SF Punk Rock thread

[limping_decorum]

hard ons the saints

 

[arhhhhjay]

Originally Posted by Get Smart

I know the guys in NFG, as lame as their music is, are into good hardcore/punk. I saw them once at a huge punk "festival" show and they were namedropping good NYHC all nite long, which isnt surprising since Mark Hayworth is(was) their tour manager and he's played in some classic OCxHC bands like Hard Stance, No For An Answer, Inside out etc back in the 80s.

Carry On...****, that is my fave modern HC band. Ryan George is a friend of mine and after CarryOn started up a great powerpop/mod band called The Adored (with Carry On drummer Drew), but ironically left that band end of last year to do a stint in rehab. The guys from Carry On are still playing in great bands....I know Corey (guitar) and he's singing for Internal Affairs for a few years as well as starting some other new projects.

I don't know if you've heard The Betrayed but it's Arman from Champion on vox, Greg from Carry On on bass, Todd from Terror/CarryOn on guitar...fuckin awesome band, very melodic but hard. Reminds me of Verbal Assault from back in the day

Internal Affairs is good. As well as Corey, I believe Todd Jones and Greg Bacon from Carry On played for a bit with Internal Affairs. I think Greg is still playing with them.

Betrayed is also good, but too bad they're broken up now. I only got to see them a couple of times. Todd and Greg also played in Betrayed. Jim from Champion has started a new band called ON, he is on vox again.

 

[Get Smart]

Internal Affairs and Knife Attack are my 2 fave current HC bands...I'll have to check out ON.

for those into the 'core, you guys remember Shark Attack? That band raged beyond belief for the short time they were around...some of those guys formed a band that I *think* still plays called Violent Minds that always kicked my head in when I listened to their record

Limp_decorum, good call on Hard-Ons and The Saints...underrated bands for being fairly well known

 

[summej2]

Any Talk Hard fans?

 

[Get Smart]

Originally Posted by summej2

Any Talk Hard fans?

I remember Talk Hard....e/c band right? (boston i think)

Never heard anything from them but I remember their name being thrown around for a while on HxC boards. Were they a joke band (a la Crucial Youth or Grudge)?

speaking of recent Boston 'core.....it was all about DrugxTest!! DOWN THE STAIRS!

 

[Alter]

I love me some D.O.A. and NoMeansNo!

 

[hossoso]

The D.O.A. cover of the Tom Jones song "It's Not Unusual" is a classic. Hard to find but worth tracking down.

 

[Fabro]

All the great old Vancouver bands:

The Subhumans (the original ones, not the UK version)
DOA
The K-tels (Young Canadians)
Dish Rags
No Fun
Pointed Sticks (OK, maybe not so much punk but were always great).

plus a ton of variations off of these. Pretty much anyone who showed up on the original Vancouver Complication album. Lately they've all been doing reunion shows. Everyone's in their late 40s/early 50s now, but it can still be a trip.

Outside of that, I still think Husker Du's Eight Miles High is one of the greatest moments in rock and roll.

 

[JohnnyLaw]

Vancouver also has some really good current bands. Tranzmitors and Margaret Thrasher are both great.

 

[Get Smart]

in keeping with the Vancouver theme:

Blue Monday

JohnnyLaw, Tranzmitors sounds f'ing great! love that powerpop style of punk

 

[JohnnyLaw]

I like powerpop quite a bit. Exploding Hearts, anyone? Busy Signals - Can't Stand It

 

[Get Smart]

Exploding Hearts R.I.P.

more punky powerpop, LA's The Adored (featuring Ryan from hardcore band Carry On)

one of the best late 70s powerpop/punk bands The Boys (can't believe they're still playing!!)

and my vote for one of the best punk songs ever written Teenage Kicks by The Undertones

 

[Get Smart]

The best and most underrated powerpop song ever...

The Automatics "When the Tanks Roll into Poland"

 

[Fabro]

Can't talk about 80s alternative music in Vancouver without mentioning Slow:

I broke the circle

Have not been the same

In deep

If you've never heard them check out these tracks. It was rare indeed to get through a Slow show in it's entirety before the bar management pulled the plug on them. I was at the infamous Expo show that resulted in the cancellation of the entire independent music festival.

That was a great era for Vancouver music. It was pretty much dead by the time grunge took off down in Seattle.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by Alter

I love me some D.O.A. and NoMeansNo!

Good to see some love for NoMeansNo. "Wrong" is a spectacular album. The bass work is just out of control.

My favorites: Television, Vandals, Dead Kennedys, Flogging Molly. And I'd argue that the Clash self-titled is better than London Calling.