# Recommend me some good punk music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489 "2002-03-11T04:37:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/21 "2002-03-11T21:21:21Z")
Okay, that should read Thee Michelle Gunn Elephant, and it was kuroashi, not sven. not enough sleep, too much coffee. Gabba Gabba Oy! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/22 "2002-03-11T21:42:37Z")
Ok, for a change of pace, how about some really bad punk bands? Green Jello DI Gwar Sex Pistols (a couple of good songs, the rest is utterly forgettable) Dead Kennedys (cool name, cool shirts, but please) And pezpunk, no I haven’t heard any new Bad Religion. I think the last album we bought was the All Ages compilation (or was it All Access?). PS- although the Jam and the Who are strong influences for most punk bands, they are not punk. ---
**Author:** ![CzechHistory411](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@CzechHistory411](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CzechHistory411)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/23 "2002-03-11T21:58:03Z")
How about some crusty anarchist collective punk, a la [Crass](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B0k4gtq0ztu4p)? – CH ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/24 "2002-03-11T23:52:07Z")
There always the **Repo Man** soundtrack for a good overall spread. Some non-punk stuff on there though… ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/25 "2002-03-12T00:09:37Z")
Why have the Buzzcocks not been mentioned yet? I mean, that’s like criminally negligent to have forgetten them for so long. For shame, people! And EJsGirl, calling the DKs “Bad Punk” is, like… um… something you don’t hear every day. ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/26 "2002-03-12T00:36:24Z")
I really don’t like punk, but I do like Bad Religion. So listen to them. (In the same way I don’t like rap, but I like NWA. I don’t like Anime, but I like Dragonball.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/27 "2002-03-12T01:33:26Z")
Slowly he hits the ‘Page Down’, no one has mentioned them yet…argh! **Semp** jut mentioned them. D’oh! Buzzcocks, yes. Also Liliput was an all-girl band from Switzerland or somewhere over there that was pretty good. Stiff Records had a bunch of stuff back then-Ian Dury and the Blockheads(Sex & Drugs & rock and roll), Damned, Wreckless Eric, and others. I bet they have a compilation out by now. ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/28 "2002-03-12T02:42:10Z")
Try **L7** ’s _Smell the Magic_ or _Bricks are Heavy_. The former is more fierce while the latter is more produced. Don’t worry about that, though, Butch Vig was at the helm. Aside from that, I got some wackier punk you could try. **Le Tigre** ’s self-titled album is punk, but they’re out there, man. They got drum machines and go-go organs goin’ on in some of their tracks. And to say they’re concerned about feminist issues is a severe understatement. They kind of represent the line where punk ends and genres that end in _-core_ begin. **Brassy** is punk and with a hip-hop kick to it. The lead singer is Jon Spencer’s big sister Muffin Spencer. Might be too funky for punk purists, but they’re no joke, my friend… And what the hell, pick up _Let’s Knife_ by **Shonen Knife** just to hear girls with thick Japanese accents grind out dense Ramone-ian punk chords while singing about cute kittens dancing in space. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/29 "2002-03-12T02:49:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EJsGirl \* > \*\*Ok, for a change of pace, how about some really bad punk bands? > > DI > > … > > Dead Kennedys (cool name, cool shirts, but please) > > \*\* **HERESY! HE-RE-SY!** ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/30 "2002-03-12T03:21:41Z")
Shellac. Shellac. Shellac. You will poop on yourself. Trans Am. Unrest. The Pixies’ first album (Surfer Rosa). Bad Religion sucks. Or at least they did the last time I heard them. Dead Kennedys had their moments. That is all a fan can ask. You can’t tell me that “Kill the Poor” and “Holiday in Cambodia” weren’t massively clever. “Efficiency and progress is ours once more, now that we have the neutron bomb.” Blonde Redhead can hit it just right sometimes. Japanese band called There is a Light That Never Goes Out kicks my ass. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/31 "2002-03-12T03:53:52Z")
> [@](#): > > (thread title edited to correct spelling and save my good buddy waterj2 any possible embarrassment. – Uke) Damn. I was afraid I got that wrong, but couldn’t find my dictionary. How can I continue to live this way?☹ > [@](#): > > Although Iggy denies it, and I agree, he is the “god-father” of PUNK (so what does that mean? When it’s parents die he has to take care of 'em all?) I think maybe he has to grant punk bands favors one the day of his daughter’s wedding. > [@](#): > > (In the same way I don’t like rap, but I like NWA. I don’t like Anime, but I like Dragonball.) Yeah, I know the feeling. I don’t like music that really sucks, but I like Ricky Martin, for some bizarre reason. > [@](#): > > Shellac. Shellac. Shellac. You will poop on yourself. From the context, I’m guessing this is a recommendation, or else they have discovered the elusive “brown note”. Anyways, thanks for the recommendations, all. I’ll have to check some of it out next time I’m at the music store (yeah, there’s mp3s, but that seems so unsupportive) ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/32 "2002-03-15T08:39:02Z")
Some good suggestions already made. Check out the Decline and Fall of Western Civilization for the classics. Don’t forget the Texas bands: The Dicks and later incarnation Sister Double Happiness Really Red Millions of Dead Cops (first album) Butthole Surfers Two LA bands that have been missed earlier in the thread Minutemen Husker du For a classic, do not miss any DOA For the English stuff, someone has already mentioned Subhumans (from the cradle to the grave) and I would add the Poisen Girls. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/33 "2002-03-15T09:01:49Z")
Wow. Judging by the number of bands listed that I like, I’m really into punk. I honestly had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/34 "2002-03-15T16:23:56Z")
Gotta check out The Minutemen’s “Double Nickels on the Dime” and “What Makes a Man Start Fires?”, Husker Du’s “Zen Arcade” and “New Day Rising”, and the Butthole Surfer’s “Rembrant Pussyhorse” If you want something more recent, try The Oblivians “Soul Food” and “…Play 9 Songs with Mr. Quintron”. They don’t call themselves punk, but one listen to their cover of “Vietnam War Blues” let’s you know where they’re coming from. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/35 "2002-03-15T16:54:04Z")
Let’s see…I’m trying to stick to bands that haven’t already been mentioned, but before that, I feel a need to say Misfits! Ramones! Minor Threat! Dead Kennedys! Now, check out: The Exploited D.I. (not to be confused with…) D.R.I. The Muffs Suicidal Tendencies (they grew out of punk and into metal and funk after their first couple albums, but all that is good too) The Meatmen M.O.D. (which was an offshoot of…) S.O.D. (which was an offshoot of Anthrax) The Beastie Boys. From before License To Ill. Check out a cd called “Some Old Bullshit” This is one of my favorite topics. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/36 "2002-03-15T16:59:15Z")
I really like **Rancid**. Especially _And Out Come the Wolves_ and _Life Won’t Wait_. **Shelter** ’s _Mantra_ disk is also refreshing. NP: **Moonspell** - _Irreligious_ ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/37 "2002-03-15T17:04:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by China Guy \* > **Millions of Dead Cops (first album)** Right on, I love MDC! I missed your post the first time. Do you have any idea how long I searched for the mp3 of Skateboards From Hell? I must have been looking hard for that thing for six months. Finally found it though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/38 "2002-03-15T17:12:46Z")
Some of my faves (in my cd/MP3 collection) MDC Dr. Know AFI Lagwagon (if you wanted to get pop styled stuff) NOFX The Accused Descendants (and to a lesser degree All) Dead Kennedies Circle Jerks Black Flag 7 Seconds Minor Threat Ramones Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (for awesome covers) The Vandals X Eyes Avengers Rhino 39 Randoms dils Weirdos deadbeats Cough Flambeau Headcoats/Headcoatees Straw Dogs Prisonshake Aggression Bad Brains Misfits/Samhain Rancid Just a sampling… If you want some MP3 samples of some of these bands talk to me perhaps i can point you in the right direction of where to find promotional stuff. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/39 "2002-03-15T17:47:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BurnMeUp \* > \*\*Dead Kennedies > Cough Flambeau > \*\* WHat I meant was the Dead Kennedys and Couch Flambeau Damn lack of an edit feature! Also I did forget to mention Bad Religion DRI and a few others… ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489/40 "2002-03-15T18:51:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BurnMeUp \* > \*\* > > WHat I meant was the Dead Kennedys and Couch Flambeau\*\* Wow, I didn’t know that Couch Flambeau was known outside of Wisconsin. Mmm… The Zoo Is Cool… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-punk-music/97489.md?page=3)