SF Punk Rock thread - Page 9

Get Smart,

That's great. I'm glad you're enjoying it.

Keep this thread going. You've posted some pretty catchy stuff so far from a bunch of bands I've never heard of before.

Not as punk as others have suggested here...(some garagy, some poppy)

The Buzzcocks
The Clash
The Ramones
Sham 69
The Vibrators
The Undertones
Pointed Sticks (somebody mentioned them earlier, so +1)
The Diodes
Radio Birdman
The Saints
Stiff Little Fingers
The Heartbreakers
New York Dolls
Eddie and the Hot Rods
The Damned

Stiff Little Fingers' Inflammable Material is a favorite of mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDUma...eature=related

J_L, thanks for the rec on brutal knights--got a bunch of tracks from Feast of Shame.

I remember when I was a lot younger than I am now (i'm only 22) I was listening to Nirvana unplugged in New York and then my cousin called me (who was a huge influence in my musical stylings) and was like "are you still listening to that nirvana and guns and roses crap" (she got me listening to that "crap" haha). She told me to listen to Screeching Weasel and Bad Religion and NOFX.

I remember those 3 bands being the first "punk" bands I ever listened to. I think the albums were Boogadaboogadaboogada!, some Stranger than Fiction and older BR, and NOFX was probably Ribbed or SandM airlines.

this thread made me think about those days...good times.

A lot of the bands spoken about in this thread are pretty old or I just don't know them. But i'm glad this thread was made its awesome.

Yeah I am more of the Guttermouth, Screeching Weasel, Vandals, Pennywise, Rancid, Bad Religion, plus some Aussie bands like Frenzal Rhomb and Bodyjar rather than the older stuff that this thread focuses on. Wonder if anyone else here was at Board in Orange County and Board in the South Bay way back in 95....

This thread just reminded me of the first time I jumped into a mosh pit at an MDC show at the local community center. Must have been '83 or '84.

Shoreman,

Brutal Knights are pretty great. The Feast of Shame and The Pleasure is all Thine LPs are both excellent but I wouldn't search too hard for the early 7"s unless you're a collector. I haven't heard the new full-length yet but the tracks I've listened to sound pretty good. I've seen them live a couple of times and they're a lot of fun - expect lots of rolling around on the floor and possible nudity. The songs are retarded in a good way and totally unpretentious.

Toronto has had a really good scene going on for the last few years:

The afore-mentioned Brutal Knights

The much hyped Fucked Up, who put out a series of awesome 7"s then I kind of lost interest in the later projects.

Career Suicide - Fast 80's hardcore done right.

Terminal State - More hardcore.

The Bayonettes - Great catchy girl-fronted punk.

And the list goes on. These are my personal favourites from Toronto though.

Something a bit different:

Les Breastfeeders are a band from Montréal that do kind of a 60s garage/yéyé/pop thing with just enough punk mixed in to keep me interested.

They are great live and they have a tambourine player who seems slightly deranged and very sweaty and crawls around on all fours through the crowd.

Board in OC and Board in SB were the SoCal surfpunk festivals at Cal State Dominguez Hills over a weekend. The year after it grew into a little concert called the Warped Tour.

haha I once went to a warped tour that featured eminem, the black eyed peas, and less than jake. thats quite a mix huh?