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Does anybody else on these forums like Punk/British Invasion/Mod/Ska music? I personally love The Clash, they combined the fury of punk with political awareness and helped motivate people to know their rights. The Ramones are good to, not as much for change but just because they were so different from everything else then.
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Not much into Skinny Puppy, but did love Deja Voodoo. The Clash were pretty entertaining, but Sid and Nancy were just . . . well, they had problems. I'm more of an alternative girl myself.
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Operation Ivy, and to a lesser extent, Rancid, are great. Energy is one of the greatest CDs I've ever purchased. I'm also a fan of The Ramones and The Clash, but who isn't?
The Offspring has quite a few great punklike efforts as well, but you wouldn't know that by the singles that get played on the radio.
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I've been listening to my Punk-O-Rama comps lately (numbers 2 & 3). Back in college, I was into Bad Religion, Voodoo Glow Skulls, NOFX, Pennywise, and a few others. Saw a great show once in York, PA with Orange 9mm and VGS co-headlining.
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The Clash was great and I still enjoy the works of Mick Jones (Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer (particularly his movie soundtracks).
Never could stand the Sex Pistols, but I did like some of PiL (Public Image, Ltd.) that Johnny Rotten turned out later on.
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Operation Ivy and Rancid are two of my favorite bands. Of course the Clash are good in a very classic way. Other excellent punk bands that are still producing music are The Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, The Swingin' Utters and The Bouncing Souls.
If you're into the Ska/Punk thing the first two Suicide Machines CDs (well, their first two CDs on Hollywood records) are a must buy.
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On the ska front, Op Ivy are classic, and I've been listening to a lot of older Less Than Jake records as well- probably the best of the late-90s ska revival bands, even if they seem to have disintegrated into pop punk/ emo these days.
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OK, I need links to listen to. I have never really understood what punk was, and when combined with ska, which is ealry reggae, right? I am really lost.
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Punk was an invention of the mid 70's for the people who didn't want to listen to the old millionaire superstars who lived in their mansions, so they started their own music to reflect their rebellion and the sounds of change. Ska (as well as reggae)has been combined with punk to create quite a few different sounds of punk, all of which are good.
Hey you guys should check out The Jam, oldschool guys who really could play and have awesome songs.
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quote:Does anybody else on these forums like Punk/British Invasion/Mod/Ska music?
British Invasion? Hells yeah, I love British Invasion music! Gerry & the Pacemakers, Freddie & the Dreamers, Chad & Jeremy, the Searchers, the Zombies, the Hollies, the Yardbirds, Herman's Hermits. That stuff is fab and gear. (That's Britspeak for "It be da bomb, yo.") Posts: 1814 | Registered: Jul 2004
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Of all the bands listed, Elizabeth, you NEED to check out The Clash. They are punk/reggae/ska. They also added a political conciousness to much of their music, which at the time wasn't common in punk. They rule.
Bad Religion: Quintessential SoCal punk. My favorites, they've been around 20+ years. They started in the early 80s, as teenagers, they took a break while the lead singer went to college for engineering of some sort.
NOFX: Raunchy silly punk. A song off the compilation I've been listening to is called "We Threw Gasoline on the Fire and Now We Have Stumps for Arms and No Eyebrows". Not for the faint of heart. The website probably isn't work-safe either. The lead singer has a well-known (in punk circles) punk cover pand called Me-First and the Gimme-Gimmes. They cover everything, show tunes, Billy Joel.
Voodoo Glow Skulls: SoCal ska-core. Think Mighty Mighty Bosstones with a more latin (but don't think smooth) vibe, and more raw and harsh.
After checking out The Clash, I recommend the Ramones and Sex Pistols, just for historical reference, if nothing else. You can also see some proto-punk, in attitude, if not sound, in The Velvet Underground. I'd also like to think that The Who created some of the proto-punk sound too, but that's probably just overanalysis on my part
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On the unmentioned post-hardcore end of things, everybody should go out and buy Hot Water Music's Fuel For the Hate Game. A gem for any punk or actually, any music lover.
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Or Caution , or Flight and a Crash for that matter. Hot Water Music is pretty solid.
Of the punk rock that I like, none of it is truly punk rock (which itself is a difficult label to define.) The Ramones and The Clash don't hold my interest, and Rancid and OpIvy have always been hit or miss with me. Give me Coheed and Cambria or At The Drive-In anyday.
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