I think the real epicenter of punk was southern california in the 80's. you had all the best bands there, much more vicious than the Brits too😄ead Kennedys, Avengers, Germs, Black Flag, X, Viscous Circle, The Mentors, Negative Trend, Flipper, The Weirdos, Red Kross, Agent Orange, the Crucif&cks, TSOL, The Adolescents, DI, Wasted Youth, The Circle Jerks, Tony Adolescent and the ADZ, Christian Death, LARD, Cathedral of Tears, need I go on?
well... technically punk started in the late 50's in hamburg, then continued with the fugs, then came the MC5, the sonics, the kingsmen, the ramones, the normals...hell, if you want to go really far back in time, punk goes back to 1913 when the premiere of Igor Stravinski's "the rite of spring/le sacre du printemps" started a citywide riot in Paris. the point was not the origins but the quality and perfection. plus the little known fued between flipper and John Lydon was funny too
Originally posted by Sex Pistol
Ya but Engalnd started it all,
The sex pistols, the clash, the ramones, the banshees, Public image limited...
Need I go on...
M8 get your facts right. The Ramones were an American Band, and very good aswell. They were also formed before the english punk bands were about aswell.
First of all, who are any of you to say what punk is or isn't? Avril Lavigne is not the punk that we all know today. She is a marketing ploy put together by her mangers and she is talentless. Good Charlotte, however, is "punk". Benji loves the music, and he is close friends with Rancid's Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederikson. Benji is a great person and his love for the music is second to none. His brother Joel is only in it for the money, however. They have a new album coming out this year and I'm going to buy it because I've liked Good Charlotte since the beginning.
Now...old punk. Classical punk, I suppose. Sex Pistols are the epitomy of what punk should be. Take no shit, raise hell, etc. I love the Sex Pistols. I also love the Ramones, the Misfits, Adicts, Damned, Buzzcocks, Bad Brains, and all those. I hate the Clash. I can't stand them. But I thank them for giving us Rancid, and I respect what they did.
Newer punk...you can't put it down because it's out future. I love AFI. Old AFI is awesome. Sing The Sorrow is an amazing album, and contrary to popular belief, they did not sell out. They made a decision that was best for them creatively. Rancid is awesome, Propagandhi, Pennywise, Dropkick Murphys, the Business, the Flatliners, No-Cash, Leftover Crack/Choking Victim, Anti-Flag, the Deviates, the Devotchkas...that's real music. The Casualties. That's real music. Punk is the greatest genre ever invented and I for one am not going to tolerate people putting it down.
theres tooooooo many punk posers at my school who dress so they can get accepted into the punk crowd because they cant accept the idea of not being who you are. ticks me off. 😠 but then again, its people like that, that end up screwing themselves over in the long run. glad im not like that. punk is just a trend anyways, just like britney, craprap and the rest of all those bimbos out there. i hope REAL musicians come up with something new that will last forever, like rock.