punk bands

[daarken]

anyone know of some really good underground punk bands?

[mtw]

I'm not sure if this group qualifies as a punk band because I've only heard one song by them. I also can't find any information on them. The band is 1,000 Mona Lisas.

[Blitz]

Not sure if any of this will help
most not underground and most some you may have heard

but sometimes its good to check out sites online and alot of punk bands have links to other maybe not so famous ones who in turn have links to other bands
a great way to test and find some intresting music


mostly listn to
AFI
Sex Pistols
Ramons
Dead Kennedys
Black Flag
Crass
Oporation Ivy
Rancid
Tiger Army
Misfits

and lots others
but thats more popular ones

[keyth]

it's more like punk and rock but nomeansno's album 'wrong' is a classic.

[Blind]

I used to be in a punk band called Phyllis Killer, does that count? :cool:

[Lono]

i gotta back keyth up.

NoMeansNo is one of the BEST bands that no one has ever heard of. they are my favorite band still. one of the few punk bands that i can still listen to over and over again after all of these years.
but they are more than a punkband really... they are the direction punkrock should have gone in. in my opinion.
"Wrong" is there pinacle punk album.. "0+2=1" is a good one.
sexmad is also good.


also,, another great band that youve probably never heard of is "the lee harvy oswald band"
it has members of the didgits.
good luck finding a disc.

-Lono

[davi]

Angelic upstarts
by the grace of good
cheap trick
chinkees
clash
saves the day
adicts
beefcake
civ
donnas
frenzal rhomb
one hit wonder
save ferris
slick shoes

[daarken]

thanks everyone, i will have to look those up.

[keyth]

i love sexmad. 'obsessed' and 'dad'....mmmmmm, yummy stuff!!! john wright was always such a big drumming influence on me.

daarken, not really sure what type of punk bands you are looking for. 'Cows' aren't really that "1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4"(said really fast" type of punk. but they always played at the punk venues in Austin when i lived there. i recommend cunning stunts or sexy pee story. twisted stuff but raw as hell.

[mtw]

I don't know if they're punk, but you might want to check out Fugazi.

[nova]

yes, please listen to fugazi, one of the groups that started punk. they have a cool sound, not blatantly punk and kind of lazy and spicy.

[amphex]

Yes. fugazi. The ultimate in underground punk =)
But some of the newer punky stuff Ive been getting into (and I dont know why..lol) is the pop-punk-rock type stuff such as:

Finch
The Used
Thursday
Saves the Day (some of their stuff..)

and alot more..I cant remember them all now, because I had alot of stuff downloaded from alot of bands, then my harddrive died on me, and I cant remember them now =P

[Lono]

Fugazi is really not that old... although Ian Mickay was in Minor Threat,, which was one of the early bands in the American punk movement... first punk band i ever got into actually.
we called it Skate Rock then. hah!

i still love minor threat, but i do believe i appreciate Fugazi more now. there sound is more mature.

Gaawwd! i sound like a Geezer... im only 24!

-Lono

[keyth]

ha that's funny! i was listening to minor threat a few days ago. let's see what else?.....i'll think about it today daarken and see what i come up with. don't stop:p

[pibb991]

here are some of my favorites, although a few are more hardcore than punk-

the hope conspiracy
poison the well
codeseven
andrew w.k.:)
dillinger escape plan
throwdown
cave in
zao

all great bands worth checking out.
evan

[Lono]

hah, i wouldnt exactally call dillinger escape plan punk. there more "math Metal".

good band though. if your into that shit you should check out Meshugga.

-Lono

[Sleepi]

there's a sort of neat site i found that searches for bands that are similiar to ones you like, maybe try it

http://www.gnod.net

uh and a band I suggest is Boys Night Out - sort of a Punk, Emo, Hardcore thing

[cotron]

the harder side of things...

american nightmare
the hope conspiracy
suicide file

afi's pretty awesome too

but if you want a band that will return and return and return to your stereo, the clash. ohhhhhhh how i love the clash ;)

edit:and don't forget the misfits...with danzig singing, not whoever the new guy is...there are so many great misfits songs....

[Blitz]

HAVE any of you listn to Tiger Army?

[mcotie]

alright , I might be showing my age, ever heard of the Spermbirds? Very cool, skate punk band from Germany. That's all we listened to when we used to shred in Trier ('87-'89).

(damn, I am gettin old) .... naaah.

Mitch

[Blitz]

OLD MAN

kiddin
have no idea how old they are
but this thread alone is a good sorce for new stuff
ill try them out

[mcotie]

damn I just remembered another one, Token Entry.

little more metal than punk, though.

[Blitz]

metal is a good thing though as well

[cotron]

ahhh yes token entry! indeed! 7seconds, gorilla biscuits too?

[Sadclown]

old school bands....

Crass
Subhumans
The Germs

definitely check out Subhumans, really really awesome lyrics.

[subhuman]

Sadclown :D, Dick Lukas = genius

Blitz - Never Die! Do You like Nekromantix?

Lono - Do you ever vistit Eatpoo anymore? Damn I saw Armed Riot/the Casualties a week or two ago, one of my friends from High School got to play bass with The Casualties on the encor, police brutality.

Mitch - You go to AID, right?

woah, just posted this on eatpoo, in the music that gets you pumped thread:

"Pumped? well, off the top of my head....
AFI
Anti-Flag
Bouncing Souls (Ole! Ole! Ole!)
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Reagan Youth
(some) Poison Idea
(OLD SKOOL) Misfits
(OLD SKOOL) Bad Religion
The Distillers
Tiger Army
Nekromantix
Minor Threat
Dropkick Murphys
Flogging Molly
Rancid
The Casualties
Circle jerks
The Exploited
GBH
Leftover Crack
Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards
The Subhumans
(good 'ol) G.G. Allin
Born Against
Oxymoron

but If I really wanna get psyched, mostly anything by: The Unseen"

[Lono]

Hey subhuman! what up?!
thats a negative on the poo. i still cruse the finished works section every now and then but i dont really post anymore.

this is my new home... less drama here. :)

i never got into Casualties. i did meet Dick Lukas a long time ago. he was touring with citizen fish at the time. i had a close friend who was his merc man.

-Lono

[cotron]

gonna see the casualties tonight probably...just wanna stand back in awe of their hair. best hair in any band i've seen. haha, and their music's fun to run around to, but in the end, it's all about the hair. and seeing how many ultra punks show up from the suburbs...

[Lono]

remember that assy punk band Total Chaos?
those guys had turbo hair... and you know those guys spent 3 hours in the bathroom every morning. that band was a joke.
glam punk.... bleh.

ill have some chips and a bowl Total Caso.

-Lono

[cotron]

shit, total chaos still plays...I saw them this summer at the warped tour, they were real displeased about being there...I guess it wasn't underground enough for them, heh. Anyway, the bassist sang a song about being pulled over and given a breathalyzer for the way he looked...and spent the night in jail...how unfair...just for drinking and driving...aww.. and the cops and the guys in jail made fun of the way he looked...aww. poor guy with a 3 foot pink mohawk and tons of metal shit in his face. every band wants a reason for the "fuck the police" song, pretty lame that's the only thing they could come up with. not like I'm a big fan of law enforcement myself, but that song was just lame. boo total chaos.

[I.was.ink]

AFI<AFI<AFI. U have to listen to their music. Amazing stuff. my fave punk band. I know it was mentioned already but I just love their music:p

[cotron]

yea I'd agree on that. AFI is one of those bands that constantly surprises me. They're on dreamworks now...which sucks, not necessarily because they'll sound different, but the fact I'll never have fun seeing them live again. But, if anyone deserves recognition, it's them...but I just hope they don't sound like shit on the new label. remember h2o? I used to love them, but now I can't stomach them at all.

I should just live in this thread... I should be studying for a big art history test in a few hours, but I find this forum so much more interesting ;)

[Lono]

yah,, the "fuck the police" song is tired and lame..... i hate that whiney "lifes no fair" side of punk... blah..

although Jello did it with class.. that man has done his homework.
he gets a bit carried away sometimes,, but at least you can tell hes really thinking.

remember "Mission Of Burma"? that was a weird space in time. those guys and the Minutemen marked a strange stage in the evolutionary process of american punkrock. my personal favorite period.

people dont seem to be exploring anymore. thats my bigest complaint about modern punk. it kinda goes against the nature of its device in actuality.

-Lono

[Wox]

Dead Kennedys
AFI (man, EVERYONE likes them...)
Well, I thought I had more than that, but I mostly listen to alternative stuff like Pixies, Toadies, Sonic Youth...
Anyone like the Melvins?

[Sadclown]

You know Jello does Campus tours these days, giving lectures? One of my friends picked up a CD, and that's all it was, just a lecture given at some university. Yeah, his overall message may have been 'fuck the police (or any authority for that matter)', but you gotta give the dude credit, he's super smart.