Sex Pistols - best punk band ever
Somebody said it's hard to find a good punk band today...........check out The Corporate Avenger. http://www.taxesarestealing.com
Anyway.......I like:
Sex Pistols
The Corporate Avenger
The Germs
The Cramps
The Buzzcocks
Exploited
The Misfits
WHY THE F*CK DOES EVERYBODY SAY THE PISTOLS ARE THE BEST PUNK BAND EVER!?! THEY PIONEERED THE PUNK GENRE, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE BEST PUNK BAND EVER. THERE IS NO BEST PUNK BAND EVER, BECAUSE PUNK ALL FITS TOGETHER TO CREATE AN AMAZING GENRE OF MUSIC. In the end, it's all a matter of opinion, and nobody is wrong. we all like who want to like, and that's the beauty of it all.
What exactly is "real" punk? There's no such thing. Your definition of punk is completely opposite from mine. I think that if the band loves the music, and they're using their music to say what they want, and they will let nobody tell them what to play, then they are punk. Punk is a movement, not characterized by the way you dress, or by political messages, but by a passion for the music so great that nothing can et in the way. I love New Found Glory, and I like Good Charlotte, but that doesn't make me any less "punk". I just happen to like a wide variety of music.
when we say so and so is the best punk band.........we automatically assume you know it is just our opinion. It's not like they held a "greatest punk band in the world" contest or anything and somebody won. We're just saying who we think are the best.
just to clarify for you.........alot of people charcterize punk bands as:
- raw music.......performed by the artist, who doesn't feel the need to pretty it up and add lots of stuff to attract more people to the audience. They play what they feel w/o all the window dressing........if you like them and feel their vibe, their music is for you. If you feel they need to work on their playing/singing and need to add more pop riffs.....well, it's not for you because that's not what it is about.
- non-conformist......they do/play what they feel and won't change that for anything or anybody. A punk band doesn't care if TRL won't play their music because it's unpolished.......the music isn't made for TRL fans......it's made for the people out there listening who feel the same way they do.
It doesn't matter how a band dresses or what they play.........aslong as they play what is in their hearts the way they want to play it for the people like them..............not like Blink 182 or somebody who makes their music so full of pop/rock melodies that anybody who watches TRL can listen and say "hey, this is okay.....I can listen to this".......any band you ever see on TRL is not punk. Punk acts don't cater to the masses. They make music for a select audience.......those other people in the world who are like them. The bands you see on TRL don't make music for people like them, they make music for everybody to enjoy (hence Popular Rock...everybody liking them means popular)......they then go on TRL to promote their music to everybody.........hoping everybody will like their music.
No offense to you. If you like Good Charlotte and Blink 182.....alright man. They arn't punk bands but that doesn't say anything about you. You just happen to like music that isn't punk aswell. Hell, I like Nirvana, Pink Floyd and even Clearance Clearwarter Revival.........they arn't punk bands but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the good bands that are punk. I've yet to meet anybody who only listens to one genre of music. You like punk and pop/rock.....okay.....I like punk and classic rock........it's all good.
CREDENCE Clearwater Revival? Yeah, ok. I do like them also, as well as Pink Floyd. But how do you have the right to say who is punk is who isn't? Nobody has that right. I don't consider any band around nowadays punk, because I believe punk died in 1979. But there is no other word to describe the genre.
Every band just wants to be heard. Some happen to get breaks and they get signed to major labels. You and I have gone around and around on this issue, and we both have our opinions(i.e. Green Day). But what it all boils down to is that every band just wants to be heard, whether by few people or by the masses. I am in a band and I have aspirations to one day be playing in front of a large crowd, in a punk band, spreading my political messages. Nofx has done it for years, so has Propagandhi, and they are popular and are largely famous. Just because Blink 182 is on TRL that does not make them non-punk, or whatever you want to call it. It just caters to what they want to do. Rancid is all over MTV with "Red Hot Moon" and "Fall Back Down", and "Salvation" from their second album, Let's Go, was being played when it first came out. That doesn't make Rancid any less punk. Rancid doesn't give a damn what people say about them. They are going to do what they want. THAT is what punk is all about.
TSOL, the adolescents the crucif&ks, Joykiller, minor threat, flipper, the germs, the normals, no wto combo, Lard, Dead Kennedys, DOA, NOMEANSNO, Wesley Willis, Three Day Stuble, DI, early Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, Ramones, the sex pistols, Channel 3, Viscous Circle, Negative Trend, the avengers, the weirdos, Shonen Knife, Half japanese, Strobe Talbot, Cathedral of Tears, Gentleman Jack, Fugazi, the slits, the raincoats, the buzzc*ks, JFA, MDC, they're all cool