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The Punk Hundred by rockaction - The Countdown Of My Favorite Hundred Punk Songs By A Hundred Different Bands (2 Viewers)
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scorchy
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I missed much of the early 90s punk scene, but back in the days of ol' yeller, OG FBG @Beckstersent a bunch of us mix CDs with great tunes from that era, including Screaching Weasel. I think she was friends with Ben Weasel and Dr. Frank and maybe even got a credit (for artwork?) on a Riverdales CD. My memory is kind of shot.
rockaction
Footballguy
95. The Exploited - Punk's Not Dead
We refuse to hear the lie
Have no fear till the day I die...
A joint for otb to sing along to (heh), these Edinburgh, Scotland, lads, who formed in 1979, cut this around 1982 to let folks know that punk was indeed alive and kicking in the hearts of many.
Personal anecdote: I almost started an absolute brawl in a Philadelphia bar by going up to a kid with a mohawk in an Exploited jacket (not shirt, this guy had the whole leather shebang on) and informed him, in otb style, that punk was indeed dead and he was just holding its carcass.
That was not received well by about fourteen other punks, and me and my friends, there for the weekend all went outside to have a word. It ended when they realized they were almost all sub six-feet tall and we didn't have a one of us under six-one and most jacked.
They chickened out really quick, and tried to make fun of my shoes until I started listing punk bands by the decade. It was over then.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7bRCIw6zTyx7ZGGJ2LjwoT?si=cac022f0dfff4e22
Lyrics: https://genius.com/The-exploited-punks-not-dead-lyrics
We refuse to hear the lie
Have no fear till the day I die...
A joint for otb to sing along to (heh), these Edinburgh, Scotland, lads, who formed in 1979, cut this around 1982 to let folks know that punk was indeed alive and kicking in the hearts of many.
Personal anecdote: I almost started an absolute brawl in a Philadelphia bar by going up to a kid with a mohawk in an Exploited jacket (not shirt, this guy had the whole leather shebang on) and informed him, in otb style, that punk was indeed dead and he was just holding its carcass.
That was not received well by about fourteen other punks, and me and my friends, there for the weekend all went outside to have a word. It ended when they realized they were almost all sub six-feet tall and we didn't have a one of us under six-one and most jacked.
They chickened out really quick, and tried to make fun of my shoes until I started listing punk bands by the decade. It was over then.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7bRCIw6zTyx7ZGGJ2LjwoT?si=cac022f0dfff4e22
Lyrics: https://genius.com/The-exploited-punks-not-dead-lyrics
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rockaction
Footballguy
That's fantastic. How do we get her back online and commenting for this?
Bat signal for @Beckster. Last Stop Tokyo!
scorchy
Footballguy
Lol, unfortunately it's not like the smoo signal (which works every time, so not tagging). Beckster has moved on to much better things than the FFA.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
Love for Beckster, obviously an early adopter.
Northern Voice
Footballguy
Don't worry, I'm already working on the Fourth Wave Emo Hundred follow up countdown to cover those bases.
rockaction
Footballguy
N.V. has made appearances.
Only fitting that the next one comes from our neighbors to the north. Probably the best pop hooks and lyrics of the bunch. Hamilton, Ontario's own Teenage Head!
94. Teenage Head - Ain't Got No Sense
It's a time to communicate, a time to be shrewd
A time to liberate, a time to be rude...
Teenage Head had their first release in '78 and followed it up with their eponymous in '79. The group was formed in Hamilton, Ontario, by Frankie Venom (Frank Kerr), Gord Lewis, Steve Mahon and Nick Stipanitz. This is one off of that. Borrowing their name from a Flamin' Groovies song, they would come under controversy in the U.S. for their name.
They were also notorious in their Ontario province, notably for two riots, one in Toronto in '78 and another in '80 at Toronto's Ontario Place. The group kept going into the '80s, when it finally split up. Versions of the band continued playing in Canada through the aughts and beyond.
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Teenage-head-aint-got-no-sense-lyrics
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4yfk1MJEkioMdmai8SoYMz?si=911905a5f2d64406
Only fitting that the next one comes from our neighbors to the north. Probably the best pop hooks and lyrics of the bunch. Hamilton, Ontario's own Teenage Head!
94. Teenage Head - Ain't Got No Sense
It's a time to communicate, a time to be shrewd
A time to liberate, a time to be rude...
Teenage Head had their first release in '78 and followed it up with their eponymous in '79. The group was formed in Hamilton, Ontario, by Frankie Venom (Frank Kerr), Gord Lewis, Steve Mahon and Nick Stipanitz. This is one off of that. Borrowing their name from a Flamin' Groovies song, they would come under controversy in the U.S. for their name.
They were also notorious in their Ontario province, notably for two riots, one in Toronto in '78 and another in '80 at Toronto's Ontario Place. The group kept going into the '80s, when it finally split up. Versions of the band continued playing in Canada through the aughts and beyond.
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Teenage-head-aint-got-no-sense-lyrics
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4yfk1MJEkioMdmai8SoYMz?si=911905a5f2d64406
Northern Voice
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
We might be on hiatus tomorrow until I can figure out subject/verb agreement exceptions. Unless you all can beam it into my brain.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
otb_lifer
Footballguy
otb_lifer
Footballguy
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
In my countdowns I always change the thread title at the same time that I post a new entry, but RA is a think-outside-the-box guy.
rockaction
Footballguy
93. The Normals - Almost Ready
Here's one from New Orleans. I discovered this in my Summperalooza countdown, and it hasn't left my head. They started in New Orleans, opened for all the big acts, but had trouble releasing an album. They moved to New York, but fizzled out like almost every other punk band does, though they did last until 1984. Immortalized in a compilation record, Allmusic says:
"This Louisiana punk outfit's history was as abbreviated as the[ir] rapid-fire catchiness"
Listen and be moved.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3yV8Kb6yGEF1LeE88MtMNu?si=2c1090deb2074826
Early album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1wB7YZVwjQ
Here's one from New Orleans. I discovered this in my Summperalooza countdown, and it hasn't left my head. They started in New Orleans, opened for all the big acts, but had trouble releasing an album. They moved to New York, but fizzled out like almost every other punk band does, though they did last until 1984. Immortalized in a compilation record, Allmusic says:
"This Louisiana punk outfit's history was as abbreviated as the[ir] rapid-fire catchiness"
Listen and be moved.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3yV8Kb6yGEF1LeE88MtMNu?si=2c1090deb2074826
Early album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1wB7YZVwjQ
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rockaction
Footballguy
Sorry for the title without added update. A wrench in the system!
Actually, I'm just very busy today.
Actually, I'm just very busy today.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
this is the kinda #### that gets all the asses up!
ALL OF 'EM! CLIT IN THE PIT!
love it, this is a ripper - splendid and quantum selection.
rockaction
Footballguy
92. The Interpreters - Make Up Your Mind
A little known band from Philadelphia, PA, The Interpreters were composed of singer and bassist Herschel Gaer, guitarist Patsy Palladino and drummer Branko Jakominich. They cut one album-length gem, Back In The U.S.S.A., in 1997. This is a intro-thumping, angular-guitar-chasing, bass-heavy, change of pace song from that effort. Why do they deserve to be here? Because, front to back, it's probably the finest unheralded punk/power pop gem of the '90s. The band would plug its wares at the Republican National Convention in 2000 (I'm not politicking here, they just did) and the subsequent fallout caused their demise, which may have been coming anyway, but was surely hastened by the art scene fallout. I'd provide links, but I remember it in real time. My girlfriend's roommate was from Philly and had given me the disc. Every trade mag is calling them power pop, but I remember them as punk.
Pure bliss upon listening.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/74FGMSesdhf3ZXpusxNUga?si=47dcfa1c85d544dd
Lyrics: No known source
A little known band from Philadelphia, PA, The Interpreters were composed of singer and bassist Herschel Gaer, guitarist Patsy Palladino and drummer Branko Jakominich. They cut one album-length gem, Back In The U.S.S.A., in 1997. This is a intro-thumping, angular-guitar-chasing, bass-heavy, change of pace song from that effort. Why do they deserve to be here? Because, front to back, it's probably the finest unheralded punk/power pop gem of the '90s. The band would plug its wares at the Republican National Convention in 2000 (I'm not politicking here, they just did) and the subsequent fallout caused their demise, which may have been coming anyway, but was surely hastened by the art scene fallout. I'd provide links, but I remember it in real time. My girlfriend's roommate was from Philly and had given me the disc. Every trade mag is calling them power pop, but I remember them as punk.
Pure bliss upon listening.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/74FGMSesdhf3ZXpusxNUga?si=47dcfa1c85d544dd
Lyrics: No known source
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I’ve never heard of them, and if you posted this in the Eagles thread, I would bet most* people there wouldn’t have either.
* - DJax would launch into a long story about how his boss’s cousin’s secretary’s daughter once dated the bass player.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
Probably so. This is one of those records that was handed to me by someone who had seen the band and liked them. I absolutely loved the CD. It's a cult thing even in Philly, I assume. There's not much about the band on internet history, or any history for that matter.
rockaction
Footballguy
Many thank yous. The whole album is a great one, IMO. A very surprising one, to boot. Perhaps the lyrics get a bit breathy, but it's great in a particular way that reminds me of a particular band in the top ten here.that's a ####in' keeper.
straight to Spotsy
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I have no idea. The late 90s is kind of a musical void for me. I was mostly listening to Phish and my first wife was mostly listening to Lilith Fair stuff.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
you are a great counter to my (once referred to as) Stalinist bent on not acknowledging these latter day acts.
the genre rag, whether i agree or not, is moot - great rockin', sonic/nasty #### will always have a place in my heart and playlist.
i am picking up gems in here, baby.
scorchy
Footballguy
otb_lifer
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rockaction
Footballguy
I hope to keep 'em coming. There are a few worthy acts that you might like. A lot of them fall under the label of punk because they're sonic and nasty. The garage bands of the nineties were especially both considered punk (for our historical purposes) and had a lot of distorted guitar wash to make it sonic enough. There was actually a retro-proto movement in the mid-to-late nineties (though they didn't call it that) that was solid punk for a while. I've included at least three-five songs from bands like that. Hope you enjoy!
trogg78
Footballguy
Such a great sound. I first heard this on a garage punk podcast about 10 years ago.
scorchy
Footballguy
Ahh, I remember those days. We got to stay home from work for the whole week of the convention, and NJ spent a crapload of money cleaning up the no-tels, hookers, and liquor stores from Admiral Wilson Blvd in Camden. Not that all the money could have been put to better use in the community or anything.
Great song though. Love the angular guitar. Never heard of them before now.
rockaction
Footballguy
91. The Real Kids - Better Be Good
Everywhere I go I hear kids talking
"There's nothing going on -- the town ain't rockin'
Like it did in before
Like it did in '64..."
Led by John Felice, The Real Kids from Boston, Massachusetts, formed around 1972-3 when Felice departed from The Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman's influential Boston band. The Real Kids's first, eponymous LP came about in 1977 and featured a bunch of hard-rockin', nearly proto-punk tracks. The inclusion of them in this punk list is a function of timing and general consensus.
Sounding a bit like the Dictators but sped-up to about half of a Ramones-esque speed, The Real Kids featured a lineup of Felice, guitarist Billy Borgioli, bassist Allen "Alpo" Paulino, and drummer Howie Ferguson.
From Allmusic, about The Real Kids: "They went into the studio with legendary producer Marty Thau to lay down a mix of Felice originals and ramped-up oldies. The resulting self-titled album was issued by the tiny Red Star label and 'bec[a]me something of a classic East Coast punk album, [though] at the time it didn't do much and the band members dialed back their ambitions.' Felice got a gig as a roadie for the Ramones, and back in Boston he formed a new band called the Taxi Boys with Scott Parmenter on guitar, Billy Cole on bass, and Bobby McNabb on drums."
This song could be higher with its "sha na na na nas," but the audience needs awesome grabbers at the front end of this, you know?
An additional track, very much worth hearing. Got that bit of VU sonic drone to it.
Reggae Reggae
Spotify (Better Be Good): https://open.spotify.com/track/1kooDfP5HWbzkpmHzpaDd2?si=7aeebae7106a433f
Everywhere I go I hear kids talking
"There's nothing going on -- the town ain't rockin'
Like it did in before
Like it did in '64..."
Led by John Felice, The Real Kids from Boston, Massachusetts, formed around 1972-3 when Felice departed from The Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman's influential Boston band. The Real Kids's first, eponymous LP came about in 1977 and featured a bunch of hard-rockin', nearly proto-punk tracks. The inclusion of them in this punk list is a function of timing and general consensus.
Sounding a bit like the Dictators but sped-up to about half of a Ramones-esque speed, The Real Kids featured a lineup of Felice, guitarist Billy Borgioli, bassist Allen "Alpo" Paulino, and drummer Howie Ferguson.
From Allmusic, about The Real Kids: "They went into the studio with legendary producer Marty Thau to lay down a mix of Felice originals and ramped-up oldies. The resulting self-titled album was issued by the tiny Red Star label and 'bec[a]me something of a classic East Coast punk album, [though] at the time it didn't do much and the band members dialed back their ambitions.' Felice got a gig as a roadie for the Ramones, and back in Boston he formed a new band called the Taxi Boys with Scott Parmenter on guitar, Billy Cole on bass, and Bobby McNabb on drums."
This song could be higher with its "sha na na na nas," but the audience needs awesome grabbers at the front end of this, you know?
An additional track, very much worth hearing. Got that bit of VU sonic drone to it.
Reggae Reggae
Spotify (Better Be Good): https://open.spotify.com/track/1kooDfP5HWbzkpmHzpaDd2?si=7aeebae7106a433f
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rockaction
Footballguy
Master Spotify list in the first post.
There are ten extra songs there for your listening pleasure. They're supposed to be 90-80 on the list, but who knows?! Things are subject to change...
There are ten extra songs there for your listening pleasure. They're supposed to be 90-80 on the list, but who knows?! Things are subject to change...
rockaction
Footballguy
Thanks for the comments and attention, guys. The list is ever-evolving and changing, and I appreciate the feedback. I hope to have a master playlist that just rocks. Spotify has taken the list and algorithm'd it, and damn if those songs aren't great, too. The algorithm could replace your humble narrator, it seems. Well, not quite, but you get what I'm saying.
otb_lifer
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Pip's Invitation
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otb_lifer
Footballguy
sweet spot, has a driving lilt that embodied a ton of the English bands of the late 70s - really sweet and compact, rev up.
always dug this Boston musical tree, good pickins.
scorchy
Footballguy
I honestly don't remember at this point. I have a tendency to skip over unless I'm feeling particularly masochistic.
trogg78
Footballguy
I had couple Exploited tapes back in the day. Never really stuck with me much. I do love that style of street punk. An old favorite of mine that didn’t make your list ( I’m sure you’ll slap yourself for missing)
Peter and the test tube babies- Banned from the pubs
Peter and the test tube babies- Banned from the pubs
El Floppo
Footballguy
Because Google is up my bizness...
20 best punk films...(per Pitchfork, so ymmv). I haven't even read it yet, but thought of rocks thread an you yabbos.
20 best punk films...(per Pitchfork, so ymmv). I haven't even read it yet, but thought of rocks thread an you yabbos.
rockaction
Footballguy
90. Jabberwocky - Drunk On The Highway
90(b). D.O.A. - The Enemy
One song is a Danish garage band that cut an E.P. on Baby Doll records back in 1995, the other comes from Canadian punk stalwarts D.O.A., who are credited with coining the term "hardcore punk" with their '81 LP Hardcore '81. This track comes off of Something Better Change, and is a whole lot more conscious than Jabberwocky's song!
For list purists, Jabberwocky clocks in at ninety for the countdown. For punk purists, D.O.A. clocks in at ninety. It's a flexible list!
The first is a Soundcloud file I created, the other is on YouTube. Enjoy!
No lyrics for these, fellas.
D.O.A. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ERc34IudLQAdRcevNJoJQ?si=b257deba181e4d3e
90(b). D.O.A. - The Enemy
One song is a Danish garage band that cut an E.P. on Baby Doll records back in 1995, the other comes from Canadian punk stalwarts D.O.A., who are credited with coining the term "hardcore punk" with their '81 LP Hardcore '81. This track comes off of Something Better Change, and is a whole lot more conscious than Jabberwocky's song!
For list purists, Jabberwocky clocks in at ninety for the countdown. For punk purists, D.O.A. clocks in at ninety. It's a flexible list!
The first is a Soundcloud file I created, the other is on YouTube. Enjoy!
No lyrics for these, fellas.
D.O.A. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ERc34IudLQAdRcevNJoJQ?si=b257deba181e4d3e
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rockaction
Footballguy
Just got done reading this. Interesting. I have no idea what he or she is trying to say about The Great Rock N' Roll Swindle because I haven't seen it in so long. Sid and Nancy I'd rather not return to. I remember that being a major bummer. The Decline of Western Civilization was probably the one of the bunch that functioned as a documentary I've seen that I liked the most, while the No Wave and Blank Generation looked like movies that I would enjoy watching.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
i'm gonna drop a top 3 here, might address more later, but here we go:
1) D.O.A. easily the best here, and really not even close - i spoke of it in this thread back in March, and i have nothing to add to that love letter.
2) Suburbia - Spheeris debut, best snapshot of early 80s hardcore culture - nihilistic kids, nothing PC about it/them (before the extreme bat#### left hijacked everything). these were not kids looking to change the world, just looking to survive 'til tomorrow ... great concert footage of D.I., TSOL, the Vandals. on loop for me in the mid 80s, it's killer.
3) The Punk Rock Movie - pure 8m raw concert footage of the '77/'78 scene - beautiful in it's minimalism - i've linked this performance by Subway Sect into many threads here over the years as being the quintessential live performance of the D.I.Y. ethos. it's remarkable.
i did wanna drop a note about "Rude Boy" ... it was dreadful, and the more i'm removed from the heyday of the Clash, the more i see them for the charlatans they were, imo.
i know Strummer is deified these days, but dude could be an insufferable tool - we see some of it in Rude Boy, and it really became public at the US Festival ('83).
... carry on, then.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
TGRnRS works so much better for me now, in retrospect ... take it for what it is: McLaren's bully pulpit on the history of the band, and the origins of the British scene. grain of salt is required, but i do believe 90% of what he proffered was factual. no matter how much Lydon hrangues and belittles, Malcolm did, indeed, Svengali that group to the heights (and depths) they attained.
the Sid footage is worth the price of admission alone - this was always a tragi-comedy, and it was delivered as such. fantastic job by all, Fatty Jones is a revelation.
see my tragi-comedy comment above ... this was cartoonish at times, never really hammering down just how bleak and desperate their lives had become - not to say the flick is all peaches and cream, but the two dregs they wound up morphing into are barely touched on properly - it's addressed, but it seems like a sidebar rather than the hammer home point.
i recall This airing back in '78, because there was a ton of talk about the punk rock junkie who was in Roosevelt Hospital that winter, during the great blizzard we had in February, (which literally shut down the city more than the coof or the '77 blackout).
was a great deal of chatter about that junkie being on this show, and all the kids who did see it wore it as a badge of cool, as if they were in on something none of us others could ever understand - i did not see it live, but knew quite a few who did - back in those great NYC days where rando #### like this thrived - free form public access, unscripted TeeVee - who the #### needed cable or SNL? yuuuuuuge bonus of Stiv sitting in, as well.
- Jubilee - this is a pure trip, no other way to describe it ... messy and ridiculous and mind numbingly off-kilter. most notable for bring a vehicle for Jordan, who really was THE first punk rock female persona ... she was the human doll for all of Malcolm and Vivienne's fashion experiments, and she was as intregal a part of the early London scene as any of the musicians - she just recently passed (2 weeks or so ago) at age 65. pretty major player, she was, but that flick is a real task to sit through.
R.I.P.
rockaction
Footballguy
I saw this recently. Read an article or two about her and an obit in the NYT. Imagine that! From outré punk rock provocateur to the NYT obit page, resting in peace as a style maven.
R.I.P.
As for Sid, I was always turned off by what people were trying to push as cool to teenagers, and it always depressed the ever-loving #### out of me, even as a teen. Same goes for the character of Alex in A Clockwork Orange (the movie version). For Sid, who was a young man of at least reasonable means growing up (if I'm not mistaken), the conscious decision that life was worthless at such a young age was an unearned conceit and youthful folly (if folly can foretell tragedy) more than an existentially serious critique of society and of life in general, IMO. Let the old and wizened have their say about life's meaning. I listen more to that.
R.I.P. again.
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