started in the post-Internet age, it wouldn't have lasted like it has.  Punk was able to spread organically in this country without much media attention.  It was a truly underground musical scene, maybe the last one. 

OK second last after rap.
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That's an interesting observation. Yeah, I guess the media attention would have taken all of the stuffing out of it being underground and placed it squarely at the fore. 

 
This was going to be my next  pick but it  isn’t on Spotify and they don’t even have much of an online presence . They were a post punk band that their label tried to force them into a New Romantic image. The song has punk attitude to me. Throwing it out here for ####s and giggles 

Scars-Your Attention Please

Lyrics are from Peter Porter’s poem of the same title. Scars released 1 album and I remember playing the hell out of it

 
Dickies said:
It’s the song people who don’t like punk like
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Haha, that’s what I figured......guaranteed to hear it multiple times at the bar every weekend early to mid 2000’s. 

Surprised no lover for Hot Water Music on the list, their earlier stuff can’t be beat if looking for something to get you fired up. 

 
I like Bro Hymn. It's really the only Pennywise song I like. Perhaps we should change it to "it's the song people who don't like Pennywise like." Anyway, we have had a Pennywise sighting, I think.  

 
rockaction said:
I like Bro Hymn. It's really the only Pennywise song I like. Perhaps we should change it to "it's the song people who don't like Pennywise like." Anyway, we have had a Pennywise sighting, I think.  
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Maybe that is more accurate. When I tell people I mostly listen to punk music a common response is “Oh I love that song Brohymn”. I like the song, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not in my top 10 of theirs. When I’m in the mood I enjoy them, but they are insufferable douchelords live. 

 
Dickies said:
Maybe that is more accurate. When I tell people I mostly listen to punk music a common response is “Oh I love that song Brohymn”. I like the song, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not in my top 10 of theirs. When I’m in the mood I enjoy them, but they are insufferable douchelords live. 
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Ah, I see. I don't generally tell people that I mostly listen to punk, so I don't get that response. Your experience may be a shared one, but I wouldn't know. I think the people that know I listen to punk rock are immediate family, people that I knew twenty years ago, best friends, etc. 

And the friends generally like punk, so there's that. We did like hearing Bro Hymn at hockey games we went to, so that's my experience with the song. My friend said "Bro Hymn" and I started laughing because I thought he was making fun of Pennywise, not telling me the name of the song. I thought it was a very astute put-down. Never got them, but certainly don't begrudge nor judge people that do.

As for the bolded, there is something very unsurprising about that.  

 
I shouldn't even be that harsh; they're just not for me. That sort of fat guitar sound never really was, though I dig NOFX to pieces. Bands like No Use For A Name and even Lagwagon never really moved me, I guess. But that's just because of a personal disposition towards a different sound, not any real personal issue. Just an aesthetic judgment.  

 
rockaction said:
That's an interesting observation. Yeah, I guess the media attention would have taken all of the stuffing out of it being underground and placed it squarely at the fore. 
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To some extent, that's what happened to UK punk.  It burned brightly in 1977 and got lots of attention.  But that overexposure helped UK punk to die before Sid did.  Post-punk went off in a dozen different directions by the end of 1978 which was definitely the best thing that could have happened musically.  It didn't do anything to keep punk alive though.  It made a right turn toward Oi! and then drifted away. 

There really haven't been many post 1978 UK punk bands drafted.  Punk happened away from the limelight in almost every other country in the world which helped it establish roots that weren't planted deep enough in England.

And then to undermine my argument, I'll pick an English song from 2009

11.06  Gallows - London Is the Reason

 
Mike Damone said:
This was going to be my next  pick but it  isn’t on Spotify and they don’t even have much of an online presence . They were a post punk band that their label tried to force them into a New Romantic image. The song has punk attitude to me. Throwing it out here for ####s and giggles 

Scars-Your Attention Please

Lyrics are from Peter Porter’s poem of the same title. Scars released 1 album and I remember playing the hell out of it
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I had their EP :thumbup:

 
Eephus said:
To some extent, that's what happened to UK punk.  It burned brightly in 1977 and got lots of attention.  But that overexposure helped UK punk to die before Sid did.  Post-punk went off in a dozen different directions by the end of 1978 which was definitely the best thing that could have happened musically.  It didn't do anything to keep punk alive though.  It made a right turn toward Oi! and then drifted away. 

There really haven't been many post 1978 UK punk bands drafted.  Punk happened away from the limelight in almost every other country in the world which helped it establish roots that weren't planted deep enough in England.
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I'd also imagine that the oftentimes moral nihilism (outrageousness?) of punk wouldn't help with the media spotlight squarely on it, either.  

 
Along the lines of Acer's question, I guess I'll make my A.M. pick now, since it certainly is. 

12.xx

The Marked Men - Nothing's Changed (2005, 2018)

This album comes out in a few days. I'm giving myself the re-release date on the song because it was close to this decade (in keeping with my shtick of songs being within this decade besides the first few songs and the requirements) and it's on a singles package that comes out in a few days. These guys are from the legendary Denton, TX scene, are out on Dirtnap, and the lead singer and guitar/bass player have about six bands to their credit. I'm picking this song because it's new to me and I love the call-and-response harmonies at the end.  

 
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There was this place called Wetlands NYC that had shows. It was kind of an odd place where mostly hippie type bands would play. I do not know the whole story but I think it was supposed to be an environmental friendly place giving proceeds to charities or whatever. Who cares about the earth really, the important thing is that they put on hardcore and punk shows here. I saw these guys here and it could possibly be the best show I have ever been to (although I think that of many shows, lol)

I remember buying a T shirt and it being their farewell show or some type of important show but they kept playing after this so :shrug:  

12.X, Snapcase, Caboose, Wetlands, 

https://youtu.be/8460nFuWPNQ

Pretty sure this is the actual show but it was a long time ago

https://youtu.be/LrafQsaWDGA

 
Dickies said:
Maybe that is more accurate. When I tell people I mostly listen to punk music a common response is “Oh I love that song Brohymn”. I like the song, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not in my top 10 of theirs. When I’m in the mood I enjoy them, but they are insufferable douchelords live. 





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Oddly enough, this is the name of my Counting Crows/Lords of Acid/Bauhaus cover band.

 
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AcerFC said:
There was this place called Wetlands NYC that had shows. It was kind of an odd place where mostly hippie type bands would play.

12.X, Snapcase, Caboose, Wetlands, 

https://youtu.be/8460nFuWPNQ

Pretty sure this is the actual show but it was a long time ago

https://youtu.be/LrafQsaWDGA
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I have seen Snapcase at the Wetlands... I was there a handful of times actually.  Seemed like it was a huge show every time. 

ETA: October '99, huh?  That has to be within a week of when I saw them in Philly with Buried Alive (as mentioned above in my Saves The Day pick)

AcerFC said:
Who cares about the earth really,
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Another band I saw at Wetlands did...

11.14 Earth Crisis - Firestorm

Gun to my head?  Earth Crisis may be who I pick as my all time favorite band; Firestorm could easily be my all time favorite song choice in the same situation.  That being said, I almost picked Ecocide here for shtick purposes. 

Militant straight edge vegan hardcore.  Good times. 

 
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Jaysus said:
I have seen Snapcase at the Wetlands... I was there a handful of times actually.  Seemed like it was a huge show every time. 

Another band I saw at Wetlands did...

11.14 Earth Crisis - Firestorm

Gun to my head?  Earth Crisis may be who I pick as my all time favorite band; Firestorm could easily be my all time favorite song choice in the same situation.  That being said, I almost picked Ecocide here for shtick purposes. 

Militant straight edge vegan hardcore.  Good times. 
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Funny, probably at the same show

I didnt like Earth Crisis. That guy Karl seemed like such a ########. I think I have one Earth Crisis album but never really listened. Much prefered Strife and Snapcase from that era

Strife is actually playing shows again

 
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